WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2012

Good morning ladies! Tomorrow is weigh-in day. I hope to be down 2 pounds. Am nervous about that since I have been gaining and losing the same 3 pounds for a month now. Got in a good walk this morning, so by the end of the day I should meet my goal of 11,000 steps. Happy Labor Day!

Hello Ladies,

Went out to dinner Friday and Saturday nights this weekend and thoroughly enjoyed myself -- until I stepped on the scale this morning. Gained back 2 lbs.!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: I am soooo glad I went to the gym Saturday, Sunday and today and am hoping I can quickly turn it around. Will be packing my lunch this week for back-to-school, so I am determined to be off to a good start for the school year.

Thanks, all, for encouraging words about my younger colleague. From what I have seen so far she is very competent and that is a BIG plus. I'll keep smiling.:happy:

jb -- More than 2 gal. of huckleberries???? Sounds wonderful. Will you freeze them, make preserves, or other tasty treats? Reminds me of when I was a kid living in the midwest. My dad was in a wine-making phase and he would scour the classified ads for places to pick different kinds of fruit. I'm the youngest of 6 and, since he had a plentiful supply of labor, he'd round up a few of us and drive to the boondocks where we'd spend hours picking the fruit of the day. The worst was whortleberries. They were tall bushes that grew in a swampy meadow and we were eaten alive by mosquitoes, but my dad was so enthralled with this berry he'd never heard of that he would not give in until we had picked our fill.

DeeDee -- hope you are feeling better. Be patient with yourself. Do what you can and then allow yourself to rest.

Meg - What kind of book are you writing?

Fabulocity -- Thought of you when I saw two women checking out new exercise wear at the gym this morning. Hope you picked something that makes you feel great when you put it on.

Sorry I don't have more time to respond to everyone today. Must finish all my BOY (beginning of year) checklist items which are due to my administrators tomorrow morning before kids arrive for Day 1. Lots of stuff to read, schedules to print off, and training videos to watch. I'll be glad to get it all out of the way.

Happy Labor Day to all! Have another glass of water.

Polly

Kate (Junekaatz) I just checked your profile and I see that we are not only fellow Canadians, but also fellow Albertans!! Kind of neighbours really!:happy:

Feels like Sunday, but has been Monday all day! LOL! New month, so I am trying to re-focus not only on the total calories in but are they nutritious or more empty calories...I have a tendency to empty calories unfortunately...one day one meal, one snack at a time...also need to get back to am exercise before work (not a teacher so not quite as early as you ladies):happy:

So no kayak adventures this weekend...dh's bursitis was acting up...of course I could have gone on my own but instead I sat and read this month's bookclub book...meeting is next Monday and I had not cracked the spine yet! So book is done (house of sand and fog)...it was a tough read...did not really like any of the characters (wanted to smack them upside the head!) But it should be an interesting discussion.

Had a message from ds...he said he might try to call us..so now I jump everytime the phone rings ...had a nice catchup chat with dd..she has been asked to be preceptor for a new nurse in her unit(step-down neuro-icu) ...she is thrilled and a little nervous. It will be a good experience for her to see if teaching is something else to pursue...I am enjoying watching this stage of her life.

Have a good night, keep up the good work, hugs and high fives and prayers for all the challenges...love this thread, thank you Barbie!

Jen

wow cool a thread for me!


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back again!!

I did go swimming on Sunday but the pool was closed today for Labour Day.......and my knee is just too sore to walk.......I got treated to Chinese food tonight (tomorrow's my birthday).....I"d like to say I did wonderfully but I really didn't.......I DID avoid the ice cream at the end tho!

So tomorrow I'll be 53! I spent my 50th birthday in the oncologist's office so this year is definitely better.....Kid goes back for his last year of high school tomorrow....I keep thanking him for "great birthday present" lol

Marly

barbiecat,
thanks for the balloons photo! awesome! :bigsmile:

janie :flowerforyou:

Hi beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Jan hope you got your rooms reclaimed!!!!

Wessecg 8 pounds in 6 weeks is great!!!! I know it feels slow, but just think where you will be this time next year!!!!

Meg I love the stories about your DH, they always make me laugh:laugh: ! Hope he's feeling better. Russian chocolates:noway: , oh they sound so good!!!!!

Carolyn southwesten mac and cheese sounds good. I love fresh green beans any way they are prepared, you should really try them grilled . I'm going to check out Skinnytaste, I really need some new ideas.

Kate congrats on the 2 pounds gone!!!! I always eat salmon the night before my official weigh in! Thanks for the "cold aid" recipe. Do you need to keep it refrigerated? It sounds like it would be good in some hot tea on a cold night too, just for a hot comforting drink.

Rp glad it's been a slow day for you!!!! I don't know if I could handle being around sick children, I think it would just break my heart.

Classilady welcome to the group!!! I usually stay under 1400 calories a day. I eat lots of fresh veggies, salads, and lean protein, fish, chicken, occasionally a lean steak, Greek yogurt, eggs. I'm sure the ladies on here can give you more ideas. Good luck.

Ndbirdmom congrats on the 11,000 steps!!!! I kept playing with 2 pounds for awhile and when they finally came off they took a friend with them. Just stay on your game plan!!!!

Barbara UGH...11 weeks:noway: , I thought 5 weeks was awful. I do good in the mornings but by the afternoon I'm wiped out. The nagging cough is driving me crazy!!!!! I will take some more time off and just be, you're right I do NOT want a relapse of this!!! Guess I need to cancel my dentist appt. tomorrow:ohwell: . I love your story about the garage, your time for togetherness:noway: . At least you got things accomplished. Reminds me I have things in the garage I need to clean out too:indifferent: .

Polly I would bet those 2 pounds are from sodium, drink extra water and give it a few days. Restaurant food usually has way more sodium.

Glendalight congrats on having the omelet!!!!

Liz I know about posts disappearing, I've had several go into cyber space, I never have time to repost what was lost:ohwell: .

Jen I have read books with characters that I wanted to smack too. One book in particular, and I can't remember the title, the main character irritated me so much I just stopped reading and put the book away, in fact I might have even thrown it away, I thought it was that awful, and I love books . That one was a waste of my time!!!! I hope you get your phone call soon!!!!!
I know this has to be so tough on you. Congrats to your daughter too!!!

I'm just sitting here waiting for my dinner to finish cooking, tonight it's grouper with roasted asparagus, and I'm not sure what else, I have some leftover homemade mashed potatoes, maybe I'll finish those tonight. I wish I was really hungry for something, since I've been under the weather nothing really sounds good.

Hope everyone has a blissful night. Until tomorrow.....

Hugs,
DeeDee

WOW!!! Happy September! How did we get here...the summer just came and went!

MY GOALS:

LOG again and....COUNT MY BLESSINGS. Every day

Take care, Dear Ladies! Kackie

Good evening ladies, this is your friendly neighbourhood roofer checking in - OMG they should pay those guys better. It is really physical work. I stopped after about 4 and a half hours, I don't know how people do it all day -obviously they are in better shape than I. I thought I should quit before I got too tired and then clumsy, I really don't need to fall off the roof. I kept getting interrupted though, all the neighbourhood guys wanted to come over and give me advice, they were very surprised that I knew what I was doing and I got quite a few compliments on my neatness and even shingles (they would drive me nuts every time I looked at them if they were uneven or slanted). All it really takes is measuring and being careful and thinking twice. Took all day yesterday to get the tarpaper/felt stapled on and then today I finished it off and did one half of the roof shingling. I think the rest is going to have to wait until next weekend (or maybe I can take a day off and do some more). Enough about my roofing......


Meg, your DH card story made me laugh! Poor man! The river cruise your friends just got back from sounds terrific. I want to go on a Viking River Cruise but I don’t know if I want that one or the Rhine.

Wessecg - I feel for you, having sore feet is so challenging. Have had both of mine operated on now and no holding me back now. But just walking used to be painful and Christmas shopping was a nightmare.

Jan – wow you are really doing the house operation – first your bedroom, now the rest of the house – tomorrow the world!!!

Jb – thanks for the Rugby picture – I never get tired of looking at heelers. My Rex is a little larger than the usual heeler (and I little heavier – I wonder if they have MFP for dogs). Does Rugby get that weird heeler lopsided grin when he wants something from you?

DeeDee – you are sounding much better, obviously on the mend finally.

4DogMom – I like your goal of looking at exercise time as playtime. Even when I’m enjoying it I tend to think of it as “work”. I’ll try your thought shift. PS – love the jellyfish.

Barbara – I can relate, I have a basement full of my grown children’s “stuff” including Grade 8 to 11 essays and assignments, various cat collectibles from my youngest’s 7 year cat fascination, 3 Rubbermaid totes of tutus and other ballet, modern and jazz costumes from my oldest, sewing bins and get this---6 totes full of stuffed toys and Cabbage Patch dolls. Some day I will have to divest myself of all this (heaven knows I’m not moving it one more time seeing it has been across Canada 2x now). I’m sure if I started I would be immobilized by memories and treasures.

Got to go make some more dinner, I'm actually hungry from all the physical labour.

Have a nice Labour Day evening all and good luck to all with the return to work tomorrow.

Lila

jb - whenever I picked blueberries or strawberries or raspberries, it was always "one for the mouth, one for the bucket". When I would pick, I'd probably pick more if I didn't eat so much....lol

Lila - wow! I'm impressed that you're roofing. I don't know if I could do that. Really, the main difference between the red okra and the green is that the red isn't as slimy.

boohoo- I went to the extremepump class and found out that the gal had cancelled it yesterday. Now they had the class on Memorial day and I'd email her a few days ago, my understanding is that she cancelled it yesterday, so she certainly had time to email me. I think I'm going to mention it because I do drive a distance to get to the class and if she'd emailed me, I wouldn't have had to go that distance. Tomorrow I think I'll do incline intervals on the treadmill. Haven't done those in a while

Dogmom - At one point I was a paraprofessional for a boy who had CP. He was the greatest kid. Anyway, I had to go to all his classes with him. It just never failed to amaze me how he'd have health class where they talked about healthy food, good choices, etc. And then right after that he had lunch, and the choices in the cafeteria! I always keep a few snacks in my pocketbook -- some nuts or dried fruit. This way I can snack on that rather than going to the food court. On the plus side -- I have more time for shopping. On the minus side -- more time for shopping many times means more money spent.

Linda Sundance - Like the goal of living each day to the fullest. Good reminder

DeeDee - I put sunscreen on yesterday. I can't seem to get my back so I wore this sort of cover. It's lightweight, only comes to the tops of my legs, but at least it covers the part on my back that I can't get the sunscsreen on. but thanks for the reminder. Is there a reason you take the Vitamin D? I usually take it but that's because of the calcium suppliments.

wessecg - when I first started riding a horse (after MANY years) I thought I was in pretty good shape. I exercised regularly. But, boy, do you get an innerthigh workout! I couldn't believe it. Plus you are working your core by sitting up tall. So many muscles are used in riding a horse, I just never thought of it. Good for you riding. So sorry you have such problems with your feet.

Kate - you'll break that wall yet! I just know it

Talking about revolving door when the kids move away...when we moved to NC we bought a 5 bedroom house. ds said "why did you get such a large house? When you retire you're supposed to downsize". Within three months of us being here, all three children were back here for one reason or another. Now he knows why we got such a large home!

Where HAS mimi been???

Barbara - I have a hard time parting with things. I saved almost everythinhg and then when we moved to Kennett Square I had to really get rid of a lot of things since our house was going to be much smaller. Now I really regret getting rid of some of those things.

Liz - I find it amazing how our bodies get used to "healthy" eating and when we don't eat healthily, we feel so "yuk". I have those times and then I usually say to myself "now why did I do that?". Great goal to eat more nutritiously, not just lower calories.

Marly - happy birthday!!!

Well, got up, had some grapes and then did some yoga, bought gas, found out the extremepump class was cancelled so came home and did a band workout, moved bricks that Vince said we were going to do. I swear, sometimes if I wait for him, I'd be better off waiting for the second coming of Christ....lol Then again, when he gets started on a project, he goes all out. Me? I prefer to do a little at a time and then the job gets done. Anyway, moved the bricks, then went in the pool for an hour, then did some practice bowling (you'd think I'd get better by now, wouldn't you?), went to one store and got a bag for Denise for Christmas ($20 bag I got for $5), went to a pool supply store thinking "oh, they're not going to be closed on Labor Day....wrong!!! Came home, had dinner, went back to the store to get a bag for Bryan to take to the beach with him (actually, I like it better...I just may give him the one I bought for me and keep this one), now on the computer. Boiled some hard boiled eggs to have as a snack (for some reason I only like the white when the egg is hard boiled). It appears one of them cracked so I just ate it rather than putting it in the refrig.

Kathy - sorry your foot and toe are swollen. Even the Birkenstocks you can't wear?

Lila - professional roofers do it all the time and probably have a routine down. But you're doing great, I'm so impressed

Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Hello ladies



I hope you are all doing well. I'm in work today so this will be a reasonably short post a I have a heap of work to do here plus Latin translation to finish by this evening.



Yesterday I went to visit my sister and we went out for a wonderful walk and healthy picnic. We took her two youngest children with us (7 and 12) and they are just so much fun! Got plenty of exercise running races up and down hills, my sister is extremely competitive so I 'let her win'. :laugh: My knees were really suffering last night, but it was definitely worth it.



There are so many new people joining us over 50s - it's hard to keep up!



Must get on with some work but will try to get back later today.



Love to all.

Amanda x

need to be part of this group. Joined 5weeks ago. Lost 10lbs. Very excited about this .Its drizzling now. Cannot walk in the park so will go mall-walking instead/brousing

Hi, I'm Anne and I'd like to join you. I am a teacher in the Shetland Islands - wild and windy at the moment. I am very close to my goal and would like to get there in September (meeting up with my sisiters last weekend in September) or 12th October at the latest (13th October finds me on holiday in Majorca!)

Goals for September
Lose a significant amount of the 5lbs left to go

Start back working with weights regularly

Keep increasing the jogging/intervals distance and time