WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2012

Good morning! :flowerforyou:
The recent talk about carbs has caused me to find my favorite nutrition book and begin reading once again. I thought you might like to read a few quotes from "Eating Well for Optimum Health" by Andrew Weil, M.D., chapter II, "Carbohydrates Revisited: Staff of Life or Stuff of Sickness?"

----"We are told that the advent of agriculture and the introduction of cereal grains in the human diet started us on the road to obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, and all manner of ills of modern civilization, social as well as physical.
----The reasoning behind this assertion goes like this: Cultivation of grains and secondarily of starchy tubers and roots introduced large amounts of carbohydrate into the human diet on a regular basis. Prior to that development, early humans got sugar only occasionally in the form of wild fruit or honeycombs and starch only occasionally in the form of wild nuts and tubers. This change required the pancreas to work much harder, because insulin is needed to manage the flood of glucose into the bloodstream that follows every high-carbohydrate meal. High levels of blood glucose (hyperglycemia) are toxic and must be cleared rapidly to maintain normal body function. One problem they create is abnormal reactions of glucose with protein molecules (glycation) that can result in defective enzymes and tissues. Glycation may account for some of the degenerative changes commonly seen in people with diabetes, such as vascular and retinal damage.
----In my view, the problem with carbohydrate in the human diet is not its introduction following the development of agriculture but rather a drastic lowering of the quality of carbohydrate foods as a result of modern food technology, specifically the refining and processing of low-GI (glycemic index) foods into high-GI counterparts, [such as] flour and corn syrup.
----But as a long-term strategy, either for weight control or fitness, I don not consider it healthy to keep carbohydrates out of the diet or reduce them to minimal levels.
----The majority of carbohydrate calories should come from less refined, less processed foods with low-glycemic index ratings. Processed foods tend to be unhealthy in several ways: They are low in fiber and other protective micronutrients, and often high in sodium and the wrong kinds of fat.
----It is desirable to eat some low-GI carbohydrate with most meals, such as whole grains, beans, vegetables, and low-GI (generally temperate fruits like berries, apples and cherries as opposed to tropical ones like mangoes, papayas and pineapples).
----Minimize foods and beverages sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup.
----Replace white and whole-wheat bread with dense, chewy, grainy breads whenever possible.
----Learn to like firmer-cooked (al dente) pasta rather than longer cooked.
----Eat more small, waxy, new potatoes and fewer large, floury ones.
----Eat more basmati and converted rice and less regular or sticky rice.
----Eat more beans. They are high-quality foods providing low-GI carbohydrate along with other nutrients.
----Finally, although low-carb diets may work for short-term weight loss, they are not the healthiest strategy for losing weight, and I do not recommend them as an everyday way to eat."

I'd better stop there lest I copy the entire book :laugh: I knew nothing about the glycemic index until I read this book. It's interesting to take a look at a GI-foods chart if you never have. There's so much to learn, isn't there!

Lila, the sauteed kale sounds wonderful! I might just have to try that myself, thanks!

Glenda, I think if we learn to eat "healthier" carbs, we wouldn't have such a feeling of addiction. It's all about balance. But boy, I'm right there with you on wanting the salty stuff! Some days are worse than others. I try to steer clear of chips, but every so often, yum yum! :blushing:

Have a wonderful Tuesday everyone. Move those buns! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: I'll be taking the doggies out hiking later this morning since I've been sitting here way too long and won't have time to get down to the school - public use of the track is not allowed during school hours.

jb

:flowerforyou: Gonna be a cooler Tuesday,

It took a long time to get caught up on the weekend posts and today I have limited time there were some great things said this weekend and for the life of me I can't remember anything:blushing: brain must be having a day off.

Wessecg- yes it is good to have hubby on board even if it's not the same as what I'm doing at least he is doing something. I asked last night how much he'd lost his first week and it was #7, funny but he was hoping for #8...and me I was amazed that it was #7 for him. It will keep him motivated for this week and realizes that it won't be that much this week but he did say he has a lot to lose now...which I can see:blushing:

Kate- with all those managers changing things all the time how in the world do you get any work done / completed:ohwell: That would drive me crazy. Cant understand what is wrong with your sons employer that they would not want to take care of a theft, not a good impression to make on the other employees that's for sure:huh:

Gail-what an inspiring story about your son and what a victory that he is able to move out on his own:drinker: You and your family have been truly blessed.

Kacki- reading about your bear experiences and the wild life is just awesome...although I prefer my bears to be long distances away:noway:

Nancy- o leaving the keys twice and having to get jump started...I would never be allowed to forget it How funny locking your kids in the car...I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time only after the fact:laugh: The meal I had was sauted shrimp served with tomato, 1/8 of an avacado, lettuce and parts of an orange on the side...was yummy:drinker:

Tracy- Welcome:flowerforyou: There are a lot of women on here with fitbits and they will give you all kinds of info and encouragement with it's use.

