WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2012

Good beautiful morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Hope today finds all of you happy and healthy and full of energy!!!!

Wessecg a baby possum in your house---alive:noway: , how did you get it out? Could you maybe have your coat altered to fit? Spending that much on a coat I would want to wear it as long as possible!

Barbie my little Noel has to be on a leash too, I have 30 acres and I'm sure it I just let her out I'd never see her again, I'm not going to take that chance!!! I'm still learning about this new eating style, working on it as I go along. I also keep a paper diary with my food and my exercise, I don't log my exercise on MFP because I never seem to get enough calories in when I do. It's quite interesting to see how my body reacts to the different food, like a couple days ago, I ate way more carbs than I usually do, didn't go over but still more than usual and I dropped 1.6 lb. I found that interesting. I'm going to look back at some other days and see if there is a trend there. This journey has been very eye opening to me, and I have to say I'm enjoying doing this now. I think that's the key to me losing weight this time, it's not a chore for me to log my food, or get more walking in, I'm enjoying it, and enjoying how it makes my body feel. New mindset I guess, not going to question it , just enjoy it!!!

Lin did you find any coats in the basement? My winter coat is too big, but I have lots of jackets in all sizes, it also doesn't get that cold here really, I think I'll be able to just layer this year!!!

Polly Great NSV!!!!!!

Jeanniebeanie welcome back!!!

Michele isn't it funny how kids, no matter how old, think that their questions are more important than whatever we may be doing? Sometimes I just shake my head at it all. Have you tried Davidson's eggs? They are pasteurized in the shell, a safer egg they say, the website is SafeEggs.com. I use them all the time now, they are a little more expensive but after the salmonella scare a few years ago they are all I use now. They have them at Lowe's Foods and sometimes Harris Teeter.

Liz I'm glad you're feeling better today. Yes, sleep can repair a bad day, a bad mood, etc. etc.!!!

Lila I still haven't tried parsnips yet, will let you know what I think afterwards. What book was your choice?

Linda I have a weight watchers scale, it's 3 or 4 years old now, I like it , I've only had to change the battery once, but then again this is the first time I've really been using it. They have probably come out with a newer model since mine. I think they all lie sometimes though:laugh: .

Well I have a meeting at 9:45 this morning, and the rest of the day off:bigsmile: . I need to get back to my decorating today, I'm ready to get the boxes out of my great room!!! Hope all you ladies have a wonderful day.

Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee

Amanda, so glad to read your weekend was fun, even the Caberet. Do you ever feel tempted to drink, especially in a scene like that, or is it just “behind you”?

Not tempted at all any more. I love the freedom of knowing that I'm not going to waste half of the next day feeling hungover! x

I loved reading your posts this morning. Visiting the board while on hold is a great idea, Lin!! I need to remember that but I hope I am never on hold with the IRS (hope everything went well). Barbie......loved the sweater pictures. Such a reminder for all of us to keep on focusing on our goals----for today!!

I am transitioning between cycle 2 to cycle 3 of the 17 day diet. I am not having the success with this plan that I had when I first did it and that is discouraging. Tracking has really helped me. My exercise is getting back to where I used to be so I am thinking that these next few weeks are really prime weeks to set some good results. I am getting out the kitchen scale and really look at portion size (I think I get sloppy).

Have a great day!!
Sally

:flowerforyou: Lovely Thursday,

No time to read the posts have to finish the monthly taxes and reports for the boss:grumble: Not my favorite thing to do. Will try to read them during lunch.

Last night had a good bike ride, but can tell that Fall is in the air, so our bike rides after work will only be for another week or so if the weather holds out...I will miss it, :sad: but will move on to the basement and the Kettlebell DVD's.

When we were done we realized we didn't have enough salad for both of us to have in our lunches today so we headed out to the store and did ****ey's BBQ for dinner where hubby could keep to his diet. Did pretty good but was over the top with sodium, overall no change so tonight I will be cooking fish it will be good for both of us...me Salmon and hubby will get his Cod.

So far hubby is liking the job although it's all be training on a computer so far, today he had to be there at 7am and will finish the last of his training and then shadow his supervisor so he will get a better idea of what his job will be. He works tomorrow afternoon and evening so I will have the afternoon to myself...but the good thing is he has the weekend off and if the weather is good we will get in some good bike rides.

Everyone have a good day. Drink plenty of water, log your food and let's keep our bodies moving so we can win thise battle:drinker:

Laura80111

HI HO Silver...and away we ride. Another day...

