WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2012

Hi all,
Just got home from a long Council meeting so I am going to have a snack and go to bed, I am really tired.
Will post goals and catch up on all the posts tomorrow.

Linda - so sorry to hear about your friend. Words can't really express the loss but know we all have been somewhere similar and are holding you and her family in our thoughts and prayers.

Good night sweet ladies, dream well.

Lila

Start of day one. I pray that I am able to go through the day a winner. I feel that deep inside I do not truly believe that I can do this. I need to obtain a positive attitude along with confidence. OK here goes!

I CAN DO THIS!
I WILL DO THIS!
I AM A WINNER!

Good Morning!

I can't believe it's already October I started on this new journey just 1 month ago and time flew by

Marking my spot for now, sat at the computer and caught up on about 4 days worth of posts last night. Then went straight to bed and I'm pretty sure I had dreams of MFP.:embarassed:

I will have to find my September goals, pretty sure I reached alomost all. Spent the weekend painting 2 large bedrooms, trying to list home at end of October. May have to take a few days off from work to reafch my goal.

Didn't get to ride last month, but the horses are the reason I am downsizing, so I can afford to keep both. So the riding will have to wait for now.:ohwell:

I will post more once I get to work and post new October goals.

Good morning all, well I'm taking off my pity party hat this morning. I have finally lost that darn 3 lbs I gained at the show. I have vowed to take my own food to the next shows. I don't want to do this again. I only got in an hour of swimming laps yesterday, I had some food shopping to do.

This is a busy thread, so much to read and so many up people, I feel good just reading about how much everyone is losing and exercising, it's great.

DMO- I hope your house sells, fast, we downsized about 5 years ago when all the kids left, we got in on the last of the bubble. Then we moved out to the country, which is where DH wanted to be with a couple of acres and no neighborhood convenents. I was afraid I would hate it, but I really like living out here.

Mila- If you haven't exercised in a while you may want to build up to an hour. I know that I walked for 40 minutes for years, did 2 2/3 miles in that time and thought I was in ok shape. I got out there and walked 4.8 miles in 1 3/4 hours and could hardly move for 3 days. LOL I learned my lesson. Start out slow and add time. Everyday if you want, but slow.

Welcome to all the new folks, this is a great group of ladies.

Tigress

Nice to have an over 50 for October - I guess it's for every month. This is the first time I saw this.

Goals:

Just joined a gym
Planning to go three times a week to new gym
Try to eat at least 1300/day
Zumba once a week
1 pint of cottage cheese a week.

Happy Tuesday!

I spent six hours yesterday making a big dent in the paperwork. I'm hoping that another six hours today will see it caught up! I'm bad about remembering to do it, and it accumulates.

I ordered the grilled salmon at the meeting last night, with no sauce, ate only half of the potatoes and skipped the dessert, so it went better than I anticipated. I've been looking for a service organization to give some time to, and this may be a good fit for me. I love that it supports women both locally and worldwide, as I have a firm belief in women supporting women. Just look at this group! :flowerforyou:

Kate -- Huge congratulations on losing 25 lbs. in just 2 months -- that's amazing! You should read The Hunger Games books, which are much better than the movie. The movie was good, but I wasn't sure if it could stand on it's own without having read the books first. My daughter gave them to me to read last year.

Meg -- I loved your post about kids "being worth it." We all have our moments (or years!) of frustration with our kids, but I know that mine are the greatest blessing in my life and definitely worth it despite all of the trials and tribulations.

Lin -- So glad that your employers are extending health coverage for another year. It's hard to find coverage at our age, with our pre-existings! AARP turned me down for coverage because I take blood pressure and cholesterol meds -- I hadn't realized those were enough to disqualify me, as they seem to be the norm at this point in life. What if there were really something wrong!

Liz -- That's terrific that DH is going to help you paint. There's nothing like a fresh coat of paint to spruce things up! Are you going to do anything adventurous with colors?

Dar -- I had a BFF in college who shared my birthday, and I always called her my twin. Unfortunately, we've lost touch. I'm glad that you have such a great friend in your life.

Milagros -- You CAN do this! You WILL do this! You ARE a winner! How was your first day? Just take one day at a time, and you'll see your confidence grow stronger as you grow smaller.

mwheatcraft54 -- Your post came in while I was writing mine, but I couldn't let it pass without comment: Woohoo!!! Huge congratulations on the weight loss and the inch loss! :flowerforyou:

:flowerforyou: Lovely Tuesday,

Welcome to all you newbies, keep coming back and let us get to know you:flowerforyou:

Andreajp-sounds like you did pretty good with your Sept goals and it's always pick me up when you start taking care of appearances, it's the small things that keep you going on this life changing journey:flowerforyou:

drkatiebug-how exciting knowing that a granddaughter is on the way:flowerforyou: Good goals, maybe if you breakup your goal of 1 hr walk a day to 2 half hours you might find it easier to fit in:huh: Let us know when that little on arrives.

janehadji-how frustrating that the meeting is at an Italian place, I know it's hard to keep on track at places like that especially when they are only offering 3 meals from which to choose:grumble: About Chuck E Cheese, we hadn't been in one since our #2 son was in elementary school and he'll be 31 on Thursday:noway: I will say that the pizza the kids were eating didn't even look like something I'd want and my hubby kept saying if I wanted a piece I could have some...YUCK...I chose to keep drinking my diet drink and wait until we got home to eat Congrats on eating the Salmon at your meeting...I dooo so love Salmon:bigsmile:

Deborah-what great goals you have set for October. You must have been posting at the same time I did...hoping you have a great WW meeting with results that you are hoping for:flowerforyou:

Robin-sorry you are under the weather, hoping you are feeling better soon:drinker:

Kathy-it's such a good feeling to know that no matter how last month was there is always a new month ahead to get us back on track:flowerforyou:

laarae-your goals are so well rounded....I guess I'm just not that organized to think past this one month:ohwell:

wessecg-paying the kids to not trick or treat? When my kids were little I used to take them to the mall and / or the church fall festival so they never did trick or treat...I love your goal of buying twizzlers...but not sure if I'd be able to do that I just really dislike giving something I don't like:laugh:

littlelady62- Welcome:flowerforyou: great goals.

Kate- :noway: #25 in two months...YOU HAVE DONE GREAT:drinker: Walking instead of waiting for the bus, well as long as the weather is good I'd say go for it. :flowerforyou:

Cathy- good job of keeping away from the chocolate bars....popping popcorn was a good idea:flowerforyou: Hoping that the leg brace helps with the pain you are in right now.

Peggy-Welcome back:flowerforyou: You know the drill, jump back in and let us know how you are doing. Hoping that the new work enviroment is better for no naughty snacks hanging around.

anjoneill- sorry to hear that your job is not going well...something I can relate to as mine is pretty bad right now too. Only #5 left to reach your goal...this could be your month:drinker:

Meg-you did really well with your September goals, I know that for most of us one of the hardest things to get into the habit of is drinking plenty of water. I finally made the determination that I was going to get it done by having a glass of water (16oz) at breakfast, lunch & dinner and anything else is a bonus...and I feel like I'm drying out if I don't drink that much...but it took me quite a few months to make that a habit. When your daughters are grown and moved away you will remember when and be able to say it was worth it...hang in there:flowerforyou:

youngfleur-good October goals:flowerforyou:

DeeDee- Three posts on Monday:noway: What a woman. You are amazing meeting your September goals and what you have set for yourself in October, with determination like that you are sure to see some positive movement on your ticker:drinker:

Liz- you hang in there with your daughter:flowerforyou: That sirloin soup sounds good want to share the receipe?

Kim-Welcome:flowerforyou: great goals, you are starting Turbo Jam:noway: I'm impressed.

yoyonomore-those last few pounds seem to be the hardest to lose but with how far you have already come you are sure to reach your goal:drinker: keep it up.

Lin-that's great news that your former employer is going to continue to have the health coverage for you. This could be your year:flowerforyou:

Michele-:laugh: I'm sure you wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese too....That's one of those memories that makes you feel good.

Micki-hoping that shot works for your hip. When hubby had his hip problems he went and got a shot and unfortunately it only worked for about 3 days but it didn't stop us from going on our trip the England & Scotland....I told hubby he'd have to get a cane at Harrod's as a help & souvenir which he did he really needed it and was glad he got it even though it was pretty spendy...hoping your shot is better than his was:flowerforyou:

Terri-sorry to hear you have been sick:flowerforyou: Hoping that October gets you on the road to health and reaching toward your goal of losing for Christmas.

Dar-how fun that you share a birthday and that your children are so close too, that makes for a very special friendship:flowerforyou:

Amanda-good plan to stay to yourself and keep away from the negative people....they can always get you down. Hoping your plan to get rid of the bloating works.:drinker:

Tigress-congrats on the #3 loss, yep it's good to have a plan for the future so you won't be struggling to relose those pounds again:drinker:

Nancy-you have a good day chatting up those six year olds

M-congrats on your Sept loss...but more those lost inches that's GREAT!

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When i got home last night hubby had just finished his workout so I was in the basement alone, just me and the evening news, but did get in a good 35 mins. and followed it up with Salmon for dinner....love my salmon

I do love the when Fall comes and the TV shows start up on their Fall line up. Last night we watched our Sunday night show that we'd DVR'd Once Upon A Time and both of us are just really enjoying it.

It sounds like everyone is setting some great goals for October, let's keep it up and meet some of those goals. Everyone keep logging, drinking and moving to a healthier life:drinker:

Laura80111

That was supposed to be walking/working.

I thought I'd share my blog post from this morning. I've been struggling a bit over the last month, scale going the wrong way. :grumble: You're all very inspiring, and I thank you for that! :flowerforyou:

Realization Station
Posted on 10/02/2012 by jb_2011

The weight-loss radio is blaring away this morning, screaming out warnings of pending doom and gloom. I've tried turning down the volume in order to decrease the impact but it just won't budge. I've located the power switch and found it to be stuck in the ON position, so I've decided the only way I'll be able to turn it off is to smash the entire thing to bits, using brute force and an extra large hammer.

The announcer is saying that the engine is losing steam even though the destination is still a ways off. And worse, due to a few rather quiet earthquakes, there are road blocks and rockslides that continue to thwart the efforts of forward motion on the road of self-improvement. Work crews have been on vacation for the last month causing a total shutdown of progress. Rocks continue to fall, wreaking greater havoc by adding many more tons of rubble to be removed from the roadway.

It could take weeks before the work crews will return, as no one has been able to verify their whereabouts. It's been said that they're prone to wreckless abandon while on leave, having not a care in the world as they go galavanting around the countryside, whooping, hollering and completely living it up by eating ice cream every night. Efforts are being made to call in a temporary crew, but so far none have been located.

Always trying to look on the positive side, I realize the absence of work crews will allow plenty of time to address the issue of loss of power in the engine. The steam has dissipated and the fuel supply has dwindled. Additionally, there is something amiss in the way the pistons are firing. Definitely not all of them are working properly, which I understand means a complete engine overhaul. The willingness to get-up-and-go simply must be rejuvinated. I'm certain that I need a new set of spark plugs.

Now where is that hammer!

jb