Cindy- sorry to hear you are having well problems, hope your hubby is able to make the repair soon.:happy:

Meg- how frustrating you must feel with your Dad, although I do understand. When Mom was in the rehab place after breaking her pelvis she was convinced that I should give her her car back because she was going to be able to drive when she got out...it took some doing but we nipped that one in the bud...hubby and I took the car with us to Colorado and even a week before she died she was still telling me she wanted it back because she was going to drive it.:ohwell: of course it never happened.

Barbie- it's so good to hear how you deal with the foods that cause you problems....with as many years of keeping off the weight as you have we can really learn from your example.:flowerforyou:

DeeDee- beef stew...yummy...it's almost that season here...maybe late October will see us eating some too:drinker:

Jen- learing to knit so your Mom will eat a "non frozen" meal:laugh: Oh what we do to help our parents. Maybe you should see about a joint cooking time and make her some frozen meals that you have prepared then you will know what is in them...she probably feels it's too much work to prepare a meal for just one.:huh:

Gail- I'm sure that putting the sod on the hill was a good physical workout:flowerforyou: Good for you being so organized getting ready for the next day. Glad the fish worked for you:drinker:

Michele- you did extreme pump and then bowled:noway: My arms would have been so tired I wouldn't have been able to lift the bowling ball:blushing: I too love the WW Pineapple Angle Food Cake, when we go to peoples homes for dinner I try to take it then I know I can have something for dessert.

Glenda- oh my hubby would love for us to ride faster but knows that isn't going to happen, so that's why I'm in front and I set the pace, whenever he complains about how slow I'm going I always tell he he can pass me and lead any time...but he never does

Lila- yep I too sometimes forget to log the exercise but you can always add it later:ohwell:

stardancer- so glad to hear you are feeling better and congrats on that loss:flowerforyou:

Amanda-that's good news about your cousin, hoping that this will be a wake up call for him ...maybe he'll ask you about weight loss and you can direct him to MFP:huh:

janehadji- I drink a lot of water and then there is the salmon I eat when I want to see a move on the scale. I don't always eat back my exercise calories, I usually do that on the weekends but that's because my eating is more on the weekends too. I also try to up my exercise to get it moving as well:flowerforyou:

M- glad to hear a good review of the Clint Eastwood / Amy Adams movie, it's on the list of ones we want to see:flowerforyou:

jb- I've read a lot about the low carb stuff too, and know it's not for a life time but I know it works for hubby to get him going on his weight loss journey, he'll get them back sometime after and will probably be eating more like me when he does...but until then it's what he knows how to do.:happy:

Tigress- don't be discouraged we all have those times. Have you been drinking enough water? I find when I've gained if I increase my water the gain is gone in a day or two.:huh:

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I have a hearing with the judge for the Bankrupcy that my Boss filed putting the company in Chapter 11. I filed a complaint that Wells Fargo is getting paid and I was wondering when I'm going to get repaid for what is owed me. So Mid day I will head downtown to the courthouse. Last night after dinner hubby and I drove over there to make sure I knew where I'm going and where to park, I hate going downtown and not knowing where I'm supposed to be especially when there is all the added work traffic, but I'm prepared and feel okay about it:happy:

Hubby is much encouraged by his first week of #7 lost, so he's hoping for about #3-4 this week. He was saying since he has so much to lose it shouldn't be a problem and for his motivation I hope he's right. I was sure surprised last night when I prepared him dinner of how little he wanted me to fix, he usually eats twice as much...so I was glad to prepare him a much smaller portion.

I had my salmon last night and tomorrow is my weigh in day and am hoping that I will see the loss that I need to meet my month end goal. Being so close I just want to make it happen:ohwell: No bike ride last night as I was too cold, so the basement was where I headed, when hubby got home he tried to do the eliptical but because he had been on his feet all day at work he only lasted about 10 min. but I'm sure with his job he burned some extra calories at work.

Well must go. I have billings to do and papers to shuffle.

Everyone have a great day, do some exercise, drink plenty of water and log that food:drinker:

Laura80111

Tigress, is your diary open? I'll take a look and see if I see anything.

Yesterday was my recovery day from the National Book Festival -- I spent it at an amazing Asian-style spa here in Virginia. The baths are single sex, no clothing permitted. I expected to be way more self-conscious than I was; I don't think I've EVER been around that many naked women. But they all seemed sufficiently matter-of-fact about it that it felt quite natural.

It was quite amazing seeing the full range of women's bodies and fitting myself into the continuum -- quite affirming in some ways, given the media obsession with non-real women, to fall somewhere in the middle.

Wow,if you miss 1 day,the posts to catch up,love it.
Welcome all newbies.
Enjoying another nice autumn day in the Midwest.Hubby has an interview today.
Went to a bible study and was nice to hear,tho I don`t like to hear people down on their luck,but almost all the ladies had lived with a family member or have a family member live with them,due to loosing their home,job,whatever.It was an experience and I loved the gramma time,but the stress was gonna kill me.It`s so much nicer living with a friend.They seem to understand and empazize with you,or at least in our case,it seems.Not walking on eggshells every day is nice.
Hope everyone is enjoying the day!
HUGS
jane:drinker:

SCORE!!!!! :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy:

Hello my wonderful friends. My fitness buddy at work and I made 2nd place last week in the biggest loser contest. We lost 2.61% (together) and overall we are in 4th place having lost 4.8%! Woohoo! :drinker: I’m excited about that. I kept checking my email while I was in clinical to see when the email went out about last week’s results (you have until Monday to weigh). I had wanted a bowl of soup with my sandwich today at lunch, but saw it was 240 calories a bowl, and said “No thanks” I got the cooked carrots instead which were yummy. They appeared to have a little butter on them, but it was very little.

Clinical today was BORING LOL. I sent 2 students to the post intensive care unit, one was in the ED, so I only had 4 in the ICU and nothing to do! So I guess that’s good for everyone who is not in there, but bad for the students!

Barbie; thanks for the information on the pedometer. IT may go on my Santa list! (My 19 year old still believes in Santa)

DeeDee: you’re right…Benny didn’t like that crate one bit. Who knows why? He may have had prior bad experiences. Our last dog loved her crate and would see us getting dressed to leave and go right in it and wait to be locked up. A couple of times we left the gate unlocked and she was still in there when we got home from work. She’d sleep in it randomly too. I’m dreaming of your beef stew!

Jen: I Noticed that healthy choice meals now say “Now healthier with more vegetables”. I think that’s hilarious. They (and lean cuisine, ect) are ok for the occasional work lunch, especially when there’s no time to make something better, but not for a steady diet!

Michele: oh you are so right about plans, especially when they involve construction!:bigsmile:

Lila: your sign off will be the right season soon!

Amanda: I don’t know which map it is, but supposedly there is only one other copy of it in the National Library in Paris. I’ll have to ask him which one it is and who mine are by. Good news about your cousin.

Cindy: have fun with the kayaking!

Star Dancer: great news on your loss!

Nancy: I got quite the laugh out of your story about locking your son in. I had various images of what he might have done! :happy:

Janehadji: I don’t eat my calories back because I don’t burn that many (usually less than 300 a day) and I already eat 1900. I know a lot of people say that if you burn it, you have to give the fuel back to your body and that makes a lot of sense if you are really burning a ton or not eating much overall. I do think the site way over estimates the amount of calories burned from exercise. Also try changing your exercise routine.

I mostly write test banks for nursing textbooks, not the most exciting thing in the world, but nursing test questions have rigid prescriptive rules for how they are written which somehow I manage to remember and I enjoy doing it. Not all that many people are good at writing test questions ( they have to be patterned exactly like the licensure exam questions in several ways) and even rarer for a publisher to find someone who enjoys doing it. So I am in a lot of demand. I think I have had something to do with every test bank for nursing books for one major publisher! Now I’m a section editor for the leading nursing textbook on the market. It’s a brand new position for this book, but the 2 authors want to retire and before they go want to mentor people instead of just leaving. There are 3 of us who hopefully will take the book over in the next couple of years. I have co-authored a book that is the study guide for nurses wanting to take the national Emergency Nursing certification exam and many book chapters and journal articles.

Kate: sounds like boss-stress eating!!!:laugh:

M: your date night sounds lovely. We try to have one every other week for sure.

Jb: I love Dr. Weil and have several yummy recipes from him. I personally think he is right…the problem for carbs for most people is the overly refined garbage in the stores these days. I also like him because he is reasonable about medical care; even though he is a natural medicine practitioner, he also knows there are times to seek western (aka modern) health care without fail.

Tigress: try changing your exercise routine and do some new things. I hear you on the frustration. Hang in there…change will come

Laura: good luck on that court hearing. That’s a long, slow, and irritating process!

Lenitgogirl: fabulous for you getting in that spa with no clothes on and not being as self conscious as you thought you’d be.

Janie: oh I’m so sorry your shopping trip was more difficult than you thought it would be! Rest up…good plan. You’ll get back to normal I hope soon!:flowerforyou:

Well ladies I must get some work on the book done…I’m behind where I thought I’d be. Dinner tonight is tilapia….yum the more fish the better, I say. Drink up! Meg
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OH, Some one said a bit ago "Remind me to tell you where my fork was" or something to that effect. Then I never heard the story. Ring a bell anyone???

Tonight, after dinner, dessert, pickles and a large glass of water, I weighed myself fully dressed. I weighed exactly 10 pounds less than naked in the morning 6 weeks ago. That is awesome!

To the person who asked about eating back calories - I've only been doing this for 47 days, but I know that when I didn't eat any of them back I had two weeks of very meager losses. So the next week I ate a couple of hundred above my goal each day and I had a 2 pound loss.

That being said, on nights I ride, or do all the barn work myself, my fitbit adds so many calories to my total that I'd often have to eat 1200 more calores according to it. I don't believe for a moment if I actually ate all those calories I'd still lose weight.

Anyway, weigh in is Friday morning and I am having a tough time sticking to my decision to not take a peek before then. I really feel this is at least a 2 pound week. Weighing myself fully dressed after dinner doesn't count. : )

Good Evening Ladies!!

@Dee all of your decorating sounds fun!!

@Michele--Angel food cake I really like and I think that with pineapple sounds really good.

@Amanda-- Happy to hear that your cousin is recovering/

@Meg- Congrats on doing so well in your contest.

@Star Dancer yay on your loss!

@Cindy have fun Kayaying! I have never been but it looks like fun.

@Kate I hope everything works out for your son.

@Linda, i use various websites for ideas on freezing meals it can be time consuming sometimes I just double a batch of whatever I am making freeze half for another day. i freeze almost a full meal except the salad.


But its only good if you work the plan today on my way home realise that I forgot to call my daughter to put the dinner in the oven. So stop at KFC. I just need to stick to the plan.

@Janie sorry shopping was so hard for you!

@Kathy congrats on the weight loss

Outside of KFC today went ok. Still stay under got a lot of walking in. Hoping to continue up this walking getting stronger each time.

Tomorrow more of the same at work. Tomorrow is a center day. Which means we stay there and run programs one of them is cooking . Its normally fun but tomorrow I have a lower functioning group I like all of them its just that all of them have coping skills that stress the other one out. So last time it was like putting out fires all day. They are so stress doesn't seem productive to me. But hey its why they pay me so we will make it work.

Well that's it. Sorry if I missed anyone. Wishing everyone a good evening,

Night,

Liz

@Lila, glad to hear everything went ok at the dentist.


Liz

Tigress!! I did look at your food diary and you are not eating enough! I used to do the same thing- I ate very few calories and my weight just went up and up. I finally listened to what everyone was telling me and I began eating more - healthy food, of course. There are days when your calories burned by exercise are more than you have even eaten. This is not good- not good at all. Your metabolism has shut down. You can search Eat more/weigh less on this site and find a lot of good information. You might find that you gain a pound or two but then you will begin to lose at a regular pace. It sounds wrong but it works.
Good luck!

Hi Ladies,
I started this post on Tuesday about 1:30 pm, now I am finishing it up at 0145 am. I did work my 4 hr shift this evening, watched the news and then came to finish the post when one of my girls said she was not feeling well. So, I went and layed down with her until she fell asleep. I am still doing laundry, but headed to bed soon. The WW scale that I finally opened up , and put in the bathroom might be broken. The scale says to “tap” here , to turn it on, but we have to TAP really hard! Ladies, what do you think about this? I even changed the battery’s thinking that may be the problem, but it did not change anything. I am not drinking enough water , as it seems that I am in the car so much , that I can not get to the BR fast enough! I have got to try and guzzle the water down early in the day. Need to update my measurements and get this scale thing worked out. Thank all of you for sharing your posts, it REALLY keeps me motivated and logging my food. I probably had something more to say, but now I really have brain fog, time for bed. I have to get up at 0730 to get my daughter off to school. I will come home a sleep for awhile, so my brain can be sharp for work tonight. I need a winning lottery ticket, because with 2 kids that need to go to college, retirement is not in sight for some time to come! God is good. :drinker:
Blessing to you all, be loving nutritious to yourself!
Linda

Cindy, I am sure your dogs enjoyed the walk. What is the issue with the elliptical? Sorry about the pump issue, but on the bright side, think how many calories you burned going up and down the stairs.  Hope all goes well with your DD’s move! Good luck learning to kayak! Attitude check- how are you doing?

Carolyn, -so the food that you ate wasn’t the best, the main thing is that you were under your calorie goal. So, its still a win! I also chose to get in moderation. With 3 other people in the house it would be hard at this point to not purchase certain foods. I do chose to abstain on some foods sometime. Now, we have Halloween candy in the house. I had to say to myself” I do not eat candy”. So, far so good , since it is not an option. I guess I do a little of both. :drinker: :drinker:

Tigress --the 3lbs should come off quickly esp if it is water retention. That is interesting about the election year and money. In the last 4 years , no one has really been spending that much money, thanks to a lousy economy. I hope that the economy will be better after the election! Maybe ,you need to see the nutritionist or a good exercise physiologist/trainer to get the burn that you need to lose the calories. Unfortunately, a few days of going over calories can sabotage a week or even the balance of input vs calories burned for the month. Don’t get too frustrated, it will come off again. A new start , a new day to move forward, be kind and loving nutritious to yourself and you will feel better! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Kathy,- thinking about you now and hoping that the job interview is going well! Thanks for the reminder about de-cluttering. I need to do that with paperwork. Ugh , well maybe it does burn a few calories! Lol Congrats on getting the job and the weight loss! You are doing a great job!! :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Mwheatcraft54- yes, I have to agree with you, time does fly ! How, nice that you were able to go out and enjoy yourself without DH. Sometimes this does a soul good! Oh, my your evening with your Dh sounds heavenly. We love kale chips. We have been making a kale salad with olive oil, lemon juice , dried cranberries and pine nuts. It is very yummy! Hope all was well with the mammogram. We have the digital machine out her for a few years now. It is way less painful with the digital machine! :laugh: :laugh:

JB- I will agree with you on processed, white carbs and processed foods being addicting. The carbohydrates increase those endorphins that make us feel so good. I don’t feel that carb craving for whole wheat/grain products. I read in one of the medical journals that we are pre-wired for sweets, and this is how infants have the drive to drink breast milk. The carbs, processed foods are just like a drug, addicting and want you coming back for more. The economic side of it, the sellers have a steady customer base! , I love Andrew Weil.MD. I have the same book. Thanks for the refresher!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:


Nancy, Love the bike story, is this the day after the one glass of wine? Lol Sounds like your motorbike ride was fun and beautiful. We used to go to the desert and ride dirt bikes until the kids were born. I loved the feeing of freedom on the bike while traveling the bike trails in the desert! Kids locked in cars here is a bad combo, people do it in the scorching heat with kids and animals. There was a Dad here that left his kid in the car all day. He forgot to drop him off at daycare. :sad: :sad:

Laura80111- glad that you and DH were able to get in some bike rides. Its nice that you have an alternative to work out if the weather gets bad. I am so glad that I have not been doing the birthday party thing any more. The simple birthday parties of our day are gone. Here in So. Calif everyone has to have these big extravagant birthday party’s. Its way to expensive. We just started to take the girls somewhere they wanted to go for their birthday. There choice was usually Disneyland! Thanks for the reminder about drinking the water. I am going back to costco to see if they got in wild salmon it. Good for your husband trying to lose weight. My DH needs to lose weight, but is not motivated to do anything. He is 5 years from retirement and it cannot come soon enough! :happy: :happy:

WESSECG, glad that you are starting to feel better!! I think you have me beat with how many times you went to the bathroom in one night! Wow, you didn’t get much sleep that night! Congrats on your weight loss. You are lucky that you get to ride! How fun!

Kate, what an accomplishment to go from obese to over weight! The health benefits for this change are amazing. Good for you! I hope your DS gets somewhere with his police report. Sounds strange that the company doesn’t have any better standards to deal with employee theft. I am glad that there was a police report filed. Now, maybe the employer will get a little more helpful in solving the crime, unless it is him/her? Love your description of a switch being flipped, searching for food. I have experienced that same thing, mine was always the pre-menstrual thing. I didn’t know it at the time and I felt like there was something wrong with me. Like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Lol. You did very though and didn’t eat like you were starving! Good for you. Did you get your chocolate? :laugh: :happy:

Welcome, Tracy :drinker: :drinker:

Meg, that is so typical of what your DD does at the facility he is at. I have had patients call me when I am working and they want me to do something about the staff at a facility. I guess it is trying to maintain some sense of control. I am sure that staff loves the candy. Really, 4 jobs now that is some dedication, good for you! I think I have had one full time job and a part time per diem job at the same time, but never more than that. Ugh, I couldn’t imagine that. So, Now your work load is really light! Lol. For your book are you clinical contributing editor/writer? I know you told us, but I can’t remember! I forgot to tell you my DD made dinner the other night, for which I am so thankful. I had to go to the store for her and get some eggs, buttermilk and a few other things. Well, after dinner I asked her where the dozen eggs were because they were all gone. Well ,s he used them all because some of the over easy eggs didn’t turn out right!!! Then she made buttermilk pancakes and I asked her about the buttermilk pancakes, she said that the mix did not call for buttermilk, but she put some in anyway! The best thing was that she used every dish, spoon, spatula, measuring cup in the kitchen. The meal she made was very good, but I hope she learns to read directions better and through her trial and error , she will be an awesome cook one day! Lol Congrats on 2nd place, you ladies are rocking the boat! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Barbie, thanks for the inof on the Omron HJ-720ITC. I looked it up and I think I can get it ffrom Walmart. Not a bad price either! I still need to get the Happiness Project. Now, I have 2 things on my “to do” list. Thank you so much for the information.Love the new picture! :happy: :happy:

DeeDee- I would love to see some pictures of your Halloween/fall decorations. Friday sounds like it is going to be a fun day for your riding in the golf cart. That is so much fun for a child too do! I will be making a lot of elk and venison stew this fall. It is still in the upper 90”s here in San Diego, so it will be a while before we get into the stew making! :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Jen-hope you are out of your “funk” mood. At least you rode the bike that evening. Tell your mom that the plastic containers those frozen meals are in, that the chemicals leach out into the food that you are eating! This is true! Good luck with that , it might just be a thing of convience. Maybe you and her can make up a batch of meals for the week and freeze them for her. Then she can microwave them on a glass plate? :happy: :happy:

Gail- nice that you got to sit down with everything done for the next day. Neither of my girls did their chores tonight. Dishes not unloaded and loaded, nor the cat litter box emptied. I am at wits end about trying to make kids do chores. UGH!!!!!!!!!! I have never heard of swai fish. Where is it from. Your trip to the river sounds like so much fun. I wish I had better joints to be able to do these things now with my girls. I am praying when I have lost this additional stress(weight) on my joints I will gain some flexibility! :grumble: :grumble: :explode: :explode:

Liz- hope you got a good nights sleep! Oh, so wonderful sleep! I wish we didn’t need it! Think how much more we could get done without it! Thanks for the info on freezing meals. I have some research to do. Bless you for the work that you do! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

Michele- thanks for the info on krud kutter. I have never heard of it! I will look for it. Now if they only made something for home clutter like clutter kutter I would be in heaven! You are the baking queen. Zucchini chocolate chip cookies, how do those taste? :happy: :happy:

Glendalight- I had a total hip also, so I know exactly what you are going through. If I can find my home exercises I could fax them to you. Hope your recovery is going well! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Lila- sorry Lila, I probably did read where you are at, but this brain after 4 hours of talking with people on the computer /phone is some what jelly when I sit to write a post at midnight. My SIL would love you, she is a vet always trying to find homes for abandoned animals! This is why we have five animals! :sad: :sad: :laugh: :laugh:

Amanda-very interesting line of work you are in. I’m afraid I would need to have a course to learn about all that you do! It sounds so very interesting! Great news, about your cousin. I hope he and your DD had a nice birthday celebration. Cold is not a good combo for joints and dry rot! Lol :laugh: :laugh:

Stardancer7- congrats on your weight loss and I am glad that you are feeling better. What an awesome exchange, spinach and strawberries for ice cream! You go girl! :flowerforyou:

Janehadji- I don’t know how to break a plateau, but my old trainer had people eating more calories if they were working out really hard, but not losing weight. There should be a wealth of information from the ladies here about this! :drinker:

Cathy- glad to see you back. I think logging your meals will make al the difference in the world. I know for me it has kept me on track.:drinker: :drinker:

Lentigogirl- interesting that they have public spas like that in Virginia. They must be something different that all the “bath houses” here in California that they shut down and banned! The media has harmed so many women and young girls in their thinking of they way they “should look” just like a 0 size model. Thank goodness the Dove has a campaign for girls to be “real girls” :drinker: :drinker:

Jane- hope the interview went well for your husband. I am so happy for you that you have a true friend and that you don’t have to walk on egg shells anymore!

: JNHeff-It takes time to heal that the exercise is different than walking. You will get back to normal, but it takes time. For me going walking with a shopping cart is different body mechanics than doing PT. If I go shopping and push a cart, I am in pain after the first 30 mins. It seems that this would be easy on the body, but it has to do with the different way in with it moves our muscles. Hang in there Janie, you can do it. Just take the time to heal slowly and correctly. You deserve it!:drinker: :drinker:
Good night ya' all:yawn: :yawn: :yawn: Have a great Wednesday! :drinker:

Hello all! :happy:

"I'm on my second cup of coffee and I just can't face the day..." That's a quote from a CDN folk singer, can't remember who. And it's not completely true, I am on my second cup of coffee, but I'm looking forward to the day. :drinker: The song just popped into my head. DH used to play a lot of folk guitar and we sang our way through many nights in the bush or on the sailboat.

Kate, sympathizing with your frustrations in dealing with the theft from your son’s locker. Did chocolate work its magic at on your manager-in-training? :ohwell: I am no longer in management either, and it’s great. All of the fun, none of the paperwork. :bigsmile:

That deep seated craving for fooooood – I’d call it stress eating too. When it hits me I just go straight to bed – which is one reason I get 8-9 hours of sleep a night!

Mwheatcraft – thanks for the movie recommendation. I’m a huge Clint Eastwood fan and it’s great to know he’s still got it all!

JB, you’re talking my talk re: carbs! Eat the good stuff, that’s what I say. Interesting to read we should trade whole wheat bread for “dense, chewy, grainy breads”. That kind bread is banned from my house, because I LOVE it!

Laura, I hope your hearing went OK, no stress driving/parking in the city. :flowerforyou:

I made tacos for my boys last night but chose to try the kale/mushroom sauté thing for me. Didn’t want to take a chance on the Mexican temptation! :noway: You did well at the restaurant and I’ll look for something like that next time we’re out.

Cathy, come back to us! :flowerforyou: Plan what you eat, eat what you plan.

Lentigogirl, I am drooling with envy, imagining your day at the spa.

Janie, you just rant along as much as you want, we’re all in this together. :drinker:

Meg – yeehaw, you’re a loosing winner! :happy:

Whew, Michele, you had a busy Tuesday. I hope it was all fun.

Wessecg, congratulations on your landmark – 10 pounds down with clothes on! :drinker:

Liz, I appreciated the way you referred you your client’s behaviour as “coping skills”. :ohwell: It takes the blame/shame right out of it, and that’s something teachers need to learn to do too. I am going to share that thought at work. The students aren’t “being jerks” on purpose, they’re using the best coping skills they’ve got!

Lila, I think melted cheese is right up there with chocolate and toast, just short of utter bliss. I made the kale/portobello mushroom sauté last night with some curry powder thrown in for flavour. It was great.

Suitcases! We travelled around Europe, Africa and Asia for 12 months (2009-10) with a carry on sized bag and a small backpack (large purse in my case) each. Know what? Never lost our luggage and never had any damage at all. Go Eagle Creek, go. Still using the same bags.

Sundance, I have the WW scale and yes, you do have to give it a pretty sharp rap to get it turned on. Sometimes I pick the corner up with my toe and drop it (the scale, not my toe). That works!

Oh, time to get up and get J'boy jump started for the day.

What am I looking forward to? Teaching a lesson about "reading between the lines" and figuring out what authors are inferring in text. Going to the first circuit training class of the season. Meeting the student teacher who will be sharing my class this year.

Gotta go....

Nancy

Good morning – so far behind on reading how everyone is doing. I’m just back from another trip to do things for my dad and go along on appointments. No details needed but very frustrating and infuriating day so I’m glad to be home. I will admit to being continually distracted and have trouble getting things accomplished. Do I blame ongoing menopause fog or just life stress? Ha.

DeeDee – happy flower shopping to you. I use to do an uncarved pumpkin and a mum for my front porch. I changed my little porch over to a year round statuette and so far haven’t added anything else to it.

Linda – I’ve forgotten what type of electronic scale I purchased but it does take quite the authoritative tap to turn the thing on so I’m use to that. I don’t know what others would say but I’m happy with mine. It’s consistent (some folks have told me they can weigh 3 times in a row and get 3 different readings).

Kate – fingers crossed for you. OMG what a distressing situation you’re in.

Barbie – what a gorgeous picture. You are just lovely!! And always an inspiration to be active. Yeah!

Lila – the best part of your visit to the dentist is that it is over right? Sorry you missed your lunch. Keep enjoying your kale. I had an unfortunate experience with it as a child and I’ve tried to eat it as an adult but it just doesn’t work for me. Thankfully there are lots of other great veggies!

Liz – that’s too bad that you had dinner planned and had to settle for KFC. I’m sure what you had planned would have been tastier! Kudos for all the walking you’re doing. Super.

Kathy – congrats on getting the job. That is wonderful news. It’s nice to have something work out the way you want it to.

Wessecg – FitBit went crazy yesterday, for me at least, and gave me over 1,400 exercise calories. Did yours flip-out too? Hope they get everything straightened out. Don’t know if it’s a MFP issue or FitBit. Makes for some interesting readings.

Michele – busy as always!! You are such an active lady. Your story about the person who lost weight reminds me of a friend. She always had quite a bit of extra weight around the hips and all of a sudden it just disappeared---quite quickly. She said she didn’t know how, she didn’t change anything, and her doctor was concerned and ran a lot of tests and said everything was ok. Anyway, she’s stabilized now but she continues to look unhealthy.

Meg: congrats on your success with the weight loss contest. Super!!! How much longer does the contest continue? Wishing you continued success on that.

Janie – sorry you got so tired on your shopping trip. Hoping you continue to see progress.

Jane – oh yes, having to watch what you do and what you say all the time is so exhausting. I’m glad you’re in a better place now.

Lentigogirl – I could never do that. I never even liked to take a shower in the girls locker room after gym class back in high school! I hope you had a lovely day.

Cathy – hope as you get back to planning and logging that you have success!

Laura – I hope the experience in bankruptcy court turned out well. And of course, I hope the salmon will boost your results! Let us know. Was thinking of you yesterday as I hunted for all the files I need to start trying to figure out the cost basis for my dad’s house. They built it so there’s no easy purchase price to work from. Looking ahead to having to sell the place to pay for care. I could use an old fashioned adding machine from the looks of the mountains of receipts!!

Tigress – I hope you see better results soon. I see others have given you recommendations. You certainly are getting some vigorous exercise! Zumba, swimming…….

Jb – it’s always good for us to go back and do more reading and reinforcing regarding health and food choices. Sometimes I find I want to make some changes; sometimes I just feel that I am doing what’s best for me already.

M – I had to laugh because I didn’t even KNOW there was a new Clint Eastwood movie. Glad you and DH enjoyed it.

Sorry, gotta go now. Phone ringing, cell phone buzzing, doorbell ringing………what to do!!!!!

Take care, best wishes, drink that water. Continue to be the wonderful ladies that you are!!

Lin

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Good Wednesday morning!

Since I had no clue about converted rice, I had to look it up. Here's what I found: Converted rice is a white rice prepared from brown rice that has been soaked, steamed under pressure to force water-soluble nutrients into the starchy endosperm, and then dried and milled.

My mom used Uncle Ben's when we were kids, but I've never used it myself. I'm thinking the reason that Dr. Weil suggests it is that it's brown rice from the git-go and doesn't have the thick, gooey starch that sticky white rice does.

Has anyone heard the recent news about rice having "worrisome levels" of arsenic? They're saying it's in the soil, caused by decades of arsenic-based pesticides. Oh dear me. Check out this article. It contains a video of the live news broadcast.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/arsenic-rice-report-finds-worrisome-levels/story?id=17267872

It was a gorgeous afternoon yesterday, I hiked with the dogs for well over an hour down along the river's edge and all through the woods. Might have to do that again today after I do something with the 3 gallons of tomatoes sitting in a tub on my kitchen table. Perhaps a large batch of tomato soup is in order. I could freeze it in quart bags for use during the winter.

After reading and writing about Dr. Weil's suggestion about dark, chewy, grainy breads, you can just about guess what I did. Yep, stopped in at a local whole foods market and picked up a loaf of heavy, dense, beautiful, delicious, unsliced whole grain. I'll have to watch it this week and not overdo it, keeping my portion at 1/2" slice which is 80 cals. After my first bite yesterday i thought, oooh, I could just sit right down and eat the whole loaf! :noway: I was good though, well, pretty good. Had a piece at lunch and another small one at dinner. Not bad considering what I would have done with that loaf in the old days - Devour with a capital D!! I'm starting to see a big change in myself.

My scale is creeping downwards at a mighty slow pace, but it's going in the right direction. Telling myself to eat light today. Eat light. Eat light. Eat light. Repetition might help it sink in. :bigsmile:

Must scoot. Have a great day everyone!

jb

Edited to add a P.S.
Here's kind of a fun thing, it's a life expectancy quiz. http://www.peterrussell.com/Odds/VirtualAge.php

I'm going to live to be 98! :laugh:

:flowerforyou: Happy Wednesday All,

Cathy- I tried not logging my food last time I met my goal and was TOTALLY unsuccessful in keeping the weight off:sad: hence my return this year. One thing I've learned is that if I want to stay on track I must log and see what I'm eating...I'm sure that if you start logging again you will break that one up and one down routine.

lenti-an all natural spa:noway: Not sure if I'm up to that .

jane-hoping your hubbys interview goes well:flowerforyou:

janie-sorry to hear that your shopping trip totally wore you out. I guess you need to take baby steps to recover:flowerforyou: Your rant was a very mild one and you can do it here anytime:drinker:

Meg-congrats on the loss:flowerforyou: 4th place over all for your team...sounds like you are attacking this contest and hoping you continue to win :flowerforyou: I'm so glad to read that someone else doesn't eat back their exercise calories...I don't either and I don't burn that many when I do exercise...probably because I just don't push myself hard enough:blushing:

Michele-I'm sure that while you are living through the process of your pool installation we here are hearing how fast it's going you will be telling us in no time that it's finally completed.:flowerforyou:

wessecg- I weigh myself with my clothes at work (I have my own bathroom here) and I'm able to track the ups and downs of the day so that I feel like I really know my body and can tell when it's water or real weigh gain or loss. Hoping your Friday weigh in is all you are hoping for:flowerforyou: No I won't be going away once I reach my goal...I did that last time and because I wasn't be accountable I gained back #30 that I'd lost in 2010...I've been watching Amanda & Barbie and am seeing that leaving my MFP friends would not be a good thing...so I'm sticking here

Kathy- Congrats on the job and the scale move:flowerforyou: That should give you a boost to keep going:drinker:

Liz-hoping your day at work is not as bad as you are anticipating:flowerforyou:

Sasha- don't you just hate it when you lose a day because you thought today is tomorrow:sad:

Barbie-sorry you didn't get in the exercise you wanted, but loved hearing how your Brandy & Sasha locked you out in all their excitement

Kate- I'm sure we all want chocolate too

Linda-I remember when the boys were all at home and trying to get everyone to do their chores and keep the house running smoothly...what challenges...thank goodness they all grew up to be responsible young men, but at the time it was touch and go:noway: As I'm sure you know by now "this too shall pass" My curves scale I don't have to press hard at all, maybe someone else has a WW scale with helpful hints.

DeeDee- I too am finding that if I don't check in twice a day I'm soooo far behind with everyone:sad: But find it so hard to check in at the end of the day:blushing:

Nancy- teaching about reading between the lines? Now that sounds like it would be interesting:huh:

M- NSV = Non Scale Victory

Lin-yep an old fashioned adding machine would come in handy if you have to take a bunch of receipts and figure out the value of your parents home. The role reversal was quite challenging and I will say I learned a lot. The doing all the funeral arrangements and house cleaning, moving etc in a 2 1/2 year period was stressful at the time but what I learned that I don't want to do to my kids I could write a book about

jb-your bread sounds wonderful and maybe I will head to the store and see if our Sunflower Market has any...I too in times past would just devour a loaf...so that's why I don't keep bread that I love around:blushing:

*****
Drum roll please.....I met my goal of #2 lost for the month of September, I was able to post my weight this morning and was so glad to see the scale head down:bigsmile:

Last night we both got home from work pretty late and exercise wasn't first on our minds so we did Red Robin (I had a free burger coming for my birthday earlier this month) so we had Lettuce Wrapped Burgers with side salads, it was more calories than I usually eat at dinner but it was all good calories and I was sure to drink a lot of water incase of sodium in the burger...needless to say I'm ready to start working on my October goals. Hubby if off work today and will be on the hunt for a real job ... we can hope he finds something, cause I'd really like to retire someday:ohwell:

My hearing in court was really a waste of time, the Big Bank that's demanding their money had their lawyer there and the bosses lawyer was on the phone the judge listened to me and was very kind but bottom line I have to wait for my money to be paid back to me...of course hubby told me at dinner last night what I should have done....and I wish I would have done what he said...but alas I didn't :grumble:

Today the boss is on the war path, everything is making him mad...thank goodness I'm not in the line of fire ...I'm figuring the stress is really starting to affect him...which I can understand...but it's nothing I can do to help...poor Peanut has been shaking because he's been banging around and talking so loudly.

The morning started off not so good I had just opened MFP when the electricty went out for the next 50 min...and it's seemed to go down hill from there.

I best go and get some real work done. Let's keep up the good work, logging that food, drinking that water and moving our bodies:drinker:

Laura80111