WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2013

megblair1

Hi to everyone! Hope you all had a great Monday;. I finished the urology chapter with a bang! The last section was on trauma of the penis and *kitten* and I loved telling DH all about it and watching him squirm. I’m evil, I know!

Renny-grandma-to-be: congratulations! You sound delighted!

Cat: welcome and come back often!

Janie: keep your chin up…February will be gone before you know it!

Mary: get to feeling better soon!

Jane: so sorry about your friend’s cat. They are real babies to us cat folks!

LuAnn: that is a rough schedule. Planning will be the key!

Katla: great news on the weight and size loss! Good for you!

Wessecg: that weight will be gone soon! The horse your daughter is riding is a beautiful color! Very striking

Jodios: glad you are home safely and had a good visit

Jolene: get to feeling better soon!

Liz: take care and stay well

Michele: did you enjoy the race? It sounded kind of interesting with the finish

DeeDee: I did get the urology chapter done! YAY Another thing off my plate! Still have lots of test bank chapters to do plus the textbook chapters.

Tammy: great question about the terrible food. Honestly, I think it’s sodium.

Jackie: I guess I’m what you call a fair-weather hiker. I haven’t done anything too strenuous, but I do enjoy hiking on trails and can go up to 10 miles. I’m not into going when the weather is bad though. Mostly I like shorter trails in parks and taking picnic lunches.

Judy: hope you love the car!

Jo: enjoy your dinner and the company

Cheryl: the bird migration here is fabulous. In a couple of weeks literally all the cranes in north and south america will be here…sand hills cranes, blue cranes, green cranes. It’s amazing!

Janehadji: so glad you are back safely but I’m sure sorry you were so sick! WOW the photos are wonderful. You look so young! Your daughter is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!!!

BJ: vitamin C?

Well that’s all that’s in me tonight. I’m pretty tired so heading to bed after my little snack. Take care all, Meg

Katla49

Putting my name and contact information on my fitbit is a good idea. As it was there was a Mexican guy with two horses he was about to ride when I went back to search the parking area and some of the trail so I asked him to keep a look out for it on the trail and gave him my phone number. (I thought maybe my black fitbit might stand out on the snow on the trail - needle in a hay stack I know).

On a positive note I emailed fitbit and told them I'd lost it and they let me buy the newer better model for half price. Yaaayyyy!!!

Yay! I'm glad they're helping you out. It sounds like a good company. You'll have to figure out a strategy to keep the new one safe from riding mishaps.

Katla in NW Oregon

jodios528

Finally caught up on the thread after a tough day. My good friend just lost her dad and I went to the Shiva to pay my respects and be there for her. It was all still so fresh for me (less than 2 months since my dad passed) seeing her and her family in so much pain. I went out for tea after with a good friend and that helped shift my mood.

Well at least I had a healthy day and the scale wasn't too mean to me after my indulgent weekend visiting my DD (and eating and eating and eating!!!) I was only up a 1/2 lb and hope I can take that back off if I have a good week.

Has anyone read Cooking Light Healthy Habits? I just got it out of the library and started reading it but haven't gotten too far. Its all about recognizing how hard it is to change your habits and asks you to adopt one new healthy habit a month (12 total habits like eat more veggies, cut out sodium, etc. so year long plan). For each new habit they have strategies to help you. One bit I thought was very interesting is that they found people with a support system like MFP are more likely to be successful - good news for us huh?

Renny - love the quote

Jolene - feel better

Liz - hope the family is recovering

Cat - yoga can definitely be a work out. I teach classes that are gentle but also ones that will bump up your heart rate and make you sweat. Yoga is like that - you can make it what you need it to be

Tammy - thanks for the book reco. I love to read and like to try out new authors and titles. I'm always open to suggestions

Jo - your girls night out sound like fun - have a blast

Laura80111 - you live in paradise. Just a thought on the pictures...any chance they are still on your camera. I'm very lazy about deleting them off...only when its full and I have to do I bother

Judy - congrats on the new car. Hope you enjoy tooling around in it. Also, I'm very impressed you can flip a tractor tire

Lucy - lucky you...I love hot stone massages

Jane - feel better..so sorry you were sick during your Mexican vacation

Cheryl - great news on the fitbit replacement cost. what is a fitbit by the way so many of you talk about them

Meg - you are evil. you made me smile at the end of a tough day so thank you

I can hardly keep my eyes open so I'll sign off now and catch up with you wonderful ladies again tomorrow. Jodios

50ishFoodie

Hi, all!
Quick check in. Found I was stress eating this weekend. Made a pumpkin spice cake and after a couple slices decided to put it into the freezer after one last slice tonight, Brought only veggies, berries and yogurt with me to work, so getting back on track.
Will respond individually when I have a few more minutes.

Thanks to all for your support. Great to have this lovely support.

Jane in SLC.

lynda3y9

so glad i found this board...i can relate to so many things people are saying here. It's been some time since i have been serious about the weight loss and this site is really helping me keep that little voice of failure at bay.

a group of 3 other women and i have banded together and working out together a few times a week - including a trainer once a week. I am finding it hard to fit it in otherwise but hoping that gets easier the more i do it. I so easily forget how much i actually like the way i feel after a workout so trying to remember that on those 'i don't want to' days.

logging food is very helpful as mentioned above .... it really does make you think about putting something in your mouth that you have to actually put down. Also so encouraging to see some fall off the wagon so to speak and not have it make them feel defeated.....and WINE too!

i bought a vitamix and love it....really helps in getting fruit/veggie count up.

so many around here are sick as well.... been a very nasty flu season that seemed to start in November! Hope everyone feels better quickly.

and i thank Meg for the laugh too :-)

i thought of so many things to comment about while i was reading ......but too many by the time i got to the end!

Lynda from BC

RebelRenny

Trying to keep from snacking tonight, while watching the Biggest Loser - of all things :noway: :noway: . I really want to keep going with being under my calorie goal for the day. And today I did not have a chance to workout, so it makes sensible eating even more important.

I better go to bed, because once I am in my bedroom, there is less temptation to go to the kitchen and find something to eat. :noway:

till tomorrow!

Renny

jmkmomm

How does one get over the 'I am turning 63 in a week and my face is sagging from the weight I lost' feeling. Losing that 20 pounds was like pulling teeth. And I have at least 50 more to go. With my MS I can't exercise right, walking 1/2 mile at the mall is very hard to do. I am beginning to look old and I don't like it. I have big bags under my eyes now, My face is sagging. HELP

nanasorchid52

Just quickly getting my morning fix of Vit F but just had to reply to Jmkmomm .

Losing weight is so good for you, but doesn't change who you are! Good friends and family describe your personality. I went out with a group of friends last night - we are all shapes and sizes and all over 60. Thinking of them I think some are funny, some clever, some witty, some wise ..... The list goes on. But never do I define them by their looks. Even if they lose weight, it may make them healthier and perhaps confident, but they will still be those old dear friends.

I catch a glance in a shop window and wonder who that old woman is!! But I am still young inside please don't worry about things you can't change!

My lines are wisdom and laughter lines!!

Keep smiling - the lines don't show as much!

Must dash - looking after GS this morning while mum goes to blood sweat and tyres exercise class! Training for her 2nd half marathon! Me - I am just playing! He gives the most amazing cuddles- just snuggles into the crook of my neck!,

Jo
UK Wales

tiarapants

Good morning ladies

A very quick drop by today. Horrible woman at work is really making my life miserable. Grrr. I will do my work and rise above it.

Love to all.
Amanda x

ohiomomof2

Morning, all!

Life continues to be busy, busy so I've had time to scan posts but no time to write detailed response. I'm hoping the pace will slow a little bit so that I have time to more fully engage here AND to get more exercise into my schedule. I've been missing that the last week or so and I feel it!

I did want to mention that DH had his colonoscopy yesterday and put me to shame. He drank the prep stuff without flinching - he has a cast iron stomach and apparently no taste buds whatsoever! The good news is that his scan was totally clean and he doesn't have to go back for 10 years. We are feeling virtuous here since this was a biggie for both of us - put it off for a few years and then worried that we had put it off.

Have to run so I can get ready for work. I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

DeeDee2211

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

I`ve read all the posts but don`t have a lot of time this morning. I love that we are such a chatty bunch, our lives are so interesting!!!

Jmkmomm I so agree with Jo!!! You are a beautiful woman inside, just let it shine on the outside, that`s what people are going to be seeing!!! And take baby steps to exercise, take a 5 minute walk and maybe the next day you increase it by a minute, and so on and so on....you`ll find that your body will feel so much better with even just a bit of exercise, and before you know you`ll be walking that 1/2 mile with ease. We`re all here to cheer you on!!!

Renny I had that same problem last night, although I wasn`t hungry, I noticed Meg talking about eating an apple and I thought, oh that sounds good, I could have an apple, then I thought..wait I`m not hungry, not in the least, I only want to eat that `cause it taste good. I decided it was time for me to go bed.

Amanda Good for you rising above it all! She must be miserable herself and trying to spread it around. I just tend to smile at those kinds of people, it does one of two things, changes their attitude (not likely), or really ticks them off (more likely), and I actually could care less which one it is:devil: . Sometimes I can be mean that way:blushing: !

Lynda It is nice to have a group of people to work out with, makes the time go by faster and you can encourage each other to keep going!

I have an early meeting and then a hair appt. so must run now. Hope everyone has a wonderful day!!!
Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee in rainy and cold NC :sad:

tammytylerjones

I know some of you don't do the gym, but I have signed up and I figure I don't want to throw my money away.I have had my hrs cut at work and being in my early 50's and the way the job market is, if something happens and I have to look for work,weight does play an issue. I know it's discrimination but it does happen. I have to accept the things that I cant change and no one knows the future, so I plug along a day at a time and as I always say everything happens for a reason.
And I wipe off the machines before and after each use,I don't sweat all over me except from me

I totally agree! I work out harder when I'm at the gym... it's just getting myself there that's the challenge. I know I can walk at home, but on the treadmill I can make the incline outrageous and really get my heart pumping... and then I still walk at home anyway, I just don't count it! We are all watching the cuts here in Virginia. It'll hit this area hard. Waiting to see what will happen to DH's job as well... good luck. I hate about the size discrimination, but it's there, I agree... and then we throw our age on top of it all. Ouch. Good luck with your exercise regime!!

grandmallie

thanks for the support Tammy, I am having a bit of nerves dont know why but, I gained a lb ,oh well, im still counting food and drinking alot of water so thats a plus.,gonna be busy today at work but it makes the time go by quick...
I looked at the fitbit website and they are coming out with a new one this spring that is a bracelet,It is 100.00 bucks so I think I will save up for that.. maybe when I hit the 20 lb mark
Hope all is well with you ladies today..

allisonlane61

I know some of you don't do the gym, but I have signed up and I figure I don't want to throw my money away.I have had my hrs cut at work and being in my early 50's and the way the job market is, if something happens and I have to look for work,weight does play an issue. I know it's discrimination but it does happen. I have to accept the things that I cant change and no one knows the future, so I plug along a day at a time and as I always say everything happens for a reason.
And I wipe off the machines before and after each use,I don't sweat all over me except from me

I don't think it matters where you work out, just that you work out! And I agree with you on size discrimination. Luckily, I was hired when I was overweight and management did not discriminate based on weight. But it's in the back of my mind too that the business climate is so bad that it isn't inconceivable that someday I'd have to move on. I want my health and my appearance to be credits and not debits.

My daughter, who is nearly 15, wants us to go back to the gym. She loved it. And catching whatever it was doesn't seem to have phased her in the least. Sadly, she doesn't drive so I've got to find some kind of compromise with her, because I want her training and maintaining her health. I don't want to just drop her off there, so I'm thinking I'm going to have to in some fashion go to a "brick and mortar" building with her...I wonder if I could talk her into classes instead.

Jackie in Cherry Hill Outside of Philly

skuehn48

jmkmomm: Good morning from foggy SD. Do you have anywhere that you can get in the water? I work at a hospital therapy pool and we have several patients with MS who come in to exercise in our pools. They are able to do much more that way and keep exercising longer. One lovely lady came to our pools to exercise for more than 5 years before her MS finally caused her to quit and then it really was a matter of transportation. Just be sure if you use a therapy pool that it is not too warm. Also getting some ideas from a physical therapist can be a good idea. They can help you find the best exercises for you both in the pool and at home. Good luck and keep on keeping on. Sue in SD

texasgal22

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PositivePower

Hi There ~ Hope you are all having a Great Day. As I said recently...I am feeling like I am gaining but haven't changed my eating habits and as you may have seen I work out alot..COZMOSIZE last night along with 20 mins on the tread mill. My next plan of attach is to get back to weighing once a week. I was in some challenge groups in the past where we reported our weight everyweek...I was more focused then. I also need to get back to logging...I really don't want to but it is so easy to go over and not realize. I workout and think it's OK to have that extra helping of popchips or smoothie..peanutbutter etc.

So I guess this is my accountabilty forum...I will start logging today and my weigh in day will be Friday. Time to get busy here!!!! I need to make some more Pumpkin protein bars and get to the store for fruits and veggies!!! GAME ON!!!

Meg - You cracked me up making you DH squirm with penis talk :laugh:
Wessecg - Glad you got a fitbit deal...what great customer service.
Jodios - Sorry about your Dad :flowerforyou: The same thing happen to me with my Mom...it's hard to go to a service right after having one yourself for a family member...but boy did I know how they felt.

Speaking of parents passing...today is my Mom's Birthday. She has been gone 2 years now and I miss her more and more as time goes by. My Dad who is parapalegic said he would like to go to the cemetary today so me my Sis and Dad will be taking some time today for that.

Have a Good Day!!!! Let's keep pushing on this journey!!! IF YOU NEVER QUIT YOU WILL ALWAYS WIN!!!!!!

Judy - So Cal

glendalight

What a week! what a week! After my wonderful weekend in the mountains, it was supposed to be my week to dig in and catch up. I started my week by inviting the four grands over for dinner, movie and a sleepover - to give their momma a chance to rest up from the weekend (she has fibromyalgia and had done hair for the wedding!) However, as the evening progressed, I started to feel like a bug was invading my head and nasal passages and started to feel generally yuck! Then, early in the evening, I got a call from my eldest daughter that she had just lost control on snow and ice, swerved into oncoming traffic and totaled her car:sad: My husband was in a meeting out of town, I had 4 kids and she was over 5 hours away!!:explode: Thankfully, she had no major injuries - soft tissue and difficulty moving about. She came here to spend the week in recovery, the flu bug hit me with a vengeance - fever, chills, aches, stuffy head - and I ended the week driving her back to the town she works in - 15 hours of driving on dry clear roads.(And there is LOTS of snow up there that could have been blowing about!!) I am thanking God for her safety, and for good travelling this weekend, and pray for her continued recovery and all the negotiations,etc with insurance and car purchase that are still ahead.

Needless to say, the food and exercise were a disaster this week. Comfort food, fast food, sweating it out in bed, driving in the car, snuggled on the couch with tea.....still feeling rotten but it is time to get back to some healthy choices. Heal body....heal!!
thankful for the good in the week and looking forward to the good in this one!
Glenda

janemartin02

Happy tues.
we have a winter storm coming thru.!st sleet now snow.
Have a good one.
HUGS
jane

suebdew

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megblair1

:flowerforyou: Hi everyone! I’m enjoying my lunch and reading posts. It’s cold and windy here today with maybe an inch of snow coming; why can’t we get a good old blizzard and be stuck at home for a couple of days??? I’m busy trying to catch up on all my grading; I am way far behind. The end of the “semester” really sneaks up on us!

Last night I worked up quite a sweat on both the elliptical and the wii. I was the family entertainment as I did the advanced level boxing; apparently during the “free box” my butt shakes… a LOT…:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Well I guess I’m glad my fat cells provide something to everyone! I felt great afterwards too!:happy:

Jodios: I am so sorry for your friend’s loss and the painful memories it stirred up for you. Bless you for going to the Shiva anyway to support your friend. :flowerforyou: Glad my evil-ness made you smile!

Lynda: I think you are right about the voice of failure. Since being here, I have never felt like “well I was bad, so I might as well be really bad.” That kind of self sabotage is so destructive.

Renny: hope the sandman kept the food urges away!

Jmkmomm: I don’t have any words of wisdom for you except I feel your stress and I’m sorry. :flowerforyou: I do think what Jo had to say is right on.

Jo: great words of wisdom!

Amanda: a pox on your co-worker!:bigsmile:

Ohiomom: good news on hubby’s colonoscopy!

DeeDee: sending virtual sunshine your way.:flowerforyou:

Grandmallie: oooh a bracelet fitbit? I might look into that too

Judy: so sorry for the loss of your mother on this anniversary.:flowerforyou: I agree that logging is where the accountability comes in. I too tend to justify eating more when I work out, which is ok if it’s healthy and within goal, but it’s easy to slip right off that edge!

Glenda: omygosh! I am so glad DD is okay, but what a stressful week and you being sick too! I hope the stress is easing and you are feeling better now. :flowerforyou:

Jane: stay safe! Where do you live?

Well, back to the grading grind. I’m not sure how I got so far behind, but gotta catch up! Take care; yoga disaster is tonight’s planned exercise. ..even funnier than butt-shaking boxing! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Meg:drinker:

janehadji

It's snowing again today in Denver. We got a foot over the weekend, so have spent a lot of time shoveling! If my next attempt at photo posting works, it is a picture of my daughter and myself at her wedding rehearsal in August.

Deb A – Thanks for the photo help! I’ll try it again below.

Cheryl – It sounds like Fitbit has great customer service. That’s good to know, as I’ve been considering buying one. I don’t have a lot of gray hair, but I do highlight/lowlight it so it isn’t quite so mousy looking!

Jo from Wales -- Thanks for your wisdom! You’re right, we’re all the same person, heavy or thin.

Glenda – I’m so glad that your daughter wasn’t more seriously injured. How incredibly scary! And I’m sorry you caught the flu bug.

Jane in Colorado

janehadji

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janehadji

Nope, it still doesn't work. Even with the tutorial from MFP and making everything lower case. For those who post pictures, what am I doing wrong????

allisonlane61

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janehadji

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I wonder which one worked? We're cropped rather strangely, but here it is! My gorgeous and daughter and not-so-gorgeous self at the wedding rehearsal. The wedding was at the Arrowhead Golf Club, which has a backdrop of towering red rocks.

ekafont

I see a lot of you talking about the FitBit .... what exactly is that? And are there any other monitors that you would recommend - something that tracks calories burned, heart rate, etc. that can be worn on the wrist (I've seen some with a chest strap - don't want to go there). I'd like to keep it at $100 or less.

Thanks!

Laura80111

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Getting ready to snow again and have had computer problems all morning.

So just a quick HI to all:flowerforyou:

Yesterday my back was killing me with sharp pains so no exercise, just a hot pad and to bed early. Hoping for a better evening tonight.

Oh yes we finally watched the end of Season 3 of Downton Abbey...what a shocker:noway:

Will try and pop in later if I have time.

Log, Log and Log somemore:drinker: :drinker: food, exercise and all that water.

Laura80111 in Colorado.

Laura80111

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Nope. Still not working!

I went in and played with it and it still won't work...but it looked like you had the one picture in there three times but still couldn't get the first one to show....

Sorry Jane I tried.

Laura

janehadji

Thanks, Laura!!!