Senior Golden Sneakers Club~~~Welcome~~~~~Dec.

I hope you have all had a wonderful love filled day. If you were alone today, remember you have plenty of pals here at MFP, and you are not really alone at all!!
we had a nice day, spent it here at home, just the 5 of us.. including three cats!
we had a very easy dinner about 2pm. The day has just flown by.
NEW YEARS RESOLUTION
This year, it has nothing to do with losing weight, that is a standard now in my life!!
Here it is.. if I don't need it, I don't buy it.

Of course, it won't start til Jan 1, right? :happy: :laugh:
I hope to see a major improvement in this area of my life, and then see clutter begin to disappear as well.. I hope this is not too much to expect from my poky self!!
So, no after Christmas sales, no cards, no paper, no decorations.

hope you all arrive safely to your destinations and back again.. I know Marie had some snow, but it should be all melted away by now. for the rest of you, we watch the weather channel and see some might cold temps around the country, please be extra careful.

bye for now!!

We had frost but not snow (like Marie in Texas) but it looked white at 7 AM when I walked the dogs

:flowerforyou: We had midday dinner with a whole crowd of friends with a lot of laughter and good conversation and some singing.......the only thing that wasn't perfect was that I was looking forward to roast turkey and there was only a turkey roll :sad: :sad: :sad: :brokenheart: Later I took the dogs to the dog park. :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: We just finished watching "Shakespeare in Love"......we saw it in the theatre when it first came out and recently bought the DVD.

I hope this was a wonderful day for all of you filled with love and laughter.
hugs Barbie

Hi Marie,

Those pink flamingos add a nice touch to Santa and the Christmas tree!!:laugh: Like Barbiecat, we had plenty of frost this morning.

PJ--Phoebe- Glad to see you got to spend Christmas at home. I feel for all those drivers from Arrow that got stranded all over the country. I like your resolution. Maybe I should try it. Maybe in my case I better resolve not to get any more doggies in the New Year!!!!:laugh:

Sandy--Not sure how you got those musical notes in your post, but they added a nice touch.

I spent the whole day at my parents, along with the doggies. We started out with french toast, bacon, and eggs for breakfast with a clementine tangerine.

We had a Costco spiral cut ham, which is fully cooked, so it just had to be heated up. After I prepared the green beans and the potatoes, and put the ham in the oven, I took the doggies out for a walk up the street to a friend's house. She and her spouse hadn't met Bradley yet, so it was about time. I walked back to my parents' apartment, made the salad and cooked the veggies, and by this time the ham was thoroughly warmed. We had fruit for dessert, along with ice cream and chocolate sauce for my dad, who is NOT on MFP!!!:laugh:

I got the kitchen cleaned up, mostly by myself, but my mom can't help herself from being in the kitchen. She took a fall last week and isn't moving as well as she usually does, but she is bound and determined to do more than she should. I did manage to keep her activities to a minimum for the day.

The biggest problem we had was her using her walker in the apartment, something she has been doing due to leg pain from her fall. Every time she tried to move, there was a dog in the way. It didn't take them long to figure out that when that strange wheeled thing began rolling toward them it was time to relocate.

The other thing that was interesting was 3 dogs underfoot in the kitchen. Pepper and Mai Li have always been good about staying out of the way, but Bradley is my shadow, so that has inspired the other two to do the same. Bradley is the biggest "momma's boy" you can imagine, and he is inspiring Pepper to be just about as bad. Now every time I go in the bathroom, they both have to follow me, or they sit outside the door and cry like they have been abandoned.

Hope everyone had a good day. It is late and I am about to fall over. :yawn: :yawn:

Merry Christmas one last time til next year!!!

Barb

Marie, so much snow, how did you manage??? I love your Christmas decorations inside and out ( and the flamingo as Birdie mentioned). Your house is very nice, have you lived there for your entire married life??

We are getting a lot of snow today, we already have four inches and it is still falling. I will try to take a picture of it before it gets dirty. :bigsmile:

Phoebe, so good to hear from you and glad you were home for Christmas. :drinker:

Barbie, sounds like your holiday dinner was great, even though you didn't get roasted turkey.

Birdie, you are a wonderful daughter to take such good care of your parents. Daisy is just like Bradley, she is a momma's girl and is under my feet no matter where I go. It makes it challenging to cook dinner and like you when I use the ladies room she bangs on the bathroom door for me to come out. :laugh:

My Christmas Eve was wonderful with my son and his daughter (she is with me in my profile picture). Christmas Day we went to my step sons and had a leisurely day since he is still sick. He looks terrible and I can't wait for him to get tests done.
He does have alcoholic hepatitis, but they still need to do an ultra sound and possibly a scope to check for cirrosis.:sick:

I just took some pictures of the snow and will post them.

Have a great weekend.

Sandy

Good for you, Birdie, you are not down on yourself, and that is wonderful. Carrot cake is sort of healthy..teeeehhheeee.. coz of the carrots and calcium in the cream cheese.. besides, we don't have to deny ourselves, just learn moderation, right?

Sandy, I am sure your snow is pretty, but I am so glad I am not in it!!

Barb, weaklink 109, it is awful about the arrow drivers. We were in Yuma AZ parked next to a couple in an arrow truck. They were loaded, and were heading toward their home state with the load, but they had a flat tire on the trailer.. The lady told my husband that the company would not ok them to get the tire fixed!! This was all happening right before they shut the doors, and none of us knew they were about to do that. My husband, Jim told them what to do to be able to go on their way. It is called 'single out' the tires, remove the damaged tire and just have one tire on that side. It works unless the remaining tire is not in good condition. Well, we went into the restaurant to eat, and they were gone when we came out.. I know we both were hoping they made it home, especially when we found out about the company closing down.

today, I have been lazy, but I guess I will make up for it starting tonight. take care all, have a nice weekend!!

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Good Morning, I am so happy to be finished with holiday eating and back to normal. We had a fabulous time with our friends last night. The turkey, stuffing, and corn pudding were my big holiday splurge and my weight this morning reflects all the sodium. I ate salad and roasted vegetables but skipped the mashed potatoes and gravy. The girls made apples dipped in caramel, marshmallow, and chocolate and said that their feelings wouldn't be hurt if we didn't eat it. I sliced mine and just ate the apple......Jake at some of the coating. After dinner the dogs were allowed to come back into the regular part of the house so we could enjoy them while we talked. It was so much fun that we didn't get home until after 11 PM

:flowerforyou: This morning Jake doesn't feel well so he went back to bed and the dogs are pestering me. We won't go to the dog park until about 1 PM.

:flowerforyou: Today is a new day.........guilt or remorse or sadness or anything negative about food eaten or exercise undone is a thing of the past. Today is the day to eat and exercise the way that works and just keep on going.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Sandy, your new picture is fabulous

:flowerforyou: Elli, I'm so glad you made it back to the gym

:flowerforyou: Marie, we got a late start here, too. I didn't get out of bed until 8.......it was nice walking the dogs in the daylight.....enjoy your football game.

:flowerforyou: Phoebe, enjoy your lazy day......you work hard, you deserve a break.

:flowerforyou: Birdie, you didn't go that far off the path and now you're back on it......the only difference between you and me is that you strayed with sweets and I strayed with stuffing and corn pudding.:laugh:

no snow here but temperatures below freezing.
hugs Barbie

Sandy - i love the pic of you and your daughter!


Thanks for the compliment, but that is my grand daughter, my son's daughter. :laugh:

Hi All,
I'm new to you! Have read over your posts and think this is a good place for me to start. Here's MY dilemma. My body image is JUST FINE .. it's my BODY that isn't. Really - I'm about 25 # overweight, but I don't see it when I look in the mirror ... except for those moments of Truth (which actually ARE happening more often).

So - I just CANNOT seem to get myself to "Anytime" - where we have a membership. I think about it, plan for it, and ...."Oh my gosh, look at the time ... I guess I can't go today"! (Little voice in head then says "heh ... heh... - outsmarted that other little voice.

So - who's out there ... and how do I get the little weight chart under my post?

Thanks much - your new best friend .... Mary Ann

Good Morning Everyone!

Sorry I have been away for a few days! It has been a nut house here! I want to wish everyone a belated Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays! I will try to catch you all up on the happenings!

On the 21st I had to go to Detroit for a while, work related. Waste of time but it was nice to get out. Sam got home on the 20th with no difficulties. Amanda got home on the 23rd experiencing a little car trouble enroute. The parts are ordered and we will deal with that later this week. On Christmas Eve we went to my mothers for Christmas. It was nice. My cousins were there and one of my Aunts and Uncles along with my sister, niece, great neice, and brother in law. Christmas Eve we had a mid night service at church. Amanda and Sam sang and it was stellar! When we got home from Church we worked on the Christmas dinner for my wifes family. We went to bed around 3 am. Up at 7! Sam and I made a rum cake that was to die for. We had turkey, ham, red potatoes, asparagus in phyllo wrap, cranberries, greenbeans, spinach salad, and rolls. Great meal! We had 12 for dinner. Everyone behaved! LOL No fights! It got close a couple of times but all in all a good day. The next day we went to our best friends. It was a better time! LOL Why is that? With all that we still had to do a little shopping and the normal stuff. We got about 4" of snow on the 23rd (and 6" yesterday), so we did have a white Christmas. Amanda's boy friend will be flying in today and they are going to Indianapolis to pick him up. We will have another Christmas tonight. Does it ever end? And that is the cliff note version!

I have maintained my training pretty well. No weight gain. I have upped my training to a minimum of 2 hours daily at an "all out " pace. I have lost another 1/2" around the waist but no real weight loss. Still holding around 190. I am really getting excited about the senior triathlons for 2010. I just want to finish one. The left knee is still giving me some fits. Lots of pain at times. I am going to the doctor next week for it. I am starting to believe that may be arthritis. He will know. I am talking with a trainer for additional training 90 days before my first triathlon. I think it may help my weak areas. By the way, the young guys I was working out with seem to have given up. They were too sore they said. LOL The young ones today want it all right now. Weight loss and training are long term efforts that require a ton of committment. I hope they come back because it really made me work harder to push them.

Hazard welcome! Nice to have you join us!

I will try to catch up on all the post later today!

I missed all of you!

Jeffrey

Welcome Hazard, we are happy to have you join us. The easiest way to get to our post is to click on community and then go to My Topics located near the top of the screen. If you go to my home, you can set your goals, go to profile if you want to include pictures and tools to put a ticker on your post. If you need more help just let us know.

You are the same age as I am and when I started I was 15 to 20 pounds over weight. No one thought I needed to lose weight except me. I have lost all but 3 pounds which by the way has increased since I have been eating all the Christmas goodies.
I did it with keeping track of my calories on this site and by exercising to get more calories. Exercise and water are essential to this program and even though some of us do slack off now and then, keeping in touch with each other ,we get each other back on track. We have four exceptional weight loss people here, Jeffrey, Barbie, Jake and Birdie have all done a tremendous job and they are our inspiration. They are human though and do once in a blue moon, fall off the weight loss wagon. :laugh:

Marie is our honorary queen of our posts!! She changes the posts each month to the current month, she is one of our elders and she works really hard on her diet. She will tell you all about her self and you will be honored to know her.

With your degree in psychology, you will be welcome since we are a little crazy here. (just kidding people)

Jeffrey, it sounds like a wonderful Christmas with more to follow. We have had all that snow also and although I love seeing it fall I am over it now. Your girls sound like they are very talented and with the way dad brags about them it shows.

I bought myself the new Jenny Mc Carthy Wii Your Shape to motivate myself into some new exercises. It has a camera that corrects your form, detects your movements and creates a personalized workout. I just hope it doesn't bother my knees too much. I will let you know later today. I think I gained about 4 extra pounds during these holidays but refuse to post it until after the first of the year. If I work hard enough this week maybe I won't have to change my ticker. :laugh: :laugh:

Have a good Monday, keep smiling.

Sandy

Hi everyone! I think I am done cooking and entertaining for awhile and I am going to rest and watch the World Junior Hockey on TV. It is being held here but I won't be going to any games. My son went to a game yesterday and enjoyed it.
Christmas was wonderful with all the family here. It was busy cooking for everyone but as you know I do love doing that as well. We have leftovers to last the week and then it will be time to jump back on this crazy wagon.

Welcome, Hazard. It is always nice to have new folks join us. I wish you success getting rid of those 25 pounds.

To everyone else, you have been in my thoughts and prayers. Take care and keep smiling. Gayla