Seniors Golden Sneakers Club January 2010

Good Morning, this post is always so much fun to read.:bigsmile: I love that we are getting new people to join our fun group. Welcome Dee Dee and glad that Irene and Hazard have come back to share with us. Dee Dee are you from Hawaii, if so I would like to be your new BFF..... I LOVE HAWAII!! I was only there once about 40 years ago, but it has left an everlasting impression in my life. Unfortunately my second husband doesn't like to travel so I doubt I will ever get there again. :sad: Your goal is around the same as mine was and I only have 3 pounds to go, granted it has been forever trying to get rid of these three pounds but I am still happy with my results. I keep coming back because without the motivation from these wonderful people I could very likely gain all my weight back. :noway:

Hazard, thanks for the review of the movies, I don't get to the theater much so I wait for the movies to come out on Netflex. I absolutely love George Clooney and can't wait to see "Up in the Air". And again I love Meryl Streep and the trailer looks like that is a really funny movie. I have not heard of the Young Victoria but your taste in movies seems to be much like my own. :bigsmile:



Marie, you are an early bird, but since my hubby broke his shoulder I too have been getting up early. :yawn: He is finally able to do some things so I might be able to sleep in a little later soon.

My son and his family are coming here from Portland, Oregon onTuesday for a short visit. They are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary on Wednesday and they are having a family gathering on Friday. My granddaughter goes to American College in Washington DC, studying journalism, she is leaving for France soon and will be spending six months there on scholarship from American College. My daughter and granddaughter from Minnesota will be arriving Thursday so I expect a busy week with family that I don't see too often. I am very excited!!!!

My son that lives here just adopted a retired greyhound. He is five years old and although I haven't met him yet, I think I already love Cruzer as a grandson. :laugh:

Gayla, I am sorry to hear Neil is having more seizures, do you think it is the stress of the holidays? I hope when they admit him they can find something to help him. HIs picture is much like I visualized him, thanks for sharing. And your story about your son reminded me about when I was a student in Catholic Grammar School and wanted to join the choir. After a few sessions the nun said to me, Sandra do you think you could just mouth the words to the hymns? I think she ruined me for life.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Today is Sunday and like Barbie I keep thinking everyday is Sunday lately. I will be happy to go back to a normal week tomorrow. Have a good one everyone!!

Sandy

Hello. I am new to posting to MFP, and am checking out the site and trying to learn my way around. My goal is to "relose" 12 pounds plus an additional 5 pounds (17 total). The hardest part for me is the discipline needed to do a daily exercise routine. I am hopeful that I'll find something on this site to really help me out with that major roadblock in myself! I am 56, definitely ready for Golden Sneakers (to go along with my golden halo, ha). DeeDee

Welcome DeeDee,:flowerforyou:

I looked at your profile, and maybe you FEEL, 56 years old, but according to your profile page you are 35!!!! :laugh: :bigsmile: There must be a typo in your year of birth but you can change it from your home page area by clicking on "Settings" and choosing to update diet/fitness profile. :flowerforyou:

If you enjoy this thread, you may also like the 50+ women's thread under fitness and motivation, here is a link to the latest page:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/74199-women-ages-50-for-january?page=4#posts-1012323

Some of the people who post on here, post there as well, Barbiecat, BirdieM and me are the three I can think of offhand.

Assuming you are in Hawaii, I, too, am envious. 35 years ago this last Christmas season I spent two weeks there (Honolulu) when I was in college, on a trip with my parents--had a blast.:drinker: :drinker: New Year's Day I awoke in the apartment where I had attended a party and walked back to the sailboat where my parents were staying. It was moored in the area near the Ilikai (spelling?) Hotel. I have never forgotten the sensation of walking, barefoot with my dress sandals in my hand, hungover:laugh: and marvelling at how much debris there was in the streets from fireworks. That was probably the most exciting New Year's Eve I ever spent. We visited friends of my parents who lived on a large cabin cruiser in that moorage, and the sailboat adjacent to them became our "guest bedroom" After one night of TRYING :yawn: :grumble: to sleep in the aft cabin while my dad (in the forward cabin) snored like a freight train, I quickly befriended some acquaintances of our hosts and arranged to sleep in an extra bedroom.:laugh: :laugh:

The most memorable one since involved slipsliding out of Portland in the middle of an ice storm so we could reach the place we had reserved overnight accommodations in, to attend their festivities, which included a great local jazz band. The weather was no better in the morning, so coming home was thrilling as well.

Marie,:flowerforyou:

So glad you mentioned the Dallas game. :drinker: :drinker: I didn't realize it was on in my area 'til I looked at the tv listings. I thought my only option would be to suffer through another afternoon of watching the Seahawks embarrass themselves yet again:grumble: Now you have inspired me to get out of here at get my walk in so I can come back and see most of that game.

Bye for now...

Barb

Well I returned from my doggie walking a while ago, and since it is obvious that Dallas is going to win their game, since they are up 24 to Zip with about 10 minutes left, I decided to migrate over to the Seahawks game to see how badly they were digging a hole. To my surprise, they are AHEAD by 3 points, also in the 4th quarter, so maybe they will manage to win one after all. We shall see.....

Irene,

I am glad the wedding went well. The closest thing I have going to a tea party around here is that I am about to make a late lunch and drink some egg nog with a little Amaretto in it as "dessert":drinker: :drinker:

BTW, it is not too hard to add photos. Once you get a picture saved to your pc, go to your "profile", under "home" and choose the "edit photo" button. The next window will give you the option of browsing to locate the photo that you want to upload, and once you have clicked that into place on the window, just hit the green button to upload the photo. It will appear in your photo gallery on your profile page. You can change your avatar picture to any photo that you have uploaded on your profile.


Barb

Marie,

No wonder you are happy. Dallas played a good game. The Seahawks, on the other hand, lived up to my expectations--they lost again!!:grumble:
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I had a quiet day--thought I was going to stay in the rest of the evening, but my dad just called. There was a power interruption at their place last night, and now he can't convince their computer to go on line, so I have to go swear at it:grumble: and whip it back into shape. I haven't decided if that task requires the assistance of "the three little pigs" or not.:laugh: They are all snoozing. I hope I wore them out on that walk we took earlier today.

It is a good thing we got a long walk in today, because the weather forecast says lots of rain tomorrow. :frown: Ah yes, there is nothing like winter in the Pacific "Northwet." :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Barb

Hi all,
Welcome, Sorry things got rather messed up after the race my 18 year old was in from Texas and we did shopping and lots of talking about his desire to join the Army... I have finally talked him into going to school first THAN going in the military... I hate that he wants to go knowing what I have had to put up with for 20+ years but maybe that is what he wants to do we shall see.
I did OK at the race... I will say this... never run in 40 degree weather with a bad ear infection... kind of slows you down and all you can think about is throbbin pain in your ears.
I started a new diet this past week and I am actually pretty happy with it... its more along the lines of eating like I am a diabetic even though I am not... I need to loose the last 20lbs and I will be happy.
More later.
Beth

Because I am an the Office Manager in an Accounting Office...... Tax Season is very hectic. :noway: I will be working 6 day a week (Sundays off) and between 48 - 60 hrs.! Yikes! :noway: But the overtime in great!!! :flowerforyou:
So I may be MIA more than usual

My weekend was not perfect but was the best I could do, not feeling well, not being able to exercise and preparing for company yesterday I was a little sloppy but for the most part focused. :ohwell:
It is hard to stay within the calories when you don't exercise because your choices are so much more limited. (Only low calorie foods so you can keep within the 1200 calories) :ohwell:

Today I went on my treadmill for an hour:flowerforyou: so I can get back on track and have a perfect food day! :happy:

Welcome to all the new people on this thread. I pray it helps you all as much as it has helped me!

Got to get ready for work...not sure when I'll have time to check in :laugh: but will try!

Have a great day all!!!!
BirdieM

Hi All,
Just checking in before I start MY Christmas De-decorating. I've also spent most of the morning on the phone doing organizing for my 50th HS Reunion. Really - it used to be so much fun to plan these things. But ... I have to say, some of my classmates are getting a little crotchety, opinionated and negative. Have any of you found that w/ old friends?

Gayla - being an old nurse and now psychologist, I am interested in Neil's diagnosis. Did you tell us? At any rate, I hope he has a bed now, and will get dx'd properly and get help.

Irene & GetnHealthy ... keep coming!

Marie - you're a big Cowboys fan, huh? Well, I was a fair-weather Viking fan UNTIL Brett Favre came on the scene. He is SO much fun to watch. They consider him quite the senior - at 40!

Sandy - say hi to my fellow Minnesotan, your daughter, when she arrives. I love Chicago.

Barb - what great NY's stories. I also liked Sandydur's idea for watching the ball fall from *whereever at 8pm and being cozy in bed by midnight. VERY clever.

Birdie - sinus infections are the worst! My DH used to get them all the time, til he had sinus surgery ... but NOW he has nose bleeds at the drop of a hat.

So - back to MFP... I'm really going to try the 8 glasses of water, 30 minutes and daily diarying for January. I really want to turn this weight/health thing around. A little something for the fellow procrastinators in the group. I was listening to my iProcrastinate podcast and like this quote: "Mood does NOT have to match the task at hand, the truth is - once we get started, then our feelings will follow". So I'm not going to ask myself if I want to take my walk w/ Leslie (Sansone, the DVD) ... I'm just going to start and see how I feel ... will my feelings follow?

Have a great day everyone.... Hazard (Mary Ann...)

hi all, a quick hello and goodbye for now. Marie, hope you are ok this morning, swelling makes you feel bad all over, but running to the bathroom is not a picnic either, have you tried drinking lots more water?
Beth, hope your ear is better now, no I would not even consider running anywhere with a bad earache.. you are a real 'trooper' !
do you really mean that about the college first, then the military? We were advising our niece to try a military career, maybe air force would suit her. She wants to travel, and she is getting restless in college. With the economy as it is, we have discouraged her from pursuing the airlines right now. They just aren't what they used to be, benefits wise, and she is a bit starstruck on the idea of being a flight attendant.. I told her my cousins say it is a glorified watress job for them, and they get tired of it, just like any job. We kind of hoped the military would 'save' her from making mistakes like quitting school... oh well enough now,
Hi to hazard and getnhealthy, good to meet you, take care all of you, have a great week.

My Birthday is April 16.

:flowerforyou: Hi Everybody, I keep waiting for the "perfect time" to post and it never comes so I am going to stop aiming for perfection and "just do it" which is probably a pretty good motto for most of life.

We went out to lunch today and I had my favorite

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curry chicken with brown rice----we went to a different restaurant where the portions are normal size so I cleaned my plate. :bigsmile: but still overshot my calories by a mile

:flowerforyou: If anyone wants to look at my food diary, it is public......all you have to do is click on my name above my picture and there's a box on my profile that says "view diary"......I think you can view the food and exercise diary.......so if you want to see if I'm drinking water, logging my food, and logging my exercise, you can..........I'm not suggesting that anyone else do that, I just thought of it because several people mentioned that their goals were to log their food and water and exercise every day.

:flowerforyou: Birdie, I know what you mean about those days when you can't exercise.....we have a weekend like that coming up

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driving long distance in the car, long meetings, and restaurant meals.......I am expecting to go over my calories no matter how hard I try to avoid it.:sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

:flowerforyou: getnhealthy, I loved hearing about your cat and the lasar beam......when our older cat, Haifa, needed to lose weight the vet suggested getting one of those to encourage him to exercise......I borrowed one from my neighbor to try before buying one........Haifa lay in one place and followed the light with his head and eyes but never moved a muscle to chase it.......needless to say, we didn't buy one:laugh: :laugh:

:flowerforyou: Beth, I'm sorry your race didn't turn out the way you wanted......I wouldn't want to race with an earache and cold weather......you are a lot more hearty than I am :bigsmile:

Now that Jake has fed the critters, it's time for him to feed me :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
hugs Barbie

Viliberty, What state do you live in? I'm in Colorado.

Hi everyone! I wish I had time to respond to everyone but I am pooped! The day went fine until the evening nurse decided she had to follow protocol and put in an IV line in case he had uncontrollable seizures. He was NOT impressed to put it mildly. Neither was Dave, I understood the reasoning but didn't think it was neceassary in this case but decided it wasn't a big enough deal to argue. Usually people are taken off their meds while doing the continuous EEG monitoring. Because Neil had so much trouble the last time they did this (15 or more seizures a day for months after no matter what the Docs. did with drugs, he spent 3 weeks in hospital and testy is very mild to describe his mood). So, it is highly unlikely that something major will happen but, of course, if I said it wouldn't, it would!! So we left and I called back later, the line is in and Neil did fine.
Mary Ann, You asked about diagnosis. Neil does not have a diagnosis although he as been thoroughly investigated by several Dr.'s across Canada from British Columbia to Quebec. They have settled that he has some kind of syndrome but what it is we don't know. He is classic William's Syndrome personality but not the physical traits. That is the closest of a few diagnosis that have been thrown around. I am a nurse and my DIL is a psychologist so you can imagine how much research we have done! His seizures are as unique as the rest of him. He is an interesting and very lovable package although he can drive me to distraction at times.
Beth -- Sorry about the ear infection, my husband has been dealing with one the last couple of weeks so I know what you are saying! He, unfortunately, is deaf as a post in that ear. I hope the hearing improves when the infection completely clears. I am beginning to doubt it. We are at the stage where if he doesn't hear, it is my fault because I didn't talk loud enough!!
Marie -- I hope you are getting rid of the fluid, that really gets a girl down!!

I must run, I really am thinking about you all and one day I will do a better post. One that is not quite so self absorbed!!

Take care and keep smiling. gayla

Hi All,
Things are rather cold here in Virginia for the last few days... about killed me to get out of bed and go run knowing my lungs would hurt and I so could have retired from active duty in August. (OK can and should two separate animals)

Barbie - The race kind of sucked it took me a full 9 minutes longer to run the race than it should have.... I blame that on Lack-A-Wanna-Be-There I am sure I could have just sucked it up and dealt with the ear infection better but I just was too tired and whiney to want to.

Birdie - I hope you don't get over worked, I know its tax season but be careful you don't over due and make yourself sick

Mary Ann - Have you ever hear the motivational speaker who refers to her husband as right brain? She is a southern woman who is absolutely fantastic as a motivational speaker and you can take walks around the neighborhood laughing to yourself because she is so hilariously funny... I will see if I can find her name.

Sandy - At this point and time my son is 18 years old and can do what he wishes. He told me that he wanted to be enlisted and get his degree while on active duty the problem I have with him being in right now is that yes it scares me been there done that. But it is also very hard to go to school while you’re out patrolling the Anabar province...He was not too happy to get the real world version of what its like to get bounced out of your bed at 0200 and know that someone died thanks to that rocket attack. I want him to go in through an ROTC program IF he does go into the military... right now I worry that he is going in to get away from his dad and that bothers me.

Phoebe - I love my job...Why in the world would I have stayed 20 years punishing my body and going to some of the world’s most backward land mined countries?? but I wouldn't recommend something like that to someone who is not sure what they want out of life... that 4 year commitment can seem like a life sentence if you’re not happy. There are a lot of rules you need to follow and beyond that you are not even afforded the same rights guaranteed by constitution, yet you can put your life on the line to uphold them. I would suggest she takes a good hard look at what she wants... maybe try ROTC in college first. I am not saying don’t talk to her about going into the military but be sure that is something she wants and can live with. I would also suggest she look into the Coast Guard and the Navy as well. Don't think I am against the Army and the Marines I am so not... I love those guys... but I also know that the highest quality of life will be with the AF Coast Guard and Navy...probably in that order. BUT I have friends in all branches and the best travel seems to be with the Coast Guard and the Navy. If she wants someone to talk to about it I can send you my email for her I will be more than happy to talk to her. Like I said I love my career and I love the AF but I caution people into pressuring one way or the other.

Gayla - How is Neil? I hope he is doing well and they can figure out if it’s possible to control his seizures. He is very lucky to have such a dedicated mom who is willing to look for solutions and advocate for his health. Tell your husband I can understand the pain of the ear infection... I am one who rarely gets sick but it seems when I do it’s a doozy...I probably shouldn't have run the other day but it was a memorial run for cancer so I figured a lot of people are worse off in life than I am the least I can do is run.

Dee Dee - Have you tried playing Wii? I have a friend who works in an assisted living Center and they swear by it... they have actually had to make the communities residents stop playing... they love it and have a lot of fun... My daughter got one for Christmas and has a blast with it...she goes bowling without leaving the house.

Marie - I heard Wichita Falls got over 10" of snow during Christmas I hope y'all fared better and didn’t get as much if any...I miss Texas a lot.

Anyone I missed sorry...I will get back with you I didn’t mean to forget but I didn’t write things down AGAIN!!!

Have a wonderful fun filled week...I have to take my PT test next week so I will be a running fool till Wednesday
Beth

Good Grief! miss a few days and there are pages and pages to read!!!!!!!! Happy New Year everyone!

Welcome to all the new members! Great to have you on board! Getnhealthy - I live in Colorado as well - about 3 hours north of you (well, 2 1/2 hours if my kids drive it i guess.......) My older boy and his wife live down in Springs!

Sandy - i love the picture of little granddaughter with Daisy! Too cute! You did great over the holidays - no weight gain! I like your idea of committing to at least 30 minutes a day and 8 glasses of water. I'm on board with that. Oh - Dexter?!?!? I'm totally addicted. I don't get Showtime, so i rent the seasons - i've seen them all. I know - SO twisted but he's so interesting! I mean - i WANT to hate him because of how twisted he is but i just can't! And the more i get to "know" him the more i actually like him!

Gayla - thank you for the picture of Neil! It's so good to have a face to go with my thoughts of him. Hope the seizures are getting more under control. I can't even imagine - i think you could pretty much be my hero.

Hazard - i love movies (as well as animals) also. So far i've seen Up in the Air and Avatar 3-D in the theatres. I'm waiting for my Dad to get here to see It's Complicated. I agree - Up in the Air was NOT a comedy! I didn't like the ending so much.....no resolution! Avatar was amazing. Anyway - welcome to the group!

DeeDee - i have to agree with the people who are a little jealous right now! I've been to Hawaii twice and really love it. In March of 2007 my younger boy and his g/f and i made a trip to Kauai - it was really the best vacation ever! Welcome to the group!

Hey Beth - sorry the race didn't go how you'd hoped - i don't think you were running under ideal conditions for sure tho! It's interesting to me you were talking about the different branches of the military. My dil said she would have gone in the coast guard and my son said (i think.....) he would have gone in the AF - to be a medic who jumps out of planes? does that make sense to you? But they both, of course, say they love the Army. Hopefully your son will take your advice. After all - you clearly have a pretty good feel for what goes on! Good luck on your PT test. My son is waiting to hear about the CID - they're still interviewing his people. The thing i really know about the Army is that i know NOTHING until it happens! lol

Sorry - I know i left some of you out....not on purpose! There's just SO much to read and think about after a few days!

My dil is doing well - thank you all for your concern. She got over her stomach flu and is now just dealing with morning (afternoon and evening) sickness. She had another us yesterday and now along with the heartbeat they saw little arm and leg buds so we're all feeling very positive about this pregnancy! yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I WILL be a grandma!!!!!!!!!

I'm back on track with food - the bad news is i went from only having 3 pounds left back up to 11. Oh well - no use crying over spilled milk (or ingested food........)and just jump right back on. I'm back to walking the dogs - found a pair of boots that works for me in the muck and the mud. I made it to the gym yesterday as well........so! here i go yet again! Thank you all for your support - i fear it could have been way worse without you all! The good news is i had a fabulous Christmas and New Years with all the kids in the new house........now i've undecorated and cleaned and ready to get on with 2010! My resolutions are: 1)take better care of my business 2) get more exercise 3) have more fun! 4) pay more attention to my 2 outside dogs!

Happy Tuesday! elli