WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2012

H!Went to the ortho dr.Didn`t get the answer was hoping to hear.My quads are like jelly,no improvement in 1 month,so have to start pt again.Wantted to cry.
Hope everyone is doing ok.
Have a good night.
HUGS
jane

Hi ladies, sorry haven't been here in a day or two. Was really trying to get a handle on eating workout calories and keeping my body fueled. I was doing some heavy duty research, reading and listening. I believe I got it now, but did figure out I have been way under eating and killing my progress.
So making some adjustments and moving forward.
I hope every one is doing fine. Don't let those troubling times get the best of you. Been helping a brother in law get thru a bad time in their families life. He was really feeling he failed his family and made himself sick over what wasn't true. But hopefully we got his head/mind back to thinking better. And will continue to get better.

So everyone, life is a beautiful thing, there is no one in this world that can do everything by themselves, so when you are feeling the pressure, please seek help. Love you all.

Hello Ladies,

@Laura yes I know that is the miltary motto!! My hubby has inform me. too I may get impatient with waiting but we have always been grateful for all and any of the services my husband has recieved from the VA . It is a Blessing.

Best wishes everyone I am using my daughter's laptop and she wants it back so I must hurry.
I hope everyone who is sick or having a hard time will recover quickly. Feel better. So happy for everyone;s victories. I love reading everyone's posts.

Today was ok stay under but I did not plan so well today ate something I regret right away. Lesson learn don;t get lazy on planning out my menu and sticking too it.

Working on getting some of our family favorites (MEALS) to be healthier cutting out ground beef to lean ground turkey skipping the recipes that have cream of soups in them., But have made a couple with fat free soups. My family has been getting tired of eating my salads and meat dinners but I do better eating that way so I will try to add one of there family favs like 1 x a week but maybe I just need to learn new recipes lol :happy:

Anyway wish you all of the best.
Thank you for your friendship and encouragment!
Liz:flowerforyou:

Hi Ladies,

Just checking in to say , KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! I am too tired to write as It was such an early day for me! :yawn: :yawn:

Lack of sleep = the hungry monster coming out! This day was filled with feeling the need to sleep, so therefore I felt hungry all day!

There is a acronym H.A.L.T we want to eat/over eat when we are
H-ungry (not eating breakfast, or not soon enough, so you are over -hungry) .
A-ngry :mad:
L-onley
T-ired,,,,:yawn:
But we need to HALT and not eat for these reasons, as we are feeding these reasons and not our body nutritionally!

Time for this one to head to bed, Younger daughter has school in the am............... Cheers.
Praying for all to get feeling better soon, and I also was missing Dixie on here . I am praying that she is staying strong during this difficult time.
Hugs, Linda- Sundanceb

Dee for a sore throat use chai tea and gargle with it warm....it kills the pain! :flowerforyou:

Took my car for what originally was to be an oil change, which turned into the 90,000 mile check and then they had problems. Wound up being there for almost 4 hours! Anyway, while I was there I read in Health magazine something that makes a lot of sense. It says that salmon is high in omega 3 fats that help produce serotonin, a neurotransmitter that relaxes us so we sleep more deeply. We've all read that when we get a good night's sleep, we tend to lose weight. Could this be why salmon helps lose weight?

Had bunco here tonight, now I'm on the computer. I'm up late which means that I'm having carb cravings. A new gal came to bunco tonight, I think she enjoyed it.

They worked on the pool today. It's about 2/3 full of water right now. They put the bonding wire down around the pool and where the spa will be. We're on the schedule for a bonding inspection tomorrow. All the backfill around the pool is in. The PLAN is to place the water slide so that they'll know where the pipe for the water should go. Of course, that can't happen until we have the inspection. Hopefully, the inspection will be early in the day.

Dar - how I remember when my son left for college! I think I cried my eyes out, but he had absolutely no problem. I guess that's just part of motherhood!

I'm constantly amazed at how much you are charged for things at a craft fair that are really junk! Things that, to me, I would just put in the garbage, but people are charging a lot for. I don't mind paying a decent amount of money if the item is worth it -- but so many times it just isn't worth it. I must say, tho, that if I find something at a really decent price, many times I've been known to buy it even if I didn't need it.

Lin - I forgot about the Greek yogurt and how high in protein it can be. What I do is take the unflavored yogurt and put some frozen fruit in it. By the time the fruit defrosts, there is extra juice, just enough for the yogurt. Yum!!! And if I don't have any fruit (which VERY rarely happens) then I use a tsp of honey in it. No, I'm not lactose intolerant, as a matter of fact, I love my cheese. Trying to think of some high protein snacks that don't require refrigeration. I was trying to think of some when I went to get my car taken care of today. I decided that I'd bring something to eat with me. I had some of these dried peas, were they ever good!

Linda - thanks for the idea. I could make up some quinoa and use it for a snack. I don't think it would need refrigeration, do you? I can keep it in the refrigerator until I'm ready to use it.

I made a sunomono salad for bunco tonight. Basically, it's quinoa with cucumbers marinated. The original recipe calls for crab to be added, but I'm thinking that perhaps since I'll need to bring something to Mexican Train next month, maybe I'll make it again but make more of the marinade.

Kate - you have a husband who picks out all the veges, too, huh? That's exactly what mine does, reminds me of a 2 year old. Heaven forbid there be a pea (just one) in his veges. You'd think he was going to die if he ate it. The mini-food-processor is a godsend, not to mention the garlic press....lol I swear, the person who invented the mini-food-processor deserves a medal!

Laura and anyone else - I'm just the ttype of person who can't do the same exercise all the time, I just get too bored. Hopefully, my doing different exercises will give others ideas of different things to try. I did an hour of speed intervals on the treadmill today -- 30 sec run and then 30 sec of fast walk. Tomorrow I'll do deep water aerobics. When we were in France last year, it was helpful that Vince spoke some French (he took it for 5 years in high school). We went to one store (a train store). Now to my understanding most merchants speak at least a little English. But when we asked him if he spoke English he said "no". Fortunately Vince could get his thoughts across to the guy.

One time my father commented on the fact that there was dust on the mantle in my living room. At the time I had three small chidren and dust was the last thing on my mind. So I asked him if he'd like a rag to dust it. He never commented on it again!

salomesalone - thank for telling me about how to know if the candy is at the right temp without a candy thermometer. I'm assuming that if the first time you can't make a soft ball, you can use the same water for another time -- is that correct or will the heat from the candy lower the water temp too much?

Gini - many times the pay in a job might be lower, but when you figure in the benefits, it's not much at all (if any) of a paycut. I'm really sorry to read about that gal at your job. Life sucks sometimes.

fitz - happy, happy birthday!!! Oh, to be 50 again!!!

Micki - congrats on the weight loss!

Bought a new watch today. My old one was getting condensation in it, there was mold growing on the cover for the face. So I bought a new one. Now the old one was getting to the point where it would turn over on my wrist, I have small wrists. Now was that band somewhat stretched out? That I don't know. Anyway, instead of a stretchy band this time I got a link one that you clasp. Wonder how easy it'll be to take off/put on. Right now it's not that easy, but that might very well be because it needs to "stretch out" some.

CPS2CR - woo hoo on being able to wear the rings!

barbie - thanks so much for giving me a good reason to tell people why many times I avoid breads. Because of the sodium. I felt sort-of funny saying "because of the calories", I guess I'm just afriad that I'd get the "oh, you don't need to worry about calories" bit, but the sodium (especially in summertime for me) is a real deal breaker.

rediup - welcome! And congrats on the weight loss!

Well, better get to bed.

Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Hello everyone :flowerforyou:
I am sorry that I do not get to post as much as I would like to but life gets in the way sometimes. I have been working odd hours and exrta days so busy here at the hospital and then playing chach up at home, I did have a wonderful surprise this morning. I lost 1.6 pounds. I kind of knew I had lost some ,but didn't think it would be that much.
Hope you all have a wonderful day , I had better get back to work.

Heading out to meet a friend this morning to catch up a bit snd then errands. Hope to get back later today to write something more. If not, stay strong, and take good care of yourself.

@Amanda - the lady at the health food store told me to pronounce quinoa as KEEN-WAH. Don't know if that's proper but that's what I was told. And I think I may have mentioned chia seed to you but I've actually stopped using it---too much result if you know what I'm saying.

Gotta run (so to speak).

Love ya all.

Lin

:flowerforyou: Yeah for Hump Day (Wednesday)

Meg- yep that sodium will get you every time, I find it's one of the hardest things to keep under control, I'm forever telling myself to drink more water to wash it out:drinker:

Jane- hoping your son arrived safely. He traveled to the Middle East:noway: If any of my boys had done that I would have been over the top with worry. Belgium Chocolate when we visited Son #2 & DIL when he was with NATO in Belgium going to the chocolate shops was soooo much fun and oh the smells But we learned quickly that when you buy the fresh made at the shop it spoils quickly so we'd only buy what we could eat every few days...then we would have to go back again for more. Count down to the wedding is getting close...it's sure to be lovely:flowerforyou:

Salomesalon- your soup sounds wonderful.:drinker: I've always heard that Salmon is good for you and that it's always something recommended for those trying to lose. It's just been this time around that I've noticed that when I eat it that the next day the scale is lower and last week I had it twice and the scale proved it once again:flowerforyou:

mommie55- good for you getting in 8 hrs of sleep. I've read that sleep is another helpful way to lose weight, I'm always shooting for at least 7 during the work week and the weekends I seem to get in 8 or 9 probably because I don't have an alarm to wake me up I'm not sure how to make salmon not taste like salmon, I use Blacken & Creole Seasoning on mine but I know that BBQ'd it really tastes wonderful to me...since hubby doesn't like it I don't fix it for him, he gets cod instead...I'd try some different spices to see what works...buy one fillet and cut it up into bite size pieces and fix each piece with different spices to see what works for you:flowerforyou: One day under won't put you into starvation mode it takes a lot more than that.

Gini- hope you get the job you want:flowerforyou: I just wish hubby would get any job now after 17mo of being a house hubby he's really ready to get back to work, but at our age it seems to be that much harder to get a job:grumble: When we got my bike a few years ago I was a bit afraid of the shifters on both handles too, but now that we ride 6-7 times a week I'm so glad for them, even the smallest of hills I'm able to make the peddling that much easier After you get use to it you will love it

Mimi- your time with your family sounded wonderful. I do miss being able to see the extended family all of hubbys brothers & sisters are in Oregon & California and they just don't come our way and with hubby not working we just can't afford to head west to see them. We will drive to Las Vegas over Labor Day to see #1 Son but that about it for us. I saw your ticker and decided to change mine to my family picture we did in December 2010 when we were all together over the holidays.

Kathy- those #15 is a great loss and after you are healed up you will jump all over those calories and continue on the journey. Hang in there:flowerforyou:

fitz- sounds like you have a wonderful birthday planned with family:flowerforyou: That's the best way to celebrate thos mile stones of life. You will see progress in no time:flowerforyou:

Micki- Congrats on that loss:drinker: Keep it up. Will keep your sister in my prayers, she really has had a lot to deal with and I know that time does heal the hurt eventually or at least makes if less painful:flowerforyou:

Debbie D- a marathon...good for you...don't know that I'd be able to do that...I'm not a runner and never have been ...but good for you:drinker:

PS2CR- :flowerforyou: I know that feeling of having the rings back on and feeling like they are supposed to:flowerforyou: It's those NSV that do keep us going when the scale isn't cooperating.

jane- it will come, I just guess it will take a bit more time than you thought. Look at your PT as a good exercise program that's helping keep your body in shape:flowerforyou:

DeeDee- you will be better in no time:flowerforyou: When you said you were sniffing a cotton ball with peppermint it reminded me of when we went to visit the Celestial Tea Company in Boulder, when they open the door to where they keep the mint tea they have you step in and tell you if you are at all stuffed up it will clear up in a couple of deep breaths....boy were they right they have to keep the door to that room closed as it's so powerful:laugh:

Esther- it takes quite a bit of experimenting to find what works for your body to get this weight to go away, one thing I've found is what works for someone else won't necessarily work for me, glad you are researching what will work for you:drinker:

Barbie- I do understand the idea of being able to eat what you want to, sometimes I just wish it was easier or that someone else would fix it at my house

Liz- I hear you when you say the family is tired of the salad, veggie & meat meals...my hubby feels the same way so sometimes I throw in a baked potato for him

Nancy- salmon on my salad would be wonderful, but everytime I put it in for my dinner I always am over on my protein, but I figure that's better than being over on sodium or fat

Michele- I can tell that you give your exercise a lot of thought, can't say I do...I'm still at the point where I'm mentally telling myself that as I work out I'm burning fat...just to keep going:laugh:

Amanda- isn't it amazing how the younger generation sees nothing wrong with being on their phone to friends when they should be working:grumble: Probably a good thing I'm in a one woman office

rp-Congrats on the loss:flowerforyou:

:flowerforyou: Welcome to all the newbies, this is the best place for total encouragement:flowerforyou:

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Last night's bike ride was really hard so we will take a walk on one of the wetland trail tonight and give the legs a bit of a break. I think hubby would take a complete day off if I said okay, but there always seems to be something lurking that causes us to miss one day a week so I'd rather not plan a day off.

I lost 1.2 from last week, so a week with two nights of salmon paid off:bigsmile: I always love seeing the scale move to confirm that I'm doing something right.

Hope everyone has a great day, keep up the good work it's gonna pay off for all of us. Drink, Eat & Move then log it all:drinker:

Laura80111

PS This post became wayyy toooo long:blushing: sorry about that.:blushing:

My son made it home safely, along with 200 lbs. of luggage. I'm so relieved! It made me really nervous, because they don't recognize his US citizenship there. Their military is mandatory for his age, and I worried that they might put him in the army. He says that I'm silly, but it's a legitimate concern. He goes back to college next week. His trip was to visit my husband's extended family.