WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2012

Hi Ladies!

First of all, thanks for all your prayers and good thoughts regarding my surgery on July 25 which I had written about on July 17. Special thanks to Jeannine, Jane, DeeDee, Meg, Michele and Linda-Sundance for your kind comments and encouraging words. It meant a great deal to receive support from all of you. I'm relieved that the laparoscopic surgery to remove my ovaries went smoothly and I did not experience nausea or extreme pain afterwards like I had after a previous laparoscopy 18 years ago. Based on my OB/GYN's recommendation, I placed a transderm scop patch (motion sickness prevention) behind my ear the day before surgery to help prevent nausea. I had never heard of that, but the anesthesiologist and pre-op nursing staff also commented that it is often helpful to patients. In addition, anti-nausea meds have come a long way since my bad experience. The pathology results indicate that the cyst, which had grown recently and was causing discomfort, was simply a small fibroma. Praise God for benign results, no other issues, a smooth procedure, and a quick recovery. I'm hoping the loss of both ovaries at post-menopausal age 58 will not have any negative effects. . . time will tell.

During the last couple weeks, I still managed to eat well and drop another pound. Now I need to get back into my food, water and exercise tracking routine. I have resumed daily, slow 1-mile walks to start building strength back up.

I will definitely look to this terrific group for motivation and support as I resume my weight-loss journey. Thanks again and best wishes to all!
Sue

Good afternoon ladies:flowerforyou:

Posting twice in one day, this is a record for me:laugh: .

Alwaysnancy I too have had the urge to hug someone only to realize they would think I was a weird crazy lady, so I just mentally send them a hug:bigsmile: ! I say go for the local trail run!!!!!! So what if you come in last, at least you seized the opportunity:happy: !!!!!

Lin what's going on with your Internet service? Ever since my computer came up witht that virus thing on MFP last weekend it hasn't worked right . I've had to use my iPad for everything, and believe me there are times I need a bigger screen!!!! My friend Gary is going to check it out this weekend, he's the computer geek and can repair anything!!!:happy: .

Laura80111 Congrats on getting the house sold! That's one less thing you have to stress about!!!! Am looking forward to the time your grandson #3 has finished cooking!!!!

Jipsyjudy can you think of "dieting" as more of a new lifestyle? Tell that demon in your head to shut up, you plan on feeding it good things when the time is right, give it a tall glass of water instead :bigsmile: . Have a wonderful vacation, maybe that will renew your spirit!!!!!

Amanda What a beautiful sight, all those deer !!!! That was really some deep thinking too, I love it!!!

Janehadji I will check out Macy's , sounds like a great sale!!!!! Wish I has words of wisdom about your "food police" issues, however is just me and the dog, and she's very supportive :bigsmile: .

emcwalsh67 I have hypothyroidism and I walk a lot!!!! I might start weight training later on, I did that before and I really enjoyed it, of course my trainer was so good looking, when he said " can you do two more for me" I said " for you I can":laugh: .
What I do at cocktail parties is have a glass of club soda with a lime, or a wine spritzer, and just sip it. For dinners I usually order grilled fish, grilled chicken, or a small steak with steamed veggies or a salad with dressing on the side, if it's a banquet and you have no control of the food only eat half of it. I usually have one or two glasses of wine with dinners out. Good luck!

Melanie welcome, I've not done the JM 30 DS, I think some of the other ladies have though! Good luck!

Lora glad you're feeling some better!!! Yum, spicy Thai coconut chicken soup sounds so good !!!!

Kate just enjoy the time with you family, get back on track afterwards!!! Sounds like you have a good plan, long walks are so nice!

Meg I laughed so hard reading about your fur baby, Benny. I can just see a cute little beagle laying on the table with an empty bag of muffins, with a glazed look in his eyes:laugh: . How in the world did he get up there:noway: !!!! My sweet baby is feeling better, her name is Noel and she's a 7 year old Bichon. The vet has her on Cerenia 16 mg. for the next few days, Metronidazole 250 mg. twice a day until Sunday and they gave her an injection of Famotidine 10 mg., plus some fluids. We've been home from the vets for about 3 hours or so and she's playing, barking at everything that moves, and starving, she doesn't understand why she can't have her normal amount of food all at once:laugh: .it's good to see her happy again!!!! She is also on a low fat diet, and she loves it! Thanks for sending her good wishes . Have fun tonight dancing!!!!!

Polly when I was working out a lot with a trainer in the mornings, I didn't eat at all, even toast and peanut butter made me feel sick. I always had a protein bar with me though, usually ate it on the way home. My advice would be to try it one day and see how you do, just remember to have something to eat (protein bar, etc.) with you for just in case! Good luck!!!!!

Well it is time to get up and mop my floors, I think the doggie is going to keep her food down, and her poo outside now, this will be the third or fourth time I've mopped in two days, I just look at as extra exercise:laugh: . Hope everyone has a fabulous evening!!!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee

DeeDee
Lin what's going on with your Internet service? Ever since my computer came up witht that virus thing on MFP last weekend it hasn't worked right . I've had to use my iPad for everything, and believe me there are times I need a bigger screen!!!! My friend Gary is going to check it out this weekend, he's the computer geek and can repair anything!!! .


I cannot keep a connection. The cable modem doesn't receive---the lights go all wonky and it's off line. This has been going on for weeks. I've reset everything repeatedly, I tried hooking the laptop directly to the modem as they blamed my wireless router. All to no available. I just seem to have poor to nonexistent signal.

Lin

hello, This is my first post,not my first attempt at losing weight. I am 53 and weigh 180. This is the most that I have ever weighted and I began my first diet at age 11. I am not going to diet. I am going to log my food and exercise. Hopefully posting will keep me honest. I have a real problem with sugar and food. When I am happy I eat. When I am sad I eat. When I am bored I eat. I celebrate with food. I have had the longest relationship with food. I like to eat. That is my problem. I am 5 foot tall and shrinking.
August: my goals to log my food and exercise all month and to exercise 3 times a week and stretch 7 times a week(back problem)

:flowerforyou: Amanda - I loved your thoughts about the deer...you are a marvel at making lemonade..instead of being aggravated (my first inclination) you enjoyed the view!

The jillian Michael's 30ds...I bought it, tried it and did not like it at all...I agreed with her theory on exercise but did not like her or the 2 amazon women on the disk...shallow of me probably but I gave it to my dd..she likes jillian!

I just bought a Leslie sansone Dvd..walk away the pounds...I should probably check them out of library first but unfortunately I am one of those impulse shoppers...I am looking for some new ideas..will let you know.

I did my kettlebells and scary lady weights this am...felt good...I am embarrassed to admit how long its been for a workout...I have 2 whiteboard calendars that I have in the basement with my workout stuff...June calendar looked great, lots of different colors for activities, several times each week...and then there was July...couple colors ....not bad until the 10th and then NOTHING....oh my...I have erased June and am using the blankness of July for my motivation. Some good (and surprising) info was when I finally stepped on the scale (also in the basement) I was 2 lbs less than when I left for vacation, but not at my lowest...so the journey continues but am feeling a little more in control

Hugs and high fives..enjoy the weekend but let's control the food,the treats and (alas) the wine!

Jen

Hi Ladies, I like this group I seem to be around young college age students most of my time so to have an opportunity to hear from some closer to my age is cool. I am 51 and in a little bit of a different boat than most I have recently gained back to a healthy weight and my goal is to maintain or gain is good too.My goals for August are 1) to start jogging and cut cardio time down by doing this
2) continue strength training
3) keep up on eating habits as things change with possible job
I look forward to getting to know at least some of you more

hello, This is my first post,not my first attempt at losing weight. I am 53 and weigh 180. This is the most that I have ever weighted and I began my first diet at age 11. I am not going to diet. I am going to log my food and exercise. Hopefully posting will keep me honest. I have a real problem with sugar and food. When I am happy I eat. When I am sad I eat. When I am bored I eat. I celebrate with food. I have had the longest relationship with food. I like to eat. That is my problem. I am 5 foot tall and shrinking.
August: my goals to log my food and exercise all month and to exercise 3 times a week and stretch 7 times a week(back problem)

Hi there farnan, and everyone. It's just something we need to do for ourselves. We're a little older and it takes time to learn a new routine of diet and exercise. I began my first diet at age 11, too. My parents took me to the doctor and had diet pills prescribed. Did it help? No! It's all about learning how to care for ourselves for once and and to eat proper, nutritious foods. Most of us give all of our attention to our families, our loved ones and friends, and dogs, lol, and pay no heed to the harm we're doing to ourselves. It's time we learned a new way of thinking. I'm not out of the woods yet by any means, even though I've lost a lot of weight. I still have to consider myself first (not easy) and make certain that I fuel my body correctly, and exercise on a regular basis. I was never one to exercise, ever. For years and years I exercised my skills at piano and guitar and songwriting, but that's about it. Now I see things differently. Pain motivated me to change. Sciatic nevre pain, elevated hip, spine all out of whack. It's a long story how I got into that mess, but I managed to get myself out of it with lots of stretching and eating right. I don't want to be in pain, I don't want to be stooped over and limping along with a cane, I don't want to have the desire to eat everything in sight. Well, there are days when I'm weak and eat too much, but for the most part I'm learning to control myself. It's a work of art. I'm here to tell you it can be done. Log your foods, take long walks, drink lots and lots of water and get plenty of potassium and Omega-3s. This is what has worked for me. I'm still chubby in spots, and have a tempermental knee, but I fully intend to continue on this wonderful path to the best health I can be in at 57 years old. You can do it, too. Just take little steps. Big changes will happen. It's taken me 19 months to lose the weight. I feel amazingly better. And happier.

Hot hot hot here in Portland this weekend, I've been watering like crazy! I'll be canning this weekend, beans and corn. Nice weather for canning, 100 degress predicted LOL :noway:

:flowerforyou: Laura, thanks for the "you can do it!"

jb

Hello! Just joined and am hoping this will help me move off my plateau. Have lost 15 lbs since December but have so much more to go and I am now stuck. I go to gym 3 or 4 times a week which helps, but I am lately having trouble avoiding sweets...especially ice cream in this hot hot weather. Try to eat frozen yogurt when available, but hubby keeps bringing home ice cream and I can't resist!

Good evening ladies,

I've been doing the MFP plan since January 2012 and have lost 46#. :happy:

I have bad feet and knees so I started exercising slowly. I work sitting at desk/computer all day and have lived a sedentary/couch potato lifestyle :embarassed:

In the last 6 weeks I have started walking before work. I have worked from 20 mins. up to 50 min. (time permitting).

My question is. How long does it take before your legs don't feel like lead??? :huh: I feel like if my legs didn't feel so heavy I could push myself even harder.

barbie - "strategy is stronger than willpower"...what book is that from? Is it The Thin Commandments?

Welcome everyone who is new. You'll love it here.

Actually, exercising in the pool is WORK. It just doesn't feel that way, that's all. But you are really WORKING. I'm always amazed at how much water I drink because I'm sweating in the pool (yes, sweating in the pool)

Linda Sundance - well, today was a pretty spectacular day. We got a fiberglass pool (what you are referring to, I think, is a gunite pool where the walls are basically blown in). The pool was manufactured in Lakeland FL and transported here yesterday. It arrived at our house at 20 to 8 this morning. The crane didn't get here until around 10:30. The gc (general contractor) put the gravel in the bottom of the hole, and then we waited for the crane. He also had to make the access road less of an incline.

What they did was they put the crane in our driveway then the flatbed with the pool on its side drove onto the driveway in front of the crane. The crane then lifted the pool off the truck and put it down (face down) on our front lawn. Then the crane lifted the pool and turned it right side up.

then the crane lifted the pool over the house, and put it in the back of the detached garage we have next to the house. the crane then went on the access road (for the power company, we own some of the property, but they have an easement) and lifted the pool from behind the garage and placed it into the hole. It'll sit there for a few days, the general contractor says he likes to let it sit and just "rest" after the road trip. Then the crane came back up and took the spa off the truck, lifted it over the house and set it down in the backyard near our deck (close to where it'll be installed). It won't be installed for a few days, but we won't need the crane to do that.

Gunite pools will, over time, break down and upset the chemical balance. It just needs to be rebalanced, that's all. That doesn't happen with fiberglass.

Before they left, we talked to the general contractor. He said the Mon will basically be "moving the dirt" around day and cutting holes for the drain, the skimmer, the lights. They need to have access to the pool. Right now there are big mounds of dirt around the pool, basically so that if it rains the water won't gush into the pool, sort of like a berm.

A lot of the pool supplies were also delivered today like the salt, the lights, the handrails, etc. etc. Everything is in our garage. The gc told them to take back the heat pump. Why they put it on a truck without a liftgate is beyond me. How did they expect to get this 400lb pump off the truck? So he just told them to turn around and deliver it when they put it on a truck with a liftgate.

A lady I know wanted me to tell her when they were putting the pool in. However, she had her dog with her. She doesn't like to leave her dog longer than 2 hours because it gets destructive. It didn't like the cats, I think she was afraid it would poop in the house. It would have been so nice to just sit and relax, but they left with the dog. I gave them some of the spaghetti sauce that I'd made, honestly, I didn't want left overs. I'm thinking that it's a bit on the acidy side, may need some baking soda to neutralize that acid. How much do you ladies put in your spaghetti sauce. What I like about this sauce is that the meatballs are turkey meatballs, but quite soft, not at all dry.

Nancy - speed isn't my thing either. It's a bit frustrating when we have relay races in the pool because I always feel like I'm letting the team down, yet I know that I'm working my hardest.

Lin - wish I could check out exercise DVD's for 3 weeks at a time. I can only check them out for one week at a time. And if I want to renew it, I have to physically bring the DVD into the library. Books I can renew over the internet. I asked them to get a few DVD's into the branch of the library by me so they're there when I want to check them out. I don't think there's a real high demand for them.

Laura - I wish you well with your house. I just found out that friends of ours are moving but not very far from where they are now. I'm in a way a bit surprised. When they first built their house, it's in a REAL nice location. Since then she's had eyesight problems and her husband has to drive her everywhere. I know that this bothers her, although he's said that he doesn't mind. She has mentioned a few times that she wished she lived in the city so that she could walk to places. It seems that her daughter bought a house a few miles from her because the SIL was going to be working in Hickory. That job fell thru and my friend and her husband have been taking care of their home and hers for some years. They decided they didn't want to take care of two houses any more, so they put that house and theirs on the market with the understanding that they'd live in the house that didn't sell. Well, her house sold first so she's moving. My understanding is that she's moving into a larger house than she has now, and right now she has a pretty big house. Sill on grandbaby watch, huh? Keeping you in my thoughts

You know one of the things I've noticed on this thread? We don't use "shorthand", like CYL (cee ya later) or w/o (without). guess that's just one of the quirky things about us, we like to spell out what we really mean. But that's good - reduces the amount of miscommunications.

Didn't exercise today, but tomorrow I'm planning to get to the farmers market early (want to especially get cantaloupes and corn) then yoga. Will get back to normal routine tomorrow. Today was a bit out of the ordinary.

Meg - how scary it must have been to find Benny Beagle in such a state (not to mention place)

Jane - I agree with Meg, I'd scream, too. Vent all you need

One of my ways to resist foods that I shouldn't eat is to only bring into the house foods that Vince likes but I don't, like Doritos. I don't care at all for them, but he likes them. So that's something I buy. Or peanutbutter. when the Girl scouts are selling their cookies, I buy the Peanut Butter patties. Vince likes them, but I don't. If I could buy just one package of the thin mints I would. One (1/2 box) would be enough.

Polly - lots of times before exercising, I need to have something in my stomach or I'll feel sick but I don't want something heavy or I'll feel sick. On those days I'll have a piece of fruit before I exercise and then my cereal (or whatever) sometime afterward. Sometimes I'll have a container of yogurt with fruit in it, depends on how much time I have. Like before water aerobics I'll usually have yogurt. but if I'm doing something at home or just working out on my own, I might have just an apple or some cherries (depends a lot on what's in the refrig). Maybe have your shake before you exercise and the cereal afterwards. Guess a lot also depends on how heavy the shake is. But if it's not real heavy, give that a try.

Thanks for the reminders, everyone, to drink my water. I'm sitting here at the computer with a big glass of water next to me. I've found that those insulated glasses are so nice because (not b/c) they don't sweat.

Alwaysnancy - go for it! Coming in last is better than not coming in at all. Plus...this'll give you something to work towards. Next year the goal can be to be the next-to-last and so on.

Rose - I think we all fall off the wagon once in a while. All, that is, except for barbie....

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Hello Ladies,

I am so happy today is Friday !!! Today I sort of hit a wall physically and mentally exhausted. Looking forward to using this weekend as a time to recharge,

Tomorrow besides the normal catchup on cleaning and laundry I am taking my daughter to the humane society. She is hoping to find a new furry friend. Our beloved Miss Kitty (14 year pound puppy passed away this pass Christmas) She is ready for a new dog and so am I. I was so sad after loosing her I just couldn't picture replacing her. I know we aren't replacing her but It seem like it. So here we go again. So hoping we will find just the right care dog for our family and for her.

I have read everyone's post hoping any one who down or not feeling will be on the mend soon. Sorry this is short like I said my brain is shut down but I guess what's new.

Take care and Thank you.
Liz

Dixie - I just want to give you the biggest hug. I will light a candle for you and your darling husband today.

Love
Amanda x

Today was a really rough day.

Dixie, I'm sorry for your pain. My prayers are with you and your beloved husband.
Donna

Hi All. Reading through these posts is very inspiring and sometimes sad.

I am new to this plan and am in the learning process. I lost my husband in May and went through a series of emotions to finally get to the point of feeling motivated to take better care of myself and live a healthy active lifestyle.
My goals for Aug are to start strength training on Monday, establish a day and schedule to return to work, vacations in Tampa FL to celebrate would would have been my husband's and my anniversary.
I look so forward to the companionship and supposrt oon this site.

Randy