My students did rather well with their juggling. The ones that actually practiced, and focussed, were delighted with themselves. :happy: The ones that goofed off and were silly at the assembly thought it "sucked". :grumble: Lesson to be repeated ad nauseam until they leave my classroom or realize "it" doesn't "suck", they do, unless they practice and focus. It's called self efficacy, or taking responsibility for our own actions. Or something! :ohwell:

I am feeling tense this morning, don't know why. Oh, yes I do. I've been working like a fiend all week, eating carefully and working out every day :explode: and my weight is creeping up by a fraction of a pound each morning. The trend should be downward. I have only five pounds to loose to get to my goal, for heaven's sake. OH, Nancy, take a lesson from your own preaching. :blushing: You can only get worked up about the things you can control. I can control the calories in and the calories out. I can't control the scale. Sigh.

Kathy, Citizens Police Academy sounds like an interesting idea. Hope you have fun.

Hi M. – I’m a skier too – always hoping for good snow once it’s too cool to be out on the beach.

And Lila, This year I am going to “ski for style, not speed” and that’s the best ski line I’ve heard in ages and I am going to use it this year. We bring our students out to Whitewater 4-5 times a year. It’s a blast.

Janehadji – when you lived in Montana we were almost neighbours – I’m living just north-west of the border from Plains. Hang in there with the food battle, you’ve already won a few. You recognize that your eating patterns are a problem and you are talking about it. That’s the big one knocked down, right there. :flowerforyou:

Mweatcraft – YES! “it’s not a destination, it’s a journey”

Jane – happy thoughts coming your way, I hope your day gets better.

JB – I was going to put the canner away and clear off the kitchen counters, but now I’ve got inspired to make some more salsa if I can find good stuff at the Farmer's Market on Saturday. Thanks for the recipe.

Meg – Wow, look at you go! 3-4 cardio workouts in a week. :explode: DD#1 made dinner and no big battle? OK, who cares if it was 8 pm?

Barbie – moderators vs abstainers – I find that very interesting. Do you think a person can be either, depending on the issue (or the food)? I suspect I am an abstainer trying to be a moderator because I don’t want to give up alcohol! I need to listen to Amanda.

Wessecg you only told us half the story --- what did you do after the poodle brought the live baby possum into the house? :laugh:

Go Polly go! And give the guy at the drycleaners a high five from me on your behalf. :drinker:

Sundance, I use the WW digital scale, got mine off Amazon because we’re no where near a Costco. It’s been just what I need.

Liz, I think you should gently remind your director that your clients need role models and practice in living a healthy life style, so if activities involve food it should be healthy food according to the Government food guide – could you get away with it?

Oh Gail! Farkle is my go to game when we are on the road or when I have a group of kids to entertain. It’s so fun and I don’t have to haul a lot of stuff around to play it. Sequence is good too. My DH doesn’t like board games, so I have been suffering withdrawal since J’boy grew too big & too cool to play with me.


Nancy

September goals:
No bedtime snacks, no second helpings!
Get the routine chores done – no procrastination!
24 hours of exercise in the month. Total to date: 14.6 hours
Be a role model of healthy living for my students.

I am so impressed with those of you who can throw away food! I can toss it to the birds but that's about it.

My birds are eating well this week. After years of nursing it along, my sourdough has failed -- three consecutive non-rising loaves. At least we get the awesome smell of fresh baked bread in the house! (I don't eat it -- just bake for DH & DS -- and it barely counts as baking because I use a bread machine. I jumpstarted the sourdough with new yeast this morning after the third failure and it was bubbling nicely when I left.)

I am down in the dumps today. I feel like I'm trying to do everything right and getting nowhere! I've managed to lose almost 20 lbs. so far and definitely increased my exercise but today my knee is so bad that I can barely walk. :sad: It flared up again bigtime after I did an hr of water aerobics on Tuesday plus my foot is swelling again also. Trying prescription anti-inflamatory again once script gets filled but I don't want to go back to narcotics just to function! Getting headaches every day doesn't help either but I think that's a combo of stress and sinus pressure. Ok, thanks for listening-done complaining!! I am just going to rest today and read a good book!
Citizens Police Academy is interesting, I found out more how the city is divided up and got a tour of the Coroner's area yesterday. I'm looking forward to the next session.

Polly - Great NSV!! Thanks for the encouragement! I have a feeling I might have pushed things a little too quick and just need to slow down for a bit.

Michele - Somehow I doubt that we will get to shoot any automatic rifles at the Academy.:laugh:

Liz- Don't beat yourself up! When it's right in front of you, it's very hard to avoid temptation. And it's a big plus that you didn't go over either! We're all here for you! Things will get better! flowerforyou:

JSioux- Welcome

Lila- I still have my salmon in the freezer that my neighbor caught and fileted. My DH won't touch it and I want to eat it but I'm chicken since I have never cooked salmon before. My broiler is not working and no sense dragging out the grill just to make it for me. I have a George Foreman grill but someone said it would taste dry making it that way. I may try to look up a baking recipe for it.

Linda - I love reading all the posts on her also! It always puts me in a good mood. Even now, my pity party is over! How coincidental that your headache was in your left temple! That's where my headaches start lately, usually over my left eye. My two dogs are well under 65 lbs. but I know what you mean about when they sleep with you, it is like having a toddler in bed!

Amanda - I will keep your cousin in my prayers!

Hugs and well wishes to all of you! I actually am in a better mood than I was earlier after reading all your great posts!

Kathy:drinker:

Hi all. How is everyone this morning? It is a beautiful fall-ish day here. I’m working in the office again today. I don’t know what has caused this, but I feel really energetic today. So far this week I have met my goals…done more exercise than my goal and just barely meeting water goal, but it’s going well. I’m psyched for weigh-in Friday! Tonight will be the elliptical again. It’s also game night at our house. I’ve been kind of a slug as far as the book goes…I need to kick it into high gear, but want to go bike riding Saturday and I have to take the beagle into the vet. He has been “ok’d” for his rabies shot from our regular vet now. They haven’t seen him since he turned yellow, so they will be surprised at how good he looks. I also just signed contract to write 2 chapters for the core curriculum book for the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates and I’m wondering when I’m going to fit that in!:huh:

Tigress: I’m with you on the whole wheat pasta…yuck. Brown rice isn’t much better! :mad: You can still get bean sprouts? We can’t get them here anymore…no one will carry them (e. coli infections) and I miss them on my sandwiches!

Wessecg: don’t worry about posting too much. I think we all like reading everything going on! I’ll keep my fingers crossed for weigh in day! Awww your baby wanted a playmate! :happy: What an angry looking little guy!

Laura80111; I want to be like Barbie too! Where do you live? It sounds like in a week or two it will be too cold there for bike riding…did I read that right? I tried kettlebells at the Y…they had a demo class and both my arms went numb for an entire day. No more of that!

Barbie: you actually knitted that sweater? Wow you are talented! It’s really nice! I agree that what makes us special is that we treat each other with respect. What works for one person won’t for the next and we all have to find out own way in this journey. Some of the threads have people who get really nasty with each other if they disagree on something. I’m so glad we aren’t like that!:happy:

DeeDee: what exactly is a dancing broom? I have a great mental image, but not sure it’s accurate! At 15 pounds it’s a manicure/pedicure and at 30 new lingerie.

Lin: ARRRRRGGGGG (pirate talk for hope you found your booty, I mean a coat that fit!):bigsmile:

Polly: what a great NSV!!!

Michele: we don’t answer the phone during game night or dinner. That keeps those annoying questions at bay! DD made something called Patio Chicken Skillet which is chicken cooked in a base of cream of celery soup, tobacco, onions, green peppers and served over egg noodles. It was yummy. The soup gives it an interesting taste.

Liz: the good news is every day is a chance to start over. Don’t be too hard on yourself. I recognized that I was eating a lot of things I really didn’t enjoy either and it has been slow going, but I’ve nearly stopped doing that. :flowerforyou:



Nancy: DD did make the dinner without a battle, but without hubby’s help it would have been at 9!!! I love the comment about the students who goofed off thinking the assignment “sucked”. DD#2 is very smart and is used to learning very quickly, so if she struggles with something it’s “stupid” and “no one should have to learn this crap”. OMG teens.:laugh:

Linda: we use the ww digital scale here for our weekly weigh ins. The display is big enough to see, you have to remember to zero it each time, but it seems accurate. Hope you got a good night’s sleep

Gardengail: I love fried green tomatoes but can’t say that without thinking of the movie!

Amanda: I’ll keep my fingers crossed for your cousin.

Carolyn: your night sounds like a lot of mine. I was trying to catch up on my water 2 nights ago at 9 pm and ended up in the bathroom 5 times between 9:30 and 12:00!!! I woke up the next morning feeling like I had never been to bed!

Janehadji: your trip sounds great. Good for DD although I am sure you will miss her.

Kathy: I’m so sorry your foot/knee/head hurts! That is miserable. Take care of yourself. It’s frustrating to not be able to do what you want. Hugs:flowerforyou:

Well lunch time is over so it’s back to the grind. Take care of yourselves, be kind, and log all the nutritious and healthy wonderful food you eat (and the garbage too! LOL) Drink that water! Meg :drinker:

Hello to all you lovely ladies!! I hope we all see success this week!!! So drink the water, log the food, and keep moving.

Barbie, you knitted that sweater. Wow, that is terrific. I have a friend who can crochet just about anything. She does dozens of dishrags to give to her mom for her church's annual fund raiser. She just finished some zoo animals---and I gotta say I adored the elephants---which she sent off for a charity project. She also makes varous types of cowls---she sells those. Afghans, caps, baby clothing, booties, she'll do just about anything. She doesn't WALK though! You just cannot fit everything in a day right?

Meg - you really get a lot accomplished over your lunch hour. Congrats on the new book agreement. And when do you get to enough time to ride that new bike/trike again?

Well my hunt in the basement yielded just the thing. A long coat that will allow me to wear two layers under it, has a hood, and is heavy enough to keep me from freezing during an Iowa winter. I travel alone on the frozen highways so I always want a warm coat, good boots, gloves and a scarf! In fact, it's time to start hunting for my winter car stuff and to put water proofer on my boots.

Speaking of fur coats wessecg, I inherited my mom's coat when she passed away some years ago. She adored that coat and it was one of her *perks* for having worked so many years so I had to keep it. My mom was much smaller than me though so the coat is not only too short but the sleeves are too short. Then of course it really wouldn't fit me right now anyway due to my BULK. I don't care for fur but again, she adored it, so it stays in the closet.

I went to Younkers today for their Goodwill sale. For those of you outside the marketing area, you take a clothing item in to Younkers to donate to Goodwill and you receive a discount coupon for one item. They had double coupons today so I took in 6 items and ended up with 12 coupons which are good for another week.

My neck has been killing me and I wanted a new pillow so I purchased one that is supposedly designed for *side sleepers* and with a combo of sale price and the coupon it ended up 50% off. My neck is looking forward to trying it out tonight. Gosh I hope it works.

There were a lot of clothing bargains, as well as purses, scarves, shoes...........a virtual minefield. I came close to buying a purse, a scarf and 3 tops. But just close, I just brought home the pillow (for now).

Well off I go, I have a lot of walking left to do for today. Oh yes, and a lot of water to drink.

Again, wishing everyone well!!!!!! Virtual hugs to all.

Lin

Oh I did so much better when I was with my sisters! I'm sorry our trip is over :sad:

Have had a bit of a cold since we came home but am doing better. I've got to get on a better schedule. I'm going to go for a walk and will come back and read the posts later.

Cindy

Kathy - so sorry about your pain. I hope the bio freeze helps. Some days that stuff is all that keeps me going and I'll let you know if my neck approves of the pillow.

Hope you feel better pretty darn quick.

Wow updating iPod software is taking forever today.

Later.

Lin

Hi Everyone, I have been MIA this past week...I started reading the posts of the last few days but figured I should post something before I continue reading as I have missed a lot....including a picture of some animal hanging upsidedown....can't wait to read about that!
I haven't had much luck with my brace I got for my knee, they are sending it back for adjustments so it will be a couple more weeks before I get it back. It keeps slipping down my leg. Have to admit that has had me a bit down in the dumps, I haven't been tracking my food or drinking my water and it really does make a difference.
Does anyone know anything about the sout beach diet? My Dr. has suggested it to me but I don't know if it's really for me at my age,
Well, back to reading the posts, I think I have enough time to read some of yesterdays and todays before bedtime!

Cathy

Zumba was a blast. I can't do all the moves yet, but I sweated up a storm.

Lin- I hope the pillow works, neck pain is awful.

Kathy-sorry about the knee.

Short on time, bbl Tigress

Forgot to write something before I hit the post button.:ohwell:

I'm glad you liked Zumba. I hate missing a class...and that has NEVER happened to me before with any exercise type of thing.

Kathyszoo -- Kathy, I'm so sorry that you're having so much pain today. I'm sending positive thoughts for a better tomorrow!

Lin -- I hope your neck loves it's new pillow!

Cindy -- I agree with your sister's quote! Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could just enjoy eating instead of always having to worry about it??

liz - we all have times when we make bad choices. The real key is to recognize them (which you did) and try to avoid making them again. I can almost guarantee you that it WILL happen again, but you will most likely see it happening less and less frequently. This morning I made more brownies for Vince. Consumers Report rated this brand of brownie mix the highest. Only the last time I made them, he felt he wanted them "chewier". The recipe calls for 1 egg, this time what I did was used egg substitute and instead of 4Tbs (which is equivalent to one egg) I only used 2Tbs. Of course, I had to try some of the raw dough. Another thing I did was instead of the oil, I used prune puree. Vince doesn't know about this, and he hasn't mentioned it so I'm not about to say anything. Update: he said they had the right consistency

Right now I'm making some garlic bread. I like to make it ahead of time and then just cut it and freeze it. This way when I need a piece, I just have to pull it out of the freezer, I don't have to heat up the oven and it goes much faster (am I lazy, or what?)

Right now there are three guys here working on the retaining wall, 2 more guys here doing small things that need to be done, and one guy overseeing it all. Busy day! I'll probably make these apple muffins later today. I'm thinking that I'll make mini-muffins instead of the regular sized ones the recipe calls for. Need to have something to give the guys tomorrow. Vince is out right now supervising.

Welcome everyone who is new. I know that youll love it here

Did an hour of Jillian Michael's 30 day shred today. I've found that if I do levels 2 and 3 without a cooldown after level 2, it's about an hour (technically, something like 56 minutes). Tomorrow I think I'll do the stairmaster. Haven't done that in a while. Afterwards, I'll probably have to stop at the store to at least get ice.

Linda Sundance - thanks for keeping in tougch with Dixie. I've been thinking about her and hoping things are OK. I know it'll take a while for her.

DeeDee - we just lost our Harris Teeter Lowes made a deal with them and they traded Lowes stores in the Charlotte area for Harris Teeter stores. I understand Publix will be opening a store in the Ballantyne area. Can't wait for them to come to Hickory. We REALLY need some diversity. I liked Harris Teeter because I could buy some things there that I couldn't get anywhere else. We now have 4 Lowes food stores within a 5 mile radius of each other.

Right now I'm making some chocolate chip cookies. I understand that the general contractor will be here tomorrow and the last time I made chocolate chip cookies, his grandson came here with him and the grandson ate them all! These are ones that Vince won't eat because they contain oatmeal. Yup, you read right

Gail - I have heard of Farkel. But from what I read on the Internet, it seems that figuring out the points is somewhat involved. Sometimes I just want something that is laid back, especially after a long day

Vince has a separate savings account for his Paypal transactions. He only keeps something like $50 balance in it, but when he knows that he's going to be purchasing something, he'll add that amount of money to the $50. This way, if someone gets a hold of his account, the most money that they can get is $50.

Carolyn - I don't think there was any info on the calories, etc for the cookies. I would have put it in if there was, that's for sure. I just thought it was something a little bit different. One day I may just put it into my Mastercook and get those nutritionals. You know, when we first moved to this neighborhood, practically no one decorated for Halloween and only a few people did for Christmas. Like I've told everyone, Vince is a BIG TIME decorator. We've noticed that in the years since we've been here and decorating, more and more of the neighbors are decorating.

Now I'm making banana oat muffins for the guys. I'm making them in mini-muffin tins. That'll be IT for the baking for today. We shall see how much gets used up this weekend.

Jessica is supposed to be here late in the afternoon tomorrow. She has to go into work first thing in the morning but after that she'll leave to come down here. I suspect she wants to see how the pool is coming along and it wouldn't surprise me one bit if she wanted to go in it.

M - thanks for that cookie dough recipe. Interesting....I'm going to try it for myself, first, and then take it from there. But it does look interesting.

Jane - congrats to your daughter. Well, now you have a good reason to go to Spokane....lol

Kathy - so sorry about your pain, hoping it's better fast. Just saw this at iVillage and thought of you: In India, ginger is considered a universal medicine. It’s used to help heal pretty much everything, including headaches, muscle pain, joint pain and even bad back injuries,” says Dr. Lonsdorf. Ginger’s secret: It’s packed with gingerols, which are plant compounds that ramp up production of pain-numbing endorphins, dampen inflammation, improve blood flow and relax tense, spasming muscles. Eating one teaspoon of freshly grated ginger (or three slices of candied ginger) a day quells aches and pains for up to 63 percent of women within two weeks, according to University of Miami researchers.

Read More http://www.ivillage.com/spices-are-good-your-health/4-b-488219#ixzz273i25Ook

jane - have fun with your graddaughter.

Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele