WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2012

I can't find my October post so have no idea what my goals were!??? November goals however, are
Run 3 times a week
Lift weights 3 times a week
Water, water, and more water,
Chart my food and be honest!
Spend 15 minutes a day minimum in my "OMG WHAT A CLUTTERED MESS THIS IS!) room that is owning me and making me miserable......multiples years ( :blushing: :sick: of paperwork, the majority of which just needs to be shredded....goes back to when I was a caregiver for my much loved mom....and the fact that I am a sentimental crazy person....
Don't beat myself when and if I fall short of my daily goals....I will just pick myself up and start making good choices again!

I am so close to my goal weight (right around 3 more pounds) and there is no reason that I can't make it in the month of November, and then my first December goal will be to MAINTAIN!

Thank you for this group Barbie, it is great!

regraetz, kenazfehu, pandoraw, Patsy, emg - welcome! There's always room for more. Jump right in!

Did 1 hr of Bob Harper's DVD. Went to WalMart and returned a lot of candy -- I got $16 back. I forgot that if you don't have your receipt, you only get the sale price. The gal at the customer service asked "do you want to keep it (the candy), you can always eat it". I just looked at her thinking "you'd probably eat it" (she was WAAAAYYYY overweight) but just said "I need more candy like I need a hole in the head". Came home and two guys from the pool co. were here doing a cleanup. We're finished with the pool co -- gave them the last payment. Now all the work will be US. After they left we went to early voting but first we stopped at the food kitchen to donate the rest of the left over candy. It's out of the house! I feel so good about that!. I was surprised at how many people were at the voting booth. Oh, made some cookies for the guys. I was so very tired when I got home that I laid down. I believe it's because of all the simple carbs I had yesterday -- the candy and all. Then I had to have some of that cookie dough. But I'm going to get back on track now that we're not going to be having all this work. Going to do speed intervals tomorrow. I also need to pay my gym membership tomorrow.

DeeDee - hope everything is OK with the dentist and that it's just an annual thing

I made a triple chocolate cheesecake for the guy when he was here yesterday. I gave him the whole cake. Actually, he said his wife really liked it. I was trying something new. The package says that you shouldn't freeze cream cheese, but I froze this. I was wondering what would happen. The main difference seemed to be that the consistency was a bit different, but not all that much. He said his wife really liked it.

Oh, made the cookies for him and his worker, had a few left over so instead of eating them, as I was going to put them in the one worker's car, the trash collectors came so I gave the rest to them. Hey, better on their waist than mine! Plus...they hopefully will think well of us any time. The other day when we cut out the solar cover, I thought that maybe that plastic was recyclable. Even tho the recycling guys hadn't been here yet, the garbage men took all that leftover plastic.

jolene - what a nice thing you did for those kids! I'm just in awe that someone (the mother) would do something like that.

Amanda - hope your tummy is better real soon.

jane - I'm so sorry you might have to go into the boot again. Is this something that when you go into that boot, it'll heal and not return? You have no idea how shocked we all are that my cousin's SIL died. He was younger than Vince and I!

CSueB - Vince has two boxes of papers that need to be shredded. He's the type of person that holds onto them until he has a lot. I'd rather get it done little by little. Now we'll probably wait until there is a shredding day where a place will do it.

janie - how wonderful that you'll be able to get more therapy! I'm so happy for you. And that's just great that your weight in was much less. You're on your way, now.

Going to post this now so that I mark my spot.

Michele

Well, the snowfall lasted the morning and left behind enough for a good hour of shoveling! Cleaned out a room in the basement and did a couple of loads of laundry too. So, now I'm tired (but a good tired) :yawn: and enjoying a cup of organic Persian Apple loose tea. Let's see ~ the package says "This exotic tea is inspired by the intrigue and romance of ancient Persia. One sip is all it takes to whisk you away." It contains green tea, apple, pistachios, almonds, and rose petals and I must admit, the flavor is wonderful ~ consider me 'whisked'... :blushing:

DeeDee, hope your appointment went well. I like to make my appointments early too. That way, I don't break up the entire day.

Robin, that's a long stretch ~ it must throw your rhythm off for the rest of the week. :ohwell:

Jolene, strange situation with the two little girls last night. I'm still shaking my head at the mom. :noway: Sounds like there's more to it than you know. Did you take some pics of Kamari?

Nancy, we are also in a cul-de-sac and kids just don't want to waste their time coming in!

Rose, how nice of your boss to have a treadmill brought into the office for you.

Linda, good for you to get yourself to the gym.

Laura, great job on staying with the shred.

Amanda, hope your tummy troubles are just a wee blip.

Jane, good for your DH to join the club as well. Will you be able to go even if his schedule doesn't permit?

Janehadji, sorry to hear the results of your MRI ~ boy, that sounds painful.

Michele, I notice that you do a lot of baking. I love to bake but don't dare! How do you stay away from it????


Sending out a warm welcome to all the newcomers ~ glad to have you here! :drinker:

Deborah:flowerforyou:

Goals for November-
Make my goal of 100 pounds lost, almost there!!
Drink my 8+ glasses of water…every day.:sick:
Workout 300+ minutes each week.
Perform a random act of kindness each day of this month.:flowerforyou:
Put my hat in the ring for the job opening I would like that is coming available (even though I know I feel like I don’t interview well).:noway:

Well we had many, many trick or treaters last night. I love seeing the kids coming up. We had a very unsettling event however. These two little girls came up to the door in tears and shaking. I thought maybe our dog, Elisa Jane, had frightened them. She greeted everyone in her pumpkin costume. When I asked her if she was afraid of the dog, she said no, two older boys had threatened to beat them up if they didn’t give them their candy. She said she ran until she got to our door.

I asked her if she where her mother was, she didn’t know. She had gotten separated from two other children they were out with. The other kids had the cell phone. I asked her if she lived nearby and she told me they lived in Dukedom, which is 35 miles away. I couldn’t believe someone would take their children to a town they don’t live in and drop them unsupervised in a neighborhood they don’t know!! I asked her if she wanted to use our phone and she said yes. Shortly after the other two children came to our door. I brought them all inside to watch The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and wait for their mother to come. My husband stood out on the sidewalk and talked the mother to our house. She was out on the highway about 6 miles from town. Unbelievable! I finally got the kids calmed down, after Little Hug barrel drinks and crazy straws all around (Grandmas are always prepared for crisis). She showed up about 10 minutes later and picked them up. She never said thank you or kiss my foot. She just put the kids in the van and left. DH and I talked about it afterwards, what if we had been terrible people? They would never have found those children. I can’t believe the risk people take with their kids, Good Grief!:grumble:

Anyway, my son and his family showed up.:happy: My Granddaughter’s (Kamari) first Halloween. She is 15 months old. She was a darling little bumble bee.:bigsmile: She kept trying to scare her Grandpa (a new trick her mommy taught her). I am so thankful they are attentive parents.

After things settled down, I worked on cleaning the rooms upstairs. My DD is “expanding” her area into her brother’s old room. Whatever keeps her happy and home a bit longer, lol .

After that I am afraid the Halloween candy got the better of me. Oh, well new day, fresh start.
Have a great day Ladies.
Grace and peace,
Jolene

Jolene you and your husband are great patriots. Thanks for taking care of those little girls.

I hate it when I lose a post:grumble:

My November goals:

Log my food and exercise every day...hopefully this will keep me within the goals
Ride, row and/or walk 100 miles by Thanksgiving...I started this one about two weeks ago and I have biked 29 miles and rowed 5.8k...I still have to convert that one
Get back to knitting lesson (remember that...I only have half a hat):noway:
enjoy the heck out of my son while he is home...he heads back to CA next weekend:smooched:

Have a good night all! Hugs and prayers for the challenges high fives for successes

In the words of my late father...keep smiling the fresh air is good for your teeth! :bigsmile:

Jen

Good evening beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Welcome to all the newbies:flowerforyou: !!! Come in often and chat with us!!!

Barbie I agree, everyday is a day to give thanks for all our blessings!!!

Lila 1.8 is a good loss! In Sept. I lost 1.3, but I lost a bunch of inches, have you measured yourself?

Linda yay for you going to the gym!!! Hope your Dr. appt. went well!

Barbara ouch...I bet you were ready to get those stitches out!!!! I'm glad Scooter is bringing you some laughter!

Robin Your goals look good! Hope you had an earlier night tonight!!!

Jolene Oh my, thank goodness for you and your hubby watching over those children! I cannot for the life of me imagine dropping kids off in a neighborhood far from home and driving off:noway: ! Some people shouldn't be parents! And not even thanking you:grumble: !

Nancy Sounds like you've got some good goals! Hope those 12 year olds were not too grouchy!!

Rose Pop in and get to know us, we're an encouraging bunch!

Laura80111 I bet Peanut was adorable in his hot dog costume ,

Amanda Hope your tummy feels better! What great exercise though!

JaneMartin Yay for hubby joining the gym!!!!

Janehadji Oh your foot sounds painful!!! Hope you get relief soon! I know you'll be glad to see your daughter, what a nice surprise! Congrats for the scale finally moving!

Lentigogirl goals are looking good!

CSueB I've got tons of stuff I need to shred too, I just keep putting it off. You can tell it's not high on my priority list:blushing:

Janie Yay, so glad you're getting more PT!!! Congrats on your weigh in!

Michele Good for you donating that candy!!! My appt. this morning was just a cleaning, now my teeth are all sparkly:bigsmile: !

Deborah I don't really like 7:30am appts.:noway: , I much prefer 9 or 10 am instead:laugh: . That tea sounds wonderful, I've been drinking lemon ginger tea, I like the little bite the ginger gives it!

Jb Your walk sounds nice, the leaves have been swirling around here too, although no rain, just a lot of wind and the temp. dropped and it's cold, but the leaves are beautiful . I don't like quinoa, I keep trying it and I've yet to find it appealing, I think for me it may be the texture I really don't like. I haven't rinsed it before I cooked it though, I guess I could give it one more try!

Jen Enjoy being with your son!!!!

It has been a long day and I'm tired:yawn: ! Hope everyone's goals will be met!!! Sleep well and sweet dreams! Until tomorrow....

Hugs,
DeeDee

Today is the first day I have not eaten a single snack. I was totally stressed and had to make myself eat lunch, but then I ate a big lunch so wasn't hungry for snacks during the day. And I didn't get home for dinner until after 9, so I have just eaten dinner just before bedtime.

Tomorrow is my weigh in and I'm afraid because I've eaten so late that I won't show a loss. My fingers and toes are crossed.

Cheryl, what a great accomplishment with your snacking! I'll cross my fingers and toes for you too!

Deborah:flowerforyou:

Good evening lovely ladies--

It's been a crazy week. Internet has been down all week until now. I had out-patient surgery on Tuesday to remove a couple of cysts from my head and one from my neck. I've been on antibiotics and pain meds since which have made me sluggish, sleepy and ravenous. :sick:

Yesterday was a total bust. The worst day I've had since starting MFP. Today I kept eating trying to feel better. I took the last of the antibiotics tonight. Staple and stiches come out next Thursday.

It's good to be back. I've missed you all. I always knew that being accountable to my MFP friends kept me honest.

I didn't do too bad on my trip. Only up a couple pounds which I lost last week. But now I am up several pounds. Halloween has always been a food triggering time for me. I MUST not let that happen this year. I've worked too hard.

For a happier topic: My trip to the Holy Land was wonderful. We flew into Amman, Jordan, spent the first night there and then toured Amman the next day before crossing the border into Israel. So many wonderful sights: floating in the Dead Sea (it's 30% salt and you automatically float), put our feet in the Jordan River, took a boat ride and had a service on the Sea of Galilee, waded in the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Visited Jericho, Bethlehem, Nazareth Village, the Wailing Wall, the Temple Mount, Hebron, Masada, the Garden of Gethsemane, the Garden Tomb and much more. Then we we went back to Amman for a short flight to Petra to see the Treasury where Indiana Jones was filmed. Amazing rock formations. Stayed at a 5 star hotel in Aqaba. We made many new friends. It was truly a trip of a life time.

I will start fresh tomorrow. Will have to think about November goals.

Pain pill is kicking in. Good night sweet ladies. :yawn: :yawn:

Remember to :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Micki

Hi There Ladies from the Northwest,

I used to live in Seattle, but am now in Virginia. My heart is still back in Washington State. I go there every couple years to get my "fix" since I have a daughter with a disability who has all her services here and I can not move.

My goal for November is to maintain my initial weight loss success, lose another 4 pounds and make my dietary changes a "habit". Lastly my goal is to appreciate the effort I am making to be healthier and give myself a pat on the back every once in a while this month.

Thanks Barbie for getting us started for another month! Can't believe it's November 1st already! This year seems like it really flew by so far!

Jolene-I will certainly keep you in my thoughts and prayers! I understand that you don't want to worry family but glad you were able
to unburden yourself with us here! My dog had a pumpkin costume too for Halloween! What a wonderful thing you did for
those kids! You'd like to think that even though the mom didn't have the courtesy to thank you, she will pay more attention to
their well being in the future! When my kids were younger and even up to the last few years, I always counted my blessings
when the 10 pm newscaster would say "It's 10 o'clock do you know where your children are?" and I could always say yes that
I knew exactly where my kids and stepkids were!!

I did catch up on all the posts but had a really long day yesterday and am ready to crash so I'm going to make this short tonight. My Benji does have a small tear at the bottom of his eye but got meds and hopefully will be ok. He is very upset about getting the eye ointment put in but at least he is opening it more and seems less red. He'll probably go for a recheck tomorrow.

I didn't do too good with Oct goals but it's a new month so here goes with new goals:

Go the pool at the gym 3X a week -started this one off good by going there today
Do my Zookinesis DVD at least 2X a week
Drink at least 24 oz of water :drinker: - kind if slacked off on water intake
Log my food 6 days a week -been taking the easy way out and not logging if I had a bad eating day:frown:

Kathy

Good night lovelies,

Tried something new this morning. Breakfasting with DH I consciously slowed my eating, chewing thoroughly and enjoying each treat (toast, pineapple and ham instead of protein drink or yoghurt and fruit). Joe as eldest of 5 eats like it's a race to get enough food, as it may have been. When he was done, I took my barely half-finished plate into the office where I scanned a
few posts and finished breakfast leisurely. Barbie, inspired by your "Be Barbie" goal, I want to recapture the slow-eater-tiny-bite-taker of my skinny childhood. :happy: Does anyone remember Mrs. Piggle Wiggle?

First day back to logging, way over due to over indulgent:sick: lunch with the guy who's covering for me while I'm on sick/vacation. BUT when I arrived 10 minutes early, instead of going into the restaurant and having a pint, I chose to walk around a few blocks. Good thing, he called to say he'd be 15 minutes late. Got in a good 20+ minute walk and was able to keep the ale down to one pint :drinker: instead of two... :drinker: :drinker:

. . . antibiotics and pain meds since which have made me sluggish, sleepy and ravenous. :sick:
. . . trip to the Holy Land was wonderful. . . truly a trip of a life time.

Amen, Micki! Both to the sickmaking pills and to the Holy Land trip of a lifetime. Yogurt helps to counteract the antibiotic effect on the tum, but nothing but time and water help to purge the sluggish effects of pain pills, at least for me. I was blessed to spend 6 weeks in Israel in 1980, a pilgrimage I wanted to make since childhood. So glad I did it, would NEVER travel in the middle east again by myself , but would love to go on a tour. Were you with a group?

:noway: Michelle, was it you who said MFP never recalculated your calories? Probably 'cuz you started out at the 1200 minimum, it won't take you below that. Some of us weighed enough that our baseline started out higher. As we improved our reward was ... fewer calories.

Laura Belated conVERYgrats on making your goal. :flowerforyou:

jen, love your father's smiling saying.:bigsmile:

That's enough sitting. Let's see if I can get down on the mat for a few minutes before bed.

Hugs,


Barbara, the AHMOD who WILL be size 10 one day

2012: dance more, bark less and check in!!!
November: back to basics

SWSY or matminutes: 1=0 so far...
steps: 1=8462 so far.

Happy November! Especially since my son got back from Afghanistan today! I got to see some of the return on-line. I didn't see my son, but I knew he was finally home.

Tomorrow we return from our conference in Phoenix to San Diego...So a stop in Yuma to see Matt is on the schedule! Can't wait!

Eileen

Good morning,

I tried to respond last night but some reasons I just could not get onto mfp. Kept trying too but wasn't going to happen. I could go to other sites online like facebook gmail etc no problems but hey at least its working now.

This is the start of 4 days off I will be at Conference for two and half of the days. I don't go to Conference till 1pm my goal is too get my housework that I normally catchup on over the weekend done before that time.

@JaneMartin -- That is so cool that your DH join the gym with you.
@Lili -- does sound like a long day Hang in there. That is good news about your DD.
@Michele -- Good news about your bone densiy test
@Barbara - welcome back!!! Sounds like a good first day back logging/
@Miki - Welcome back sounds like a good trip.
@Meg-- your candy dance sounds like fun .
@Barbie-- enjoy your postive energy.

Welcome to all of the newbies!!! Love this group of ladies very encouraging.

Liz

Goal for November 10 pounds. Eat betwoon 1.200 and 1,500 calories a day.

Hi everyone I'm Lizzie and glad I found this group!

November goals
average 5 days a week of exercise (cardio and/or weights)
declutter BEFORE the holiday madness begins
lose 3 more pounds
be stringent about staying on my eating plan for this month

Nov success already - I have NEVER EVER been a runner (I walk A LOT). This morning my walking partner had to cancel at last minute. Headed out by myself and decided to "jog" for however long I could go/stand it! JOGGED 1.2 miles at a 13 minute/mile pace - WOW, never ever jogged more than a half a block in all of my 51+ years!!!! Still not going to be a runner but it felt good knowing I could!