WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2012

Happy Saturday evening to all! I just spent about an hour or so going back and reading the last few pages of posts and I still didn't get to my last post! I hope I can keep up with this thread as I don't have a lot of time most days to sit and read everything - let alone reply! I work full time in the accounting department of an insurance company. I'm also a student pursuing a long belated degree - 2 classes at a time. I've been taking classes for 3 years now (year 'round) and have 2.5 more semesters to go to earn my 2 year degree. :laugh: I spent the majority of the day today sitting at my computer trying to make sense of my statistics homework. I discovered that when I am confused and can't wrap my mind around what I need to understand and when I am frustrated - I eat. Sooooo - really bad results in the diary today. My mid-term is tomorrow. Hope I can keep the stress snacking to a minimum - I can't afford 2 days like this!

I, too, have multiple cats. My 12 year-old is getting stiff and doesn't like to travel from one end of the house to the other. Many times I pick him up and carry him to his food. I'm hoping the litter box won't have to move into the bedroom - yuck! But he's my big sweet boy - 22 pounds of crotchety fluff - and I'll do what needs to be done to keep him happy.

petalsandpaws - you are in my thoughts and prayers and I'll hold you both in my heart. Such heartbreaking news...

Have a good night - I'm off to bed!
Sue

Good morning Sweeties :flowerforyou:

I didn't get around to making pickles yesterday but spent an hour reading through recipes. :grumble: I never did locate the one I'd used years ago for horseradish pickles, so I gave up. The cukes are still in a bag on the kitchen table, yelling at me, If they don't stop that nonsense soon, I'll grab each and every one of them and toss them right into the compost pile. That'll teach 'em! :laugh: The next batch of pickling cukes will be ready in a week, I'll make my annual few quarts of dills.

Spent 3 hours in my yard yesterday morning, being a good little flower girl, deadheading, thinning, staking, pruning, weeding, watering. It's a glorious sight out there right now, all colors of dahlias blooming! Also white and ruby cosmos, purple coneflowers, black and blue savia, lovely-scented stocks, purple and lavender larkspur, zinnias, rudbeckia, alstromeria, dark red snapdragons, blue godetia, yellow coreopsis, blue bachelor buttons, gorgeous tall white phlox and of course a few towering sunflowers. The beds were in dire need of attention, I was pooped afterwards! I could easily spend another 3 hours out there this morning and still not get everything done. Ah, summer.

Linda, you're absoluetly right about eating small meals every 3 hours or so. Thanks for the reminder. I tend to wait too long to eat, especially on weekends. Then I'm starving and of course eat too much. Yesterday I was a little piggy! :blushing: When I totaled up my calories for the day and saw 1650....yikes. :noway: Oh well, I feel good, had fun, stayed busy, and had a blast at the river with the dogs in the afternoon.

Off to the gardens, time to pick those beans. Everyone have a wonderful Sunday!

jb

Hello,
Newbie here - just retired, looking for inspiration and encourgement to push to better health in my new life chapter. Very glad to find this site.

Just starting C25K tomorrow morning. But I've never been a runner, not much of a walker, for that matter. Not sure I can do this, but don't want to start my retirement sitting down. I've downloaded the podcasts from NHS, got the shoes ready and a Nike running app that will track my distance, speed, etc. All I need now is to do it....

Any suggestions?

Beverly

Hello

Just wanted to dropped in to say hi. I hope every one is having a good. Sunday. Every thing is going ok today. Sunday is a busy day for us. But I need a nap not sure it will happened maybe bed early tonight. Food going okay need to try to get a workout in. Trying to figure out what. To fix for dinner today I guess I keep hoping that the food fairies will come in in just do it.

Thank you for your posts. Take care each of you.

Hello! I am new to this thread. I am 61 years old and have 4 grown children-the last starts college in August- so I will be an empty-nester; just me and the dog. My doctor has me on a very stick meal plan as all my numbers were very high. I had my physical the end of March and started on this food plan the 7th of July. I had lost 20 lbs last year and keep that off. I was reading your posts and you found this group to be very supportive and motivating.

I was reading someone's post regarding eating every three hours - yep I have to eat between every 2 1/2 to 3 hours - and was told to never let myself go more than 4 hours as it will mess up my blood sugar and fat burning cycle. I also have to drink 1/2 my body weight in ounces of water daily. Some days are ok but others it is hard to accomplish.

Thanks for letting me share.

Deb(Comfortableme)

Had a very productive Sunday...got the grocery shopping done, puttered in the kitchen since it was sort of cool (for July) . Yesterday I made choc chip brownies for Saturday lunch with my mom and sister...they were too tempting sitting on counter so put them in freezer and next week I will vacuum pack them...then I can leave them alone...I sometimes wonder if I have never grown out of being a child!! I am hosting book club which is next Monday, so made an ice cream cake using fat free frozen yogurt. I have had a craving for this lately so this will help to get it out of my system and move on.

The sun came out late this afternoon so I was able to get the pool vacuumed ...our pump motor died when I was away...hubby said it happened the day I came home, but I think that is when he noticed it!!! :noway: so Thursday I shocked the pool to get rid of the algae and today vacuumed it so now we are nice and clear. When I was done I did my pool jogging. (Next time won't wear the strapless top...thank goodness the neighbors have tall fences!) :blushing: so did a couple sets of grapevines..felt good since I did more floating than swimming on vacation.

Back to routine tomorrow..need to get on that recumbent bike and start thinking about August goals!

Have a nice evening. Hugs and high fives we are getting good at this journey!

hen

Good evening everyone:flowerforyou:

Welcome to all the newbies:flowerforyou: , you've come to the right place for great motivation and inspiration!!!!

I hope everyone has had a good day! Mine would have been great except the dreaded headache has returned , I really think these headaches have a lot to do with my allergies, both ears were hurting and my face felt awfully sore:grumble: , I took a Zyrtec and my nose spray, I feel some better but I'm extremely tired now (thanks to the Zyrtec , I'm sure):yawn: .

Hope everyone has a great night, and sweet dreams:yawn: .

Hugs,
DeeDee:yawn: :yawn: :yawn:

Sherry -- how do you make apple cinnamon water? It sounds like that might help me get through more water every day. I struggle to get through 6 glasses a day, and I know I need more than that.

Today was a pretty good day until dinner. My darling 16-year-old son was moping around so we went to the driving range to hit golf balls and practice chipping and putting. I don't play golf, but have tagged along enough to fake it. We had a nice 2-hour outing on a beautiful afternoon, and his mood improved tremendously. I needed to be reminded that he still likes spending time with me, even though he pretends not to. It was sweet.

Grocery shopping (three stores to find everything I needed). Put everything away and fixed two more new recipes for dinner from the Reader's Digest diet. Is anyone else trying that? I was so tired from being outdoors in the heat that I ended up ruining both recipes. Dinner was so bad I had to throw it away. We all had a good laugh, but I was so frustrated. I just wanted to throw in a frozen pizza or something quick and easy instead of sticking to the plan. Whine, whine, whine. Instead I scrambled some eggs, even though it wasn't on the plan. Oh well. Tomorrow is another day, right?

Hope everyone has a good Monday, whether you're going back to work or starting your retirement, or anything in between! :flowerforyou:

Polly

So I went back to read my goals for July - I really need to post them somewhere so I can see them everyday:

My July goals:

*To walk at least 5 days each week. [Did this one. I exercised every single day. Most days I walked my 2.65 mile circle. Three days that I was away at a workshop, I worked out on the elliptical or treadmill each day for 30 minutes. If I make it tomorrow and Tuesday, I won't have missed a single day.]
*To log my food daily, regardless of the amount. [Did this one, too]
*To take my vitamins religiously (am usually a real slacker at this. I hate pills.) [Nope, still a slacker. Reading it made me go take them for today. Even so, the eating right and exercising has made me feel fantastic. In all honesty, I forgot that this was one of my goals. I'll write them down and post them for August.]
*To lose at least 5 lbs, hopefully more. (I'd like to lose 75 lbs total. I'm about 10 lbs up from the low I hit last fall. I'd sure like to be back there before school starts back in August.) [Yep, made it!]
*To participate in this thread for motivation. [Not as much as well as I would have liked, but I have been here. Thanks!]

WOW , Michelle, you have so much energy! I am wiped out today from yesterday,being in the heat for 3+ hours. All I did was take Sammie to the gun range, to shoot a round of trap.:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

It is amusing to watch the 4 men that she shot with. They range in age from 20-60.Some have been shooting trap for years. She went out there and did better than all of them. She shot a 21/25. She just started shooting trap 3 months ago. The men were flabbergasted at the end! A 15 year old girl beat them all!! Now what men??:noway: :noway: :noway: :laugh: :laugh:

I am going to help Sammie wash the dishes, and then off to bed, and the trap range in the morning. My daughter really wants to go to the 2016 Olympics in Rio for trap shooting! Dream big! Go Sammie!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:


Welcome to all the new ladies, This is the best place to be!

Rose ,glad your GS is doing so well.

Barbie, you are so active,,,,,,,,,,,enjoy that sunshine before the winter comes!

Meg- glad that the NACL level is low. I know that if I eat salty stuff, I feel aweful the next day1:sad: :sad:

Well, tomorrow is weigh in day. I am not feeling confident about this weight loss day I don't know why? Maybe because I have not really had any good exercise for a while. But it is, what it is. I like something Barbie, said

"If your moving, you are losing!! Keep logging and moving, and talk with you all tomorrow! Heres to a good week and new goals for August! Hugs

Linda-Aka SundanceB:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: