WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2012

I had forgotten about quinoa. I ate a lot of it a few years ago, and loved it. Thanks for mentioning it... and thanks for the recipe at http://www.food52.com/recipes/10615_warm_red_and_black_quinoa_salad_with_roasted_kale_and_beets. I'm going to try it later today!

Good Sunday Morning,
Off to a big family reunion today. Made a organic quinoa salad to take. I will eat before going and only drink water there or fresh fruit or vegs.
Will check in later today.
Hugs to all, Linda

Could you post the recipe? We started using Quinoa last fall after DH's diabetic Nurse Practitioner warned us about the glycemic index issues caused by white rice and other foods that quickly turn to sugar in the digestive process. We're liking quinoa, and could use additional recipes.

OMG! The name of my soup was considered inappropriate by the website. I'm shocked and want to laugh all at the same time.

Good morning ladies

Lovely sunny day here in Ottawa, but quite cold, only just above freezing. But we were lucky as far as Sandy is concerned as it skirted us and we only had grey damp days and some wind. Toronto was hit much harder than we were.

Have now finished the scarf that is shown in my picture - I want to make another one but about 1.5 times wider.

At the moment I'm making a lace angel for a Christmas exchange - one I've designed myself and I've almost finished one wing. I started the body while I was away at the weekend, but I'm not very happy about my choice of thread so will probably undo it and start over.

Interested to see the quinoa recipe - I bought some but didn't know how to cook it and a friend sent me a basic website with basic instructions http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/cooking-tips/how-to/how-to-cook-quinoa.aspx I was leary of starting as I'd read somewhere that you had to wash it under running water for about 15 minutes. Still haven't tried it - perhaps sometime this week.

How funny. Glad the site has a sense of humor; women, over 50, leeky. Gotta admit... it MIGHT have a point.
Thanks for making me laugh out loud - I needed that!

OMG! The name of my soup was considered inappropriate by the website. I'm shocked and want to laugh all at the same time.

October went well. Didn't really set any goals.

My plan for November was to be at 218 by Thanksgiving. Well as of this morning I am 218. So time to change that....208 by November 30.

My plan has been to walk once a day. And it had fallen to the wayside cause my back has been bothering me. Saw a pain doc yesterday and she said take the pain pills at least once a day so I can walk. Normally I only take them when I have to go somewhere or do something that day. Come Thursday she is gonna do some procedures to my back which should help with pain.

Now I just need it to warm up some so I can go for my walk.

I just found this thread and am jumping right in. I'm 61 years old and live in Waco, TX where the lovely weather allows no excuses for not getting outside! I'm unemployed and looking for a job as a graphic designer. It can be depressing, and when I am depressed, I eat. So, there's that to control.

November goals:
1) keep logging everything every day. I find that when I don't log is when I lose accountability to myself and go off the deep end.
2) swim 45 minutes at least once a week, 30 minutes 4 other times a week, for 5 swims a week total.
3) walk 30 minutes twice a week.
4) Don't let Thanksgiving kill my forward progress.

I have a husband and an adult daughter at home, I will be cooking Thanksgiving dinner for us and that means a kitchen full of leftovers including lots of things I love. So I will work hard at that menu and try to make it a healthier one to dig into afterwards!

It is encouraging to me to read everyone's stories and see how much weight everyone has lost! Wow! Way to go!

:flowerforyou: It's Voting Day Tuesday,

Kathy-rants are always allowed...blowing off steam here keeps your blood pressure under control Just keep shopping for the healthier foods and preparing them and one day it will click in with the hubby & daughter. Sorry hubby's job doesn't get him any exercise but you never know when he will wake up and see that he needs to make some changes.

Cheryl-good for you posting your before's....I confess that mine are less than flattering and I'm saving them until I'm done with my 30ds....even having reached my goal when you really aren't fit it shows:blushing: :blushing: So how was day one for you? Did your hubby know that you took his picture with Jillian? Tonight I will up my weights and do one more day on Level 1 before I move to level 2, I'm sure that just upping my weights will set me back some, but I'm determined to see some changes in my fitness level After the first 7 days was went I noticed that my body finally didn't feel like it was dying, it hurt up til then but I kept telling myself that it was a good hurt and I was working new muscles...Keep at it and you too will find that it does get better. One more thing...I do girly push ups but they are just as effective on my arms.

Tigress-I love the idea of telling Kathy's hubby to up his life insurance:laugh: :laugh: I'll have to remember that one.

Michele- what an example you set for us...getting up earlier because of the time change and doing 40 min of yoga...Yep I'm impressed

Mary-30 Day Shred is a workout DVD by Jillian Michaels of the Biggest Loser. It's a pretty good workout three levels and the workouts are about 20 min each:happy:

jb-the receipe sounds wonderful:drinker:

Barbie-what great words of encouragement. Making wise choices for our eating and time makes all the difference in how our lives go whether positive or negative...thanks for sharing:flowerforyou:

dancinggi2- that last pound can sometimes be the most frustrating...you keep doing what you are and it will finally fall off:drinker:

Barbara- our lives are a continuing process of learning how to behave no matter what our age:happy: Glad you have a hubby that cares but also one you can share your ups and downs with in regