WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2012

Good morning Ladies,
We are wating for the rain this morning although we need it I was hoping to was windows.I made an appointment to see the Dr on Thursday I feel like my thyroid is out of wack again.I'm also going to ask about HRT.Has anyone used hormone replacement?
Connie

Hi Connie - I had a complete hysterectomy at almost 32 and have been on HRT for the last 21 years. My GP has spokent about me coming off it for the last five years and I have decreased the dosage, but I still have to take them for now. I'm not happy about it, but will go with it for a while longer.

By the way - washing windows :noway: let the rain do it's worst!

Amanda x

Hello I am Isobel and I stopped by briefly during the summer. Now I'm ready to really buckle down and get back to business. I am 60 years old and for the first time in our married lives, hubby and I are empty-nesters. Between my step children, foster children and our two boys born when I was 30 and 40, we have had a child or teenager under our roof all of our 32 years of married life. So it's going to be a big change, but one of the biggest is... I can no longer blame having cookies etc in the house "for the kids" So sorry Mr. Christie, but my investment in your cookie company has now ceased!

My goals for September are:

Log every day, watching my totals as always but also reducng my intake of carbs.
Log before I eat, not after...plan!
Drink all my water daily
Reduce my coffee habit to one or less a day
Exercise at least 4 times a week
Bring fish back into our diet (hubby has finally agreed to each fish with me!)
Have fun!

Cheers and all the best to everyone!
Isobel

Good Morning ! :happy:
I did my walk into work this morning , but it was slow as I am having the worst pain in my back on the right side , I don't know what is going on with my body and every time I say anything , DR or stranger will say it is just the change.:grumble: I know that some of it is but today I hurt, :ohwell:
well enough of that pitty party, work must be done and life goes on , one thing is for sure this to shall pass.

have a wonderful day Ladies :flowerforyou:
Rachel

Motherofbride:flowerforyou: so sorry to hear about your mom. Sending you good wishes!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee

Good morning one and all, happy Tuesday good-news-day. Tuesdays are almost always good in regards to getting well past Monday. :laugh: I'm only up a pound after the camp trip and dinner party last night, not bad considering. This week I'll be back to eating light. I've had my fill of bread and chips, too much cheese and ice cream. Veggies here I come. :bigsmile:

Michele, I noticed you were asking for help with posting photos. Try using Photobucket.com. You can get an account there (free) and then upload your photo. You might have to resize it since they're usually HUGE files. I think I usually resize to 50%. Once you're done editing, if you put your mouse arrow on the pic there'll be a drop-down list that shows. Click next to where it says "IMG" and it'll show "copied" once you've done that. Keep a separate window open with this thread, and right-click to "Paste" your photo onto your post. Once you've pasted it, you'll have to change the capital letters in the brackets [IMG]to lower case letters on both ends of the line. Leave the brackets intact. Ten you can post it. If the image is too big after posting, you can edit again and resize. In the meantime I'm searching for an easier photo hosting site as my computer doesn't like using Photobucket. Slow as molasses. :grumble: Polly, I'm going to have to Google whortleberries! I've heard the term but have never seen a pic. Swampy berry picking sounds a little miserable, especially with mosquitos bugging you. Blech, I hate that. We were lucky this time with air temp was on the cool side and weren't bothered by bugs. Usually there are horseflies and mosquitos, ick. I'm making a batch of huckleberry jam this morning, and freezing the remainder of berries for pies during the holidays. I send jam to my family at Christmas, about 30 jars going every which way across the country. Time to roll on out of this chair and get busy. Have a great day everyone, be good, be light, eat good, eat light. :drinker: jb[/img]

My goal for September is to gain strength in my legs to follow through with more exercise. I've had such trouble with a bad nerve in my left thigh that it's been impossible to stand long enought to walk for any length of time. I've been doing chair excercises, but it's not nearly enough.

My weight loss goals are slow but sure. Since WLS, I've been doing great, but about 4 weeks post-op, I stalled, big time. Part of the problem is the starvation mode syndrome. I've been changing things in my diet to work on that issue and I've lost a few more pounds in the last 2 weeks. The other part of the problem I know is because I have been limited with what type of excercises I can do with my spine and leg issues. But not all is lost. I'm still loosing and that's what really counts.

For the first time this week, I have reached a goal I never thought I would reach. I've passed, and am now under the 240 mark. YIPEE! I haven't seen my weight this low in almost 15 yrs.

Now that's something to celebrate!

I have been on HRT since 45 with a year off. Couldn't take the hot flashes after one year of being off and I am on Bio identical hormones now, doing great on them., they carry less risk. The price was expensive to get started. Monthly cost is only 15 dollars more than synthetic hormones. Iam one of the lucky women who gets hot flashes and full body sweats about every 20 mins. I am only 52 now. Plan on staying on them for a few years then see about tapering off again.
The good thing about bio identical is they check everything including cortisol levels. I was all out of whack. Feeling sooooo much better now.

Sorry I meant this to help Connie but I mess up the quote thingy.

The pictures BOTH look good!

Today's my son's 16th birthday -- and, poor kid, the first day at a new school. He has attempted to change his birthday to May 12 entirely to avoid this problem. Unfortunately, I was there 16 years ago and know the truth. We had a quite vicious chocolate mousse birthday cake last night that may have blown my calories count for the entire month.

Hope everyone is doing good today.Pt this pm and been doing my home ex.
Goals for Sept-continue with pt.Work on ex at home
Stick to food plan.Stop eating because i`m stressed.
Love to see all the new members.Love reading the post.Can`t post to all,sorry,too many.
But it`s good to have a place to post and read and learn a thing or two or find a new way to exercise or a recipe.
So grateful for Barbie for this group and keeping it going monthly.
HUGS
jane

glendalight and Kackie thank you:)

I would love to be a part of this group!

Goals for September are:

Drink 32 oz of water daily
lose 5 lbs

Kimberly

Afternoon Ladies!

Busy day yesterday in the kitchen. Froze a batch of fresh pesto, a double batch of mole sauce and canned 4 pints of salsa. Doesn't sound like much, but it took the whole afternoon. Planned on a bike ride, but never made it. Will try tonight, but it's raining now, so it may be on the exercise bike instead.

Last night was the church quilter's group. We don't usually meet on holidays, but one of the ladies really wanted to, so I made the arrangements. Then she texted at 6:30 and said she wasn't going to make it. LOL. We still had fun. My mom, who had told me twice she would be there, didn't show so I called her. Her response was, it never occurred to me we would meet on the holiday. Sadly, her memory is gone. One of her carotid arteries is 85% blocked and they were finding out surgery options today. Dad made her get her memory tested again recently and is sure they are going to call it Alzheimer's at this point. She'll be going with me on a quilting weekend on Friday and I just have to make sure I have my "patience hat" on.

Quilt camp is challenging as far as food goes. The staff prepares our meals and while they are perfectly edible, they are not usually what I would choose. I can always find enough to eat and we bring plenty of snacks, another downfall. I always bring something to keep me out of major trouble, but there is plenty of temptation. Camp is at a beautiful lake in rural Ohio and I have to make sure I take the time away from my quilting to take a couple of nice long walks. That will also get me away from any stress dealing with Mom.

jb_2011 - great pic. The additional 18lbs you've lost should show as well. Time for another update!
julie - sorry to hear about your mother. Even with the issues with my mom now, I will miss her when she;s no long with us.

Welcome to all the newcomers! So many great goals have been posted. It's so nice to see that people seem to be very realistic in their expectations. So often we set ourselves up with lofty goals we can never attain. Best of luck to all of us. Let our hard work show through!!

Meg - I bought the basket for the bike, Sasha - oh the red slippers sound like so much fun though!

Gini

Well everyone,, I am happy to say I am down 2 more pounds. I am so looking forward to our trip this winter away from the snow and cold. :drinker:

Hey ladies. Hope you are having a great Tuesday so far. We had an all day meeting today where they fed us; I brought my own lunch. Although I do have to say, their menu wasn’t too unhealthy. Mostly deli sandwiches, lite chips, lots of fruit, and they did have cookies. But I was a good girl and brought my own.

Well I’m sad to admit it, but DH and I need to work on taxes tonight LOL. We always have our accountant file an extension for us. I am not sure why, but ever since the kids came, we just can’t seem to get them done on time. But he does want them by the middle of the month, so I guess we better get busy!

Carolyn: all the summer holidays were busy in the emergency department, but the worst was Memorial Day because it was usually the first really nice day so everyone drug out their boats, motorcycles, skateboards, etc. Then they came to see us. :noway:

Kate; my fingers will be crossed until I read what your scale read!

4dogmom: tell us about your dogs! We have 3 cats and one weird Beagle. We got him from the rescue last summer. They thought he was about 7 at the time, hard to tell because he doesn’t have many teeth to look at. He is the sweetest most docile dog I have ever seen. He even lets the old cat (who is 18) beat him up without protest. :bigsmile:

Barbara: I’m sorry your sorting and purging was so sad for you. :flowerforyou:

Polly: no fears, that weight will come right back off. Most likely it was water. I write mostly test banks to accompany nursing text books. I’ve written some book chapters and in October will be starting as a section editor on a huge nursing textbook, which will be a great honor and challenge.

Glenda: great NSV! I can’t refuse good breakfast food!

Liz: someone suggested to me that I should write my post on word, then copy and paste here. I used to lose posts frequently and it hasn’t been a problem since I started doing that.

Jen: I will keep my fingers crossed that you hear from DS soon!

DeeDee: your dinner sounds marvelous; I’ll be right there. :drinker:

Kathy: DH tried several shoes this morning then finally picked a pair. He set his boot out to take to work in case the shoes got too bad, and walked off and left it at home. So I hope his foot is ok! Hope yours is too. I can see the frustration on his face all the time and his surgery was not nearly as much as your was! Take care! :flowerforyou:

Lila: I bet you are hungry; roofing is quite the chore!

Wessecg: I cheat!!!!! I open a word doc and the thread and read each post then reply!!! :laugh:

Barbie: I am with you; feeling trapped makes me want to eat to.

Ellen: good job on your loss!

Jb: Great photos! You can really see a difference! :flowerforyou: Julie: so sorry about the loss of your mother. Mothers can’t be replaced, can they?

Ruthie: wow you are so busy! You are doing a great thing by looking at the schedule and trying to figure out how to work the exercise in! I don’t have any good advice for you other than to say it needs to work into your life or you won’t stick with it.

Gini: you are definitely right about that patience hat. Mine has lots of holes in it.

All the newbies: welcome and continue to come back soon.

I know I have missed lots; I was writing this on different breaks during our meeting marathon. I read everyone’s post. Take care, Meg

Goals for September (I can’t copy them because they are at home)
Log into mfp daily and log food/water daily except 2 free days a month
1900 calories; 90 ounces of water
Exercise 3 times a week
Find some joy and beauty every day.

Wow! This is a really active group with lots of good information. I am so glad I found this forum. Just wanted to report on my Tuesday weigh-in. No weight lost :ohwell: Have to concentrate on getting those 11,000 steps in every day. Am also looking at my diet to see if I can tighten it up a little more. Hope everyone is having a good week. :flowerforyou:
Diane