WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2012

I'm thanking God right now! My son is at the base in Afghanistan that was attacked today. (Two marines were killed.) But he sent his wife a very brief text saying he is okay but couldn't talk. I am praying for the safety of all of the military...there and everywhere...and for the families of those who died today.

On a much lighter note, I tried the salmon experiment last night and was down 1.3 today. I don't like fish much, but I will eat it anyway if it will help me on this weight loss journey. Thanks to everyone who posts about that.

Eileen

I just got a text from Matt too. It's hard to see through the tears....

Eileen - I am thanking God right along with you...so glad Matt is ok...I still don't know where Mark is and have not heard from him in 10 days...am praying he is ok...no news is good news...but sure would like to hear/see something

Jen

Good early evening ladies :flowerforyou:

Sally baby steps are very good when just starting back!

Kate I just don't know how they get so many calories in such a small amount of food:huh: . Just doesn't seem fair .

Fattypattybin your kids doing volunteer work is fabulous!!!

Barbie that beautiful poodle, that is a face you just want to kiss!

Cmaggies:flowerforyou: welcome to the group, come on in and chat with us!!!

Lila my dinner is around 8:00 or 8:30pm every night. The only time I eat earlier is if I'm with the granddaughters and they eat around 7:00pm. Did you get your cleaning done today?

Linda I've never had a parsnip either, however I'm intrigued and want to try one now, I have no clue what to do with them though, do you eat them raw, or cook them????

Viv I would have never seconded guessed that scale, if it told me the first time I had lost 5 pounds, I would have said thank you very much, and I would have had a fabulous day:laugh: .

Barbara the edges of brownies are so good , all that crunchy goodness!!! Good for you having restraint!!! The line dance group picture sounds priceless:laugh: ! Now you really have my curiosity up about the fork:huh: .

Liz up since 3:45am:noway: . Hope you got a nap in today!!!

Tigress I cut the skin off my salmon after I've cooked it, I never thought about doing it before. It should never taste fishy blech!!!! Roasted seaweed:huh: , what does it taste like?

Meg the wine bar sounds fabulous!!! There's one here I like to go to, they're only open Thurs. through Sat. though, it's really small too but a lot of fun!!! Are your smoke detectors hooked up to an alarm system? Mine went off one morning and the alarm company called me to see if I wanted the fire dept. to come out, well, yes, I don't see any flames or smell smoke but yes I want it checked out. All the cute fire fighters went through the house and couldn't find anything, then one of them asked me when the last time was I cleaned them, cleaned them:huh: , you have to clean those too???? Yes, you have to clean them ,if they get full of dust it causes them to go off. Needless to say I vacuum the smoke detectors about once a month now:laugh: . When are you going to Philly?

Teri happy birthday to your grandson!!!

Anjoneill Hairy Bikers Diet book??? Tell me more about this please. Congrats for getting off those 27 pounds!!!! Only 4 more to go, YAY!!!!

Eileen one of my friends went to Costco today and got me popcorn, however he just called a bit ago and asked me if he could have some it:laugh: , I told him sure I would share. I guess I'll get my share of it tomorrow.

Polly train the trainer:laugh: , I love it!!! I think it was Laura that said she noticed that every time she had salmon she always lost weight the next day, so me along with some of the other ladies have tried the experiment, and yup, it's been working for me, every time I have salmon, the next morning I've had a loss!!! I've been calling it the magic fish:laugh: . I try to eat it twice a week!!!

Robin WOW!!!! the fur boys must really be happy!!!! It looks great, job well done!!!!

Michele I swear I thought I saw the water moving in that picture:laugh: :laugh: . It looks go good now, it's really going to be beautiful!!!!

Well ladies my dinner is almost done. Tonight is my lazy night, I'm having tomato basil soup, and yes it's the kind from a can, loaded with sodium, I've been drinking extra water all day! Maybe I'll make some soup this week and freeze it so I can control the sodium.

Hope you all have a wonderful night and peaceful sleep!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee

I have not lost a pound in over a month!!! I know I need to bump up the exercise to get over this hump but doggonnit I'm lazy!! I did add some cardio at home after the gym yesterday and I did some cardio at home tonight. I'll hit the gym tomorrow for strength and cardio and try to get some in at least once this weekend. I just hope it's enough to start the scale moving again!

MFP community helped me when I had a plateau, the great advice was: be careful you are counting everything you eat, up the calories, be sure not to eat less than your goal. I didn't up my exercise, I wasn't burning it up, but was walking 20 min. every day. The eating more did it, right away I went down 2 lbs.
Good luck, and good for you for sticking with it, a month is a long time with no encouragement!

wow ladies!! I skip one day posting and the number of pages has doubled!! Time to catch up...

Eileen and Jen - my mother heart goes out to you. It must be so difficult having a son or daughter serving overseas and not always knowing that they are okay. I pray that they will both continue to be safe and will have a safe return to family.

Gail - I also have twitchy legs sometimes. Does it happen often for you? there is actually a syndrome - restless leg syndrome - where it feels like ants crawling up the inside of your legs and it is impossible to keep still. There are some things you can do for it though. Also, keep an eye on the hip pain and consult a docotr if it persists. Hip pain in bed was the start of osteo arthritis for me

mwheatcraft - PX90!! that is rigorous! My son did it and lost a lot of weight and really toned up. Good for you!

KathrynCNC - Thank god for sisters. Glad they steered you here.

Meg - the trike sounds like so much fun! And good job on the 20 minutes. My ride was all pretty level - throw an incline in and I am done for! Keep up the good work1

Michele - How was the play? I have heard of that one but didn't get to see it.

Barbara - ah, the edges of the brownies, and the tiny slice of cake! :blushing: I am glad I am not the only one!!

We were out all day today and eating someone else's menus - much harder to keep control of the food intake. Not a lot of veggie choices but I had taken along some fresh fruit to share at the weiner roast so that there would be at least one healthy option! But back at it tomorrow!

Time for bed. Good night all!

Good night lovelies,

Felt lazy and wanted to spend time with Joe, Robby and Dixie, so took the day off from Church. Went nowhere but the kitchen, hot tub and back yard... very restful.

Thanks for all the positive comments about yesterday's workshop burn (1379!) Still can't believe I can stand up and dance for five and a half hours. When I first started, I'd be completely winded and wiped out after one 15 minute lesson and have to sit out the rest of the evening. AND my knees hurt (mild arthritis) and started going out and refusing to bear my weight. Six years later, after PT, chiropractic, exercises, supplements and practice practice practice and I'm only mildly tired and sore from yesterday, nuthin' an aspirin, the hot tub and maybe a glass of red can't fix.

Lila Measurements down? YAY!:flowerforyou:
Meg beauty and joy in each day, great goal!
junerbooner Peaches is one lucky pooch
DeeDee "Friend" poked you in the shoulder hard?:noway: What, he doesn't realize you're not a guy? Some friend!
Liz hope your cruiser is back on the road soon! If you're ever at the MK center on a weekend and want a walking pal, let me know. I have 2 left feet too, no rhythm, frequently end up facing the wrong direction, tho I catch myself now before klonking into people, mostly. :laugh: But the Nampa group are the warmest, friendliest and most forgiving folk. We'd love to have you join us!
Kackie, sore and proud? You should be! 19 miles and almost 5K elevation in 9 hours. AMAZING! You sure earned that massage :bigsmile:
Texasgal Teri con VERY grats on breaking 10 K steps!:flowerforyou:
wessecg down a pound, YAY!:flowerforyou:
cjspensley your love for Steve shines through your concern. Why do husbands have to be so stubborn?:grumble:
Glenda Wheeling around the lake, sounds lovely! Glad you're progressing slowly and carefully.:happy:
Cindy Thanks for brining your sis along, good to see you again.
Gail sometimes twitchy legs mean "feed me magnesium!"
mwheatcraft 90 days of P90X, yes you sure can be proud of yourself! Well done!:flowerforyou:
Jane, tonsillitis at our age? Yuck! :sick: Hope the antibiotis knock it out quickly and you feel better soon.
Carolyn thanks for the 10 mninute arm info and the fitsugar site. I kinda hope the scraggly kitten returns, it would be so lucky to be adopted by you.
Meg, Tricycle smiles and sore thighs what a great day! :laugh: Consultation with surgeon is tomorrow, hoping Mohs surgery can get it all without leaving a gaping hole in the side of my nose, I'm just not up to sporting a stud or nose ring... As for the Tuna Helper, I've heard that Reisling goes with everything. .. 3 cats and 7 chirping smoke detectors, there's a song there somewhere... maybe jb would write it
SallyCC so glad you're feeling stronger after the PT. Keep taking care of those knees, you kneed 'em
healthypattybin Coastal Cleanup? What a great way to start your kids out right, volunteering. 44 hours that's awesome!:flowerforyou:
Michele Rodney Yee, heh heh, now there's some eye-candy... babybell a mushrooms for 97 cents a pound? That's less than a third what they cost here at the least cost stores. Thanks for the recipe, it looks yummy!
KathrynC I work through my alarms too. :grumble: Tell me you DID reschedule the mammogram?:happy:
Kathy yes another desk jobber, when I'm not crawling around under other peoples cubes checking cables... Have a buddy who tries to get me out for a daily lunchwalk, but its hard for me to take the time more than a day or two a week. Should really start walking up a flight of stairs or two for a break, :noway: but always "forget".
Lila if you'er safely back on the ground, then you can be proud of yourself for the roofing job. :drinker: No falls indeed!:noway:
Linda, (skip this part Lila) and DeeDee, wait 'til after first frost to buy your parsnips, makes them sweeter. They shouldn't be too big (woody) or too small (not enough left after peeling), say 1.5 inches across the top. Scrub and peel lightly. Slice into circles. Spritz a Foreman grill with a little oil, arrange the circles and grill til chewy/soft not crisp. I love them as a snack, dipped in hummus or other dips or sprinkled with a little salt. If you don't have a Foreman grill you could probably get a similar effect in a cast iron skillet, or better yet baked on a rack in a hot (400+) oven. The rack or grill method gives little char lines that add flavor and interest. Ageing Hippie, Mother of Dogs... :laugh:
Viv, agree about those popup interruptions and flitting from one task to another. Multitasking is a crock, violates the laws of physics, a bill of goods sold to us by Bill Gates. Trying to "timeslice" like a computer, to respond to the barrage of interruptions, are, I think, factors contributing to the ADHD and stress epidemics. Rant:mad: rant RANT!:explode:
DeeDee 40 grapes? :sick: Sounds like something I'd do. Owww!
Anj "Hairy Bikers' Diet Book" Sounds hilarious,:laugh: tell us more! ConVERYgratulations on staying smoke:smokin: free for 10 years, it is the best thing we can do for ourselves.
Eileen so glad you got to talk to your son twice this weekend. Our military have the training to cope, but the families, it must be so very very hard.:brokenheart:
Polly you inspire me to ask DH AGAIN to take my bike out of the loft so I can try to ride. Problem is we live UP in teh hills and... well... you know... but I could maybe put it in the car, drive DOWN to the greenbelt, ride around, put it back in the car, drive back UP home... you can see why Joe thinks it will be wasted effort to get it down at all...:frown:
Robin, thanks for the pic of Michele's spa and pool. I could dive right in through my screen.:laugh: Love the pics, you sure fooled me with the "window". :bigsmile: Dance ON!
Jen will say a prayer for you and yours tonight.
Lin Sure wish we had a Trader Joe's here, might even get me to try the salmon... maybe...:noway:
Welcome Nan, KathrynC, Grandmatimes9, anjoneill, cmaggies and all newbies.:flowerforyou:
Micki, fonitoni, Ferb03, Laura, Lin, Kate, rebelq, jacqueling and all the others I missed, sorry but I'm all responsed out.

Hugs,


Barbara, the AHMOD who WILL be size 10 one day

September I resolve to be good to myself:
eat 7 servings fruits + veggies
invest 20 minutes in SWSY or on the mat and 10 minutes decluttering
moderate to 1 glass wine per night (Sat + Sun allow 2 beers/day)
figure out this darned HRM and uset it at least once
smile, don't yell...
2012: dance more, bark less and check in!!!

Wow! You ladies are amazing!! How do you ever keep up with all the posts! It's nice to know you're not alone in all your ups and downs.

I've been happily married for 31 years this October, and have two wonderful children, both college grads, but neither living near me. My daughter is in NC and my son is in Tallahassee Fl. about 5 hours from home. They're both independent and on their own. Nice, but we miss them both terribly. I'd do anything to have them both come walking through the door wondering what's for super. This is my 29th year of teaching, I do love it, but I feel myself getting tired. Most days too tired after school to go to the gym. I took a Zumba class this summer and really messed up my knee, hopefully it will get better, bike riding seems to be the best for me right now. I'd love to lose about 15 poinds and just get more fit!! Sounds easy, but so hard. Reading everyone's posts really helps, it's very motivational.

To the ladies with children serving over seas~my heart goes out to you, I can't imagine. You're children are brave beyond belief and I hope you see them home soon.

To everyone else~thank you for reading, hope you have a wonderful day! No school today, so I'm going to clean and do a little school work. I played all weekend, so today's a day to relax! Nan
PS...I must get into those little smilies!!

Good morning, good morning, good morning!

Its weigh in day I have lost 3 lbs this week after gaining a pound last week. I am sitting right on top of that 200 lb. wall, right on top!! Wahoooo! I've got my hammer out and I am chipping away at it. I see my doctor on friday and desperately want to be under 200 ... I may weigh myself everyday this week just to make sure and then I will go back to once a week. I am so excited!!!

Now I better go put the coffee on and start this day but I just had to share my morning thrill!!

Be back soon! Wishing you all a spectacular day!
Kate

Good morning,
I just read through the posts and will be back to comment. I love the wisdom of this board. You guys are awesome.
Monday is my organization day. I do three different types of jobs (all good) but when the week begins the more organized I am, the better I feel. Today I only have the morning to get ready. My niece is coming over and I am taking her to lunch and we are going to get her birthday gift. I am so excited to be able to spend the afternoon with her. On Mondays, we usually have my friend's mom over for dinner (and Dancing with The Stars when it is on). I have dinner all ready so just a reheat. On to get ready for the rest of the week!!

Have a wonderful Monday!

Michele ....what a pool! And you got the photo!!!
Barbie...I just love your puppy's picture!!!

Sally

Hello all, and happy Monday :happy: (really, Monday can be happy!)

Our weekend in the city with my parents was fantabulous. I don’t think my Dad suspected that all his daughters, sons-in-law and five out of ten grandchildren were going to show up to help him celebrate his 85th birthday. Of course it was my B’day too, so I came in for a bit of reflected glory. We had a chef’s menu with Okanagan wine pairings…oh, the best food in the world. My Mum and two of my three sisters log on MFP and we all decided it was one of those times when you just figure :noway: ”I’m over, it’s over” and end the day.

I also had a glorious shopping spree, which included three new pairs of shoes (I got shoes with heels, whoo hoo, :drinker: first time in years, thank you foot surgery!) and some new workout gear that can double for school clothes.

On the drive home we stopped to admire the exhibits and take in the entertainment at the Boundary District Fall Fair. I had to go for a walk/run after supper to burn off the ice cream. :ohwell: I did say no to DH's offer of a plate full of perogies, though.

The challenge now is to catch up on that 24 hours of exercise goal. It’s past the middle of the month and I’m only at 10.6. OK, time to start wearing the HRM at work and recording the morning fitness run/PE classes.

Congratulations Kate, you’ll be sliding off that 200 lb wall before you know it. :flowerforyou:

Hello nkosky, what are you teaching? I know what you mean about grown up children who live far away – we saw our 25 year old daughter for the first time since Christmas last weekend. It was lovely. Mind you, our 14 year old son still lives at home and still wants to know what’s for supper (and breakfast, and lunch, and every time in between) so I am not an empty nester yet.

Michelle, your pool looks fabulous! :drinker: I can imagine how relaxing it is to float around listening to the spillover.

Welcome to all the newcomers, congratulations to the “loosers”.

Plan what you eat, eat what you plan.

Hasta pronto,

Nancy

September goals: (mid month review)

No bedtime snacks, no second helpings! I am doing quite well with this one, my second helpings have been veggies, if anything.
Get the routine chores done – no procrastination! Well.....
24 hours of exercise in the month. Total to date: 10.6 hours Yikes! I'd better pick up the pace. :explode:
Be a role model of healthy living for my students. OK I am running with them, and fielding soccer balls, and a few of them have spotted me at the Rec Center coming in/out of the gym.

Morning everyone,

My sister's and I are back on the road heading home today. We have just gone thru Birmingham now heading towards Atlanta.

We have for the most part been good influences on one another. Big sis told me this morning that my bite of honey bun wasn't worth it but I had it anyway. But just one bite and the rest went in the trash.

We will spend the whole day in the car and get home around supper time. I'm supposed to go out to eat with friends tomorrow night but I may just stay home after having eaten out for 6 days I'm kinda ready to be at home.

We have had a great time and have found out we travel well together!

Have a great day everyone!

CINDY

Robin, those puppies looking out the window are so cute!

Hello all,

DeeDee parsnips are delicious when they are roasted they are quite sweet in flavour and are a starchy carb. They can be coated with honey or Parmesan cheese before roasting or just basted or sprayed with oil.

The Hairy Bikers are celebrity chefs in the UK and are from the North East of England. If you google them they will probably come up. They have been losing weight and have out their recipies in a book which is on sale through Amazon.co.uk? This is the link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Hairy-Dieters-Weight-ebook/dp/B008OYPMFM/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1347907641&sr=1-1

Wessecg well done on avoiding the ice cream and opting for yogurt. There will come a time when you are able to limit your intake of the things that you like to sensible serving sizes but in the meantime it is best to eat them in a controlled environment, e.g at a restaurant.

I have been fairly sensible all weekend with my food intake but succumbed to cake in the office today. It would have been fine if I had just had the one slice but I had two and was seriously tempted to get a 3rd but thankfully managed to avoid it. These episodes are getting futher apart but I still kick myself when they happen. Cake was my downfall in gaining weight before and I know that I need to be careful around it. I could blame pressures of work and worry about one of my cats who was not well yesterday but they would just be excuses and not the actual reason. Oh well tomorrow is another day.

Thanks Birdym. I love to hear success stories - not that folks took the weight off - but they kept it off, those are the best! The lowest I've dieted to is 155 and that has been over 7 years ago now. My goal is 145 this time and I intend to get there and stay there when I do. I was in the 120's in my 20's, 130's in my 30's and the 140's in my 40's, but I swear I look as skinny at 155 now as I did when I was 135 back then. I am 53 and I will be thrilled to be in the 140's again. You rock.

I've had four high-calorie (>2000) days in a row of parties and receptions where I made it up and met my calorie goal with exercise, but I am feeling so very ready for normal eating again. It's also something of a NSV, I think, that what used to be normal eating for me is now over the top!

It all starts again this weekend (National Book Festival), when I have a reception Friday night and then the groaning tables of food for starving authors all day Saturday and Sunday, but for the next four days I can be sensible.

Holy cats. Today was crazy at clinical. So many really, really sick patients and running after the students, I am exhausted. The “stable” guy had no blood pressure and it got worse from there! :noway: The students did great though. I logged 2 hours of walking; I think that’s about right. People at work heard about me logging 1 hour for clinical and said “Are you kidding???” :noway: So I made it 2 hours but don’t want to “cheat”. I am sore all over today, probably because I did stretching yesterday, that always kills me for some reason!

It was cool and foggy this morning, then it rained some, kind of misty rain. Now it smells like fall. It’s so nice after such a long, hot, dry summer. Well that’s weird….the site booted me off for “maintenance.” Speaking of which, no update on my ticker yet….I’ve been emailing tech support and they cant’ figure it out. :sad:

Tigress: cat hair is a condiment. That really cracked me up. The smoke detectors went off half the night last night too for no reason. Finally, poor DH” had it and went to the 24 hour walmart and replaced all the batteries and that stopped if for now. It was weird because they are not connected, so one bad battery should not have made all of them (on 3 different floors) all go off at once.

Anjoneill: welcome to our group!

Eileen: so glad everything is ok with your son! That must be a huge relief :flowerforyou:

Polly: your hubby does sound like a keeper! Yay for your beautiful bike

Michele: you are always baking…how do you resist it? I meant a better zumba class that’s smaller and saner LOL

Robin: great dog house! I bet they love it! I saw the image of them peeking out their window and said “Hmmmm do they always pose like that?” :bigsmile: Then I read your comment about it being your avatar

Jen: keeping my fingers crossed for Mark too

DeeDee: Clean the smoke detectors???? OMG LOL I don’t clean at all. :bigsmile: Maybe I’ll leave them dirty so I can see all the cute firemen in their turn out gear too

Lin: enjoy the scallops…I love them!

Glenda: sometimes you just have no control over what you get to eat, but hopefully the fruit made up for some of it

Barbara: I hope your consultation goes well. I’ve seen some people after that surgery and they look great. Best wishes! “Tricycle smiles” that has a nice ring to it. Hmmm Riesling??? Didn’t think of that one…LOL :laugh:

Gardengail: that vitamin D deficiency seems to be rampant these days. I take magnesium when I get bad muscle spasms in my back and find it works well.

Nan: we are a chatty group aren’t we? It’s so nice to read all the posts and see what everyone else is doing. What grade do you teach?

Stardancer: where in the states will you be traveling?

Kate: Bang! Bang! Bang! I hoped that help you get another little ***** out of your 200 pound wall! :bigsmile: Good for you on the loss

Kackie: glad you are having a good trip!

Sally: boy organization does make a difference doesn’t it?

JB: Love your new pic! Glad you had a good time camping. I love to camp

Nancy: sounds like you had a great birthday trip. I bet dad loved all of you being there :happy:

Kathy: sorry to hear your knee and foot are bothering you! Wish I could help!

Cindy: I always wanted some sisters to travel with, so I’m jealous. I’m glad you had a good time though!

Wessecg: what great victories for you!

Well I’m beat. I know I missed some of you, but my eyes are drooping! Take care everyone and be strong. Meg :drinker: