Senior Golden Sneakers~~~~For June~~~~~

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:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Oh Jfftrey. What an amazing guy. 95 lb lOST STILL RUNninfg. Dying to hear how you place.Had no ideal you were that fit. and wow =you hVE TRANFORM YOURSELF INTO A PERFECT BODY.. cAN'T TELL HOW PROUD i AM IN YOU. yOUR'LL THE BEST.OW WHAT DO YOU DO FOR A ENCORE???????tHANKS FOR SHARIING YOUR PICTURES.yOU ARE THE kING.DID'M'T
REALIZE YOU WERE SO TALL.
lOVE MARIE fROM THIS OLD GRANNY.

BirdieM

Good morning all. Jeffrey YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!!!!! Love your pictures. It really is very hard to believe that you were ever an ounce overweight!!!!:noway: Kudos to you!!! You have worked very hard for this and you must be very proud!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Today is a somber day as it started out with the funeral mass for our dear young Anthony. :ohwell: Yesterday at the wake there was a line going down the street! It took me an hour and a half just to get into the funeral home to pay my respects!:noway: What a testimony to Anthony and his family. It is very consoling to see such an outpouring of love, support and respect!!!
At the funeral mass today, my 3 daughters did all the music! They sing like angels! It was heartwarming.....so full of people who knew the family being a part of such a sad service! Even the priest was from our parish and knew the family personally. (He was an altar boy, growing up in our parish and then became a priest) I was so touched and so proud of the girls offering to sing under these difficult circumstances. :blushing: I am truly blessed!:flowerforyou:

May we all feel blessed with what we have....and if something..... or someone is agravating you.....put it into perspective and look at what you have. These kinds of events help to put life into perspective!

Have a blessed day and find a piece of joy somewhere in it!

BirdieM

TexasAngelBeth

HI All,
I have been rather crazy busy lately and havent been on here much I will post something later.
Hope everyone is doing well.... Looking good Jeffrey

Sandydur

Happy Tuesday!! Contrary to what I posted early in the week, I have decided not to go to competition until tomorrow. I did drive Bryanna to the event yesterday but then came home and today I am just going to get some of my things done before tomorrow.
I am staying in a hotel with Bryanna Wednesday and Thursday just so we have some special time together. She has to be there very early in the mornings and since she dances Thursday and Friday I just thought it would be easier for her. :blushing:

Our weather is perfect this week with no rain and plenty of sunshine, I might even take Daisy to the dog park today if I can get organized. I did well with walking and calories yesterday. It seems I have lost a pound but then again you know my rule. :laugh:

Hope everyone is well and may I ask a favor for the new month? I am not sure if I will be on Wednesday night so can one of you please start the new month for July?

Beth, so nice to hear from you, I have been following your adventures on face book. Take care of yourself.

Have a great day,
Sandy

jeffrey71

Good Morning Everyone!

Beautiful weather here finally! Yesterday I resumed training. I ran 3.5 miles, did an ab work out, and a serious strength work out. Today I have swam 450 yards and I am going to bike and do a plyometric workout after I mow the lawn.

The traithlon break down is kind of like this:

The swim was daunting! Open water swmiiming is nothing like a pool. About 20 times harder. We started by age groups which put me next to last to start. There were 719 total participants. I started fine but got grabbed in the middle of the lake. A poor guy had an anxiety attack and grabbed me. He ended up ok and finished. It was little scary. I came out of the water in 15 minutes. I had done it in 10 minutes many times in training. I had 2 scratched and bleeding arms, a bruise over my right eye and and a swoller left eye from the swim. It would describe it as a cross between a rugby game and a bar fight! Nothing was done intentonal, it just happens.

I biked very well. My bike computer had me averaging about 21.2 mph for the 14 miles. I had to stop for 89 seconds to wait for the ambulance to get a bkie wreck cleaned up and the guy off the road. I really liked racing the bike. I am going to check into that further.

The run was rough. 3.52 miles in 90 degrees after the other disciplines. I finally hit my stride with 1.5 miles to go and finished strong.

I met so many great people! Everyone was very encouraging and supportive. Not a butt in the crowd that I seen. I found out though that even though I am in decent shape, I have a ways to go to be competive with this group of athletes. When you meet a triathlete, that is either a very fit person or a nut! LOL Probably a mix of both. I will do another one, but this year I need to train for distance running. That is the next thing on my bucket list!

Through all this I learned a lot about me and others. First of all that I should not rest on what I have done, but always look forward to what can I do! Nothing is out of reach. I have learned that when you think you are ready, you probably are not. Stay at it! AND Never give up! Respect, admire, and encourage everyone's effort. Their output and effort may exceed yours! And lastly, peace comes from within therefore do not seek it from without..........

Thanks to all of you for the complements. I have relished in them. And coming from all of you, they mean more than you know. Your support contributed greatly to my finishing the triathlon. There were several times in the past few weeks that it would have been very easy to find an excuse to drop out, but with the encouragement from all of you I did not.

You were all with me when I crossed the finish line!

Jeffrey

Sandydur

@Jeffrey..............:sad: Those are tears of joy and pride in knowing you!!!!!!

weaklink109

..Hope everyone is well and may I ask a favor for the new month? I am not sure if I will be on Wednesday night so can one of you please start the new month for July? .......


Sandy

Sandy,

Since I am down with a cold today, I will probably be sticking close to home, so I will take care of creating the new thread this time for July.

Hope Bryanna's dance event goes well.

Jeffrey, Congrats on the accomplishment. Sorry you suffered some "war wounds" in the process. Next time around, hopefully there won't be someone in the swimming portion who mistakes you for a flotation device!!!:noway: :laugh: Don't see how that could happen, as your picture certainly shows you to be looking very fit!!:flowerforyou:

Barb

CALIECAT

Jeffrey, you are one in a million.Sorry about the guy grabbing you. That must have been scary.But you came back fighting.this old granny is sp proud of you. I got to forget I am fixing to have my 80th Birthdate and think young.

Ask Day if I leave off fat except for a little of the good fat will that help me get rid of this tummy. She is a nutriction. right? i have been eating a lot of veggies and fruit and really lean meat.and a lille Olive oil.And skim milk.

You can get you a job as a personel trainer.y ou certainly have came a long way.

Hello to the rest of you. Hope all is well. Would love to hear from Irene.

Gayla how is WW oming along?
I didn' stick with it too long.


We had a nice rain. and maybe the hurrican will bring lots more.They are saying it will.

Talk to you guys later

Marie

BirdieM

@Jeffrey..............:sad: Those are tears of joy and pride in knowing you!!!!!!

Amen!!!!
BirdieM:happy:

barbiecat

:drinker: :drinker: Barb, thanks for taking on the responsibility for getting the new thread started tomorrow....I'll be looking forward to it on the first of July.......I'm sorry to hear that you were not able to successfully dodge the cold.....take care of yourself so you have a speedy recovery....I think "snuggling with dogs" is one of the most successfully used remedies for what ails you....I know it works for me.

:flowerforyou: Jeffrey, I loved reading your account of the triathlon....I read it twice and then read it out loud to Jake. He sends congratulations :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: I didn't think the race would resemble a bar fight, LOL I thought it would just be grueling exercise, but I guess with a lot of people in a small space, anything can happen.......I admire the peaceful competitive spirit you seem to have.....consistently pushing yourself to do more but without the aggression that is prevalent in many competitive venues......I especially agree with your belief that you should look within for peace....I've always heard that happiness is an inside job....I happy to know that I could be some small part of your support system for completing the race.

:flowerforyou: We all have our own personal competitions and Jake says that for himself being able to cut the grass himself, groom both poodles, and walk the golf course is a personal triathlon.....competition against others like Jeffrey's triathlon is one sort of competition and competition against one's personal bests is another.

:flowerforyou: we did a different yoga routine this morning and learned about some flexibility we didn't have and some balance we were surprised that we did have...the next step will be adding an evening yoga

:flowerforyou: Sandy, I was watching some great dancing on the Daytime Emmy show on TV and thought about Bryanna's dancing.....maybe one day we'll see her dancing in something like that.

:flowerforyou: Beth, good to hear from you.....are you doing any competitive runs?

:flowerforyou: Marie, I think the best fats are from nuts and olive oil....I think they are better than animal fat (meat and dairy)...veggies and fruit are always a great choice

:flowerforyou: Birdie, thanks for the reminder about staying focused on our blessings.......it's too easy to neglect our blessings and think about our worries........there is so much that is right about our lives.

:flowerforyou: Gayla, I loved the story about the robin and the strawberry in your garden.....I used bird netting to keep the birds from eating my sunflower seeds so I guess it will work to protect your strawberries.

:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

CALIECAT

Thats at i like about us Seniors we stick togheter.Thqnkws Barb's for taking care

gf our momthly change. You are all such dears Love you all .

gayla how do you make cucumbers sandwiches? I need some ideals for sandwiches without eating provessed lunch meat. I can get my protein in by eating greek yogurt. I am thinking about baking a salmon to go on s sandwich I really don't like tuas unless I uaed lot of mayo in it and that would be too much fat.Salmon patties would be good. Here I am answwering my own Questions.

I see Kay has been getting on facebook a lot lately. I hardly ever go to her dairy now.

This is grocer shopping day. I got to remember if I don't buy it I can't eat it.And My friddge is about bare now. Now if I can get my frezer work down some. I have been cooking lots of veggies so it is looking better.

Thanks Barbicat. That is about what i am eating. veggies fruit lean meat. and skim milk. And low carb breadCan't go wrong eatinf that.


Blessed you Irene. I keep thinking about you. Hope to hear from you soon.And all is fine.. Marie

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: Marie, what about cooking chicken and then pulling it off the bone and measuring a portion for a sandwich.....then you could have a protein on a sandwich without using processed deli lunch meat.

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: sunshine today.....golf for Jake and line dance for me.

weaklink109

Marie,

Regarding cucumber sandwiches: I use English cucumbers--milder than the other type--love the flavor. I use a Thomas Bagel Thin with "everything" on it, or a whole wheat sandwich thin or mini-bagel, and spread low-fat cream cheese. You don't even miss the meat. If I want to add some additional protein, I will have some Greek yogurt, or a hardboiled egg along side it, or put some roasted soy nuts in the sandwich--be careful of the brand--some of the soy nuts are awfully high in salt. The brand I use is called Nature's Select, and it is from Costco.

I went to bed at 7:30 last night, and woke up several times during the night, but got a fairly restful sleep, despite Mai Li getting up in the middle of the night to bark at the boogyman out in the back yard!!:laugh: :laugh:

I weighed today, and apparently that nice long walk I took on Sunday finally shook something loose, as am down a pound from my previously lowest weight. Never dreamed I'd ever drop into the 180's when I started this journey in April 2009, but I am almost there.

I will post a link to the new thread on this one once I have started the new one later tonight.

Barb

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: This is the day for walking my friend.......so after line dance I came home ate a quick lunch, rode the exercise bike for 20 minutes then met my friend and walked and talked for two hours.....it's a beautiful day and our route takes us along the water and through the trees so it couldn't be any better than that except that I was so tired when I got home that I didn't take the dogs to the dog park.....I feel better now but we have someplace to go in an hour and that won't leave time for the dogs......Jake walked them on the hill so they haven't been completely neglected.

jeffrey71

Good Evening!

Just got back from my run. I got a tough 3.5 miles in tonight right after a long strength and ab workout. I think I paid the price on the run from yesterdays plyometric workout. I am sore! I now have my coffee and my supper is in the oven. Day had a church meeting tonight so me and the cats are flying solo. They know I have chicken cooking and are patiently waiting in the kitchen.

I got a little work done in the garden today and in the flower beds. It has been a tough year for gardening but I will not surrender! I cleaned my truck from top to bottom, inside and out today. It looks good now, but it took 5 hours to complete it. I had been a slob! LOL

I think I am going to run a 3.5 mile race on Saturday. It looks like a nice little group that puts it on as a fund raiser for thier fireworks. Should be easier than last Saturdays "race"!

Today I made a nice wrap out of slice turkey, onion, and salsa. It really was pretty darn good and I figured about 200 calories for it. So far this week my weight has stayed down. I was kind of worried about it after the triathlon but I seem to be holding steady. I have really been counting calories at all for a while but I am going to start watching them again as I have dropped the intensity of my training for a bit to heal up. I am not going to put one pound back on!

Day's fell and broke her wrist last night. She refuses a bed alarm and is now falling frequently. She is still mean and nasty and told us to get out last Sunday after we drove 100 miles down to see her. So we did! LOL It is a constant worry about her. I know she is quite a "jewel" but she is family and a fellow human. I will never understand her fight against happiness. I am glad it is her and not me!

Take care and enjoy your evening everyone!

Jeffrey

weaklink109

Good Evening Everyone--

I am going to bed early tonight, so I started the new thread already. Here is a link to the new month:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/104448-senior-golden-sneakers-july-2010

See you in the new month!!

Barb