WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2012

Thank you Amanda I have gotten that feeling from alot of women i have talked to about HRT that of I can find alternatives to try that first.We will see Thursday

Good evening everyone. Had a great day stayed under my 1400 calories and I am not even hungry. Still need to drink more water.

Hope everyone has a great week.

wessecg - the only way I can name a person in my post is the fact that I have two windows open, one just a wordpad document and then the topic here. If I didn't do that, there is NO WAY that I'd remember everyone individually then I just copy and paste the document. Yup, I do exactly what barbie said to do.

barbie - thanks for the link to posting a pic in photobucket. I have no idea how to post a pic and I know that I'll want to post one after the pool is finished. Honestly, I might have to ask you again for the link.

12774 - I ALWAYS prefer mall browsing. Only problem is that *I* don't work up a good cardio, I look at too many things (and buy too many things, too)

Welcome everyone who is new! Come back often

Julie - so sorry to hear about your mother. Good for you in the eating dept! Wonder why you haven't been stress eating? Maybe it's because you're too busy with other things. When is your daughter getting married?

Isobel - what a great goal -- to "have fun". That's what life's about

Rachel - OUCH!!!! You poor thing

DeeDee - 50,000iu, wow! That's a big dose. Glad it's helping you.

One guy was here today moving dirt around and he did a little work on the pool. I was at mahjongg and Vince was here. He said that one of the treads on the excavator came off so he and the guy who ws running it put it back on. He (Vince) was running the excavator while the other guy worked with a crowbar to get the tread back on. Gee...we should charge them for labor. At the rate we're going...we'll be getting the pool for free.....lol I don't think so but it's fun to just kid around about it.

jb - thanks for the help in posting pics. Honestly, don't be surprised if I need to ask you again. The guy (for the pool) said he'd probably be here tomorrow and then Thurs and Fri they're going to work on putting in the spa. Then they won't be here for a while. FANTASTIC pics

lentigogirl - happy birthday to you son

nanasgt - great walking. You should be very proud

youngfleur - where are you planning to go this winter?

Did some running around today. Exercised, then had something more to eat, went to the post office to mail a package for Vince, to the soup kitchen, to a pool supply store but they didn't have a webbed lounge for the pool, played mahjongg, went to this one lady's house because last time we played mahjongg at her house she doesn't have pushers, just racks, so I let them use my pushers since I had them in the trunk of my car and she was supposed to bring them today only she hurt her back and wasn't there. I did want my pushers -- never know when you'll need the set. Then, since I was that way, I went to Aldi's and got some mushrooms for my salad, some more cukes, bought baby carrots and then saw that one store has them on sale. I hate when that happens. Came home, had dinner, made cookies to take to the hairdresser on Fri (I don't know that I'll have time Wed. or thur). I have extras, Vince doesn't care for butterscotch so I put them in a bag and will maybe give them to one guy working here. Gave him a bag of these other cookies that Vince won't eat. He'd told me that his wife really liked them so I gave the bag to him for his wife.

Tomorrow...water aerobics, stop at one store, and then senior bowling

We have been having unseasonable humid weather. Heat I can stand, but I DO NOT like humidity.

Jen - so happy you heard from ds

Hope everyone has a great evening

Michele

Hi again ladies. Warning*****major rant about to occur:explode: :explode: :explode:

The 19 year old was supposed to cook tonight and DH was going to help her since I was working on my book. Very, very long story short she completely ruined dinner (again). It was a wonderful rigatoni with eggplant, tomatoes, and fresh parmesan that I had been looking forward to all week. I was asking her questions about what happened and she would answer one way, so we would talk for 3-4 minutes, then she would totally change her response to the original question. It was soooooo frustrating. We ended up having bacon and eggs and I sent her to the store to price all the ingredients we just threw away.

I am at my wit’s end with this child. It is nearly impossible to converse with her because 1) her English is bad and 2) she panics and just says anything, then later retracts it, so by the time you are done you have no idea what went on. OR she refuses to speak. Either way, I end up feeling like I am actually going crazy.

DH was in the den (right by the kitchen, you can look in and see the whole kitchen from the den) and he told her he would help her if needed. DD thought he would come in to help and DH was waiting to be asked, so that’s part of what went wrong…miscommunication.

It’s just so frustrating because it never gets better. She’s in counseling but is making no progress. She is really very low functioning in many areas, but no one else sees it but us. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Sorry, I had to get this off my chest somewhere and poor DH is beside himself too. Thanks for putting up with me! Meg

Happy Wednesday ladies!!

Middle of the work week, Decent weather and a new Yoga class this afternoon. Here's to being able to move tomorrow LOL
ore tonight after yoga.

Jan, happily smoke free for 44 days!!

Hi I fit the over 50 tag and definately went to school and now working in a education linked organisation. I took Voluntary Redundancy in late April this year and after 3 months at home decided being a full time housewife was not for me hence the working again and I really missedf the interaction with my colleagues.

I had ballooned and at 50+ realised I was far from healthy and wanted to live long enough to see my grandchildren grow. So diet started mid June with myfitnesspal and I have now lost 20lb. My husband joined at the same time as me and he has lost 36lb which is fantastic but I am so jealous - how does this man loose 16lb more than me and we both eat the same - I know its all about metabolic rates but heyho still want it to be me as well.

My goals for this month are to do more walking, keep losing weight at least 1lb a week and try new recipes.

Good morning everyone.

Sorry to hear about your mother, Julie. It's just so sad. :brokenheart: My mom is 87 and failing a bit. unsteady on her feet and becoming a little confused. She's visiting my sister in GA for a few weeks, we're thinking it's possibly time for her to move there permanently. The other option is to find a home-care person to help Mom at her place in San Diego. It's hard to know exactly what to do. My sister told me that when she picked Mom up from the airport last week she had to wheel her through the terminal in a wheelchair, something my mom begged us never to do. Well, she didn't balk at it this time, and said to my sister, "I guess this is the beginning of the end." I'll be on the phone a lot this week with my brother and sister, discussing what we can all do to make Mom as comfortable and happy as can be. I'm a bit teary-eyed this morning.

I got after the huckleberries yesterday morning and ended up making a full case of jam. There was a big bag of berries left which I put in the freezer for a pie during the holidays. More canning today, hubby roasted about 4 dozen Anaheim chilies on the grill last night, so this morning I'll be peeling, seeding and dicing them for processing in 1/2 pint canning jars. Fire-roasted diced green chilies, oh they are so good. There are tons more chilies in the garden yet, we'll be pickling some, drying some, canning and freezing others all month long. Poblanos, jalapenos, serranos, bells, sweet Italians, sweet cherry and cayenne.

Michele, feel free to message me if you need additional help posting photos when the time comes.

Thanks for the compliments on my pics! It's really important to look back and compare every once in awhile to see how far we've come. Here's my most current photo, taken in my backyard in July, at 65 lbs lost.



Have a wonderful day, time for me to make some phone calls.

jb

Hi Ladies

I'm having 'one of those days' - you know the ones when you think you should have just rolled over and stayed in bed!

Hope you are all doing ok, I have to go and make the umpteenth phone call to try to sort out problems for other people. Still, it's nice to be needed!

Have a good one my friends.

Back later.
Love to all.
Amanda x

hay me, me, pick me.....would like to join in here also. Not a current or past teacher, did attend school and loved the whole back to school vibe of a new adventure and expectancy.

I am back after a summer long pity party of eating what ever and when ever and now 21 lbs later ...

so my goals are:

Take that pottery class, cuz I deserve to do something I want like this, just for me and for no particular reason ! so there.
Continue to log on everyday, prompting better choices at all times.
Pack my lunch to work, insuring I know what I am eating vs mystery food from cafeteria.
Do what ever soul searching/personal inventory/past life regression it takes to get to the bottom of the emotional eating.
Start moving, some way, every day

have a peaceful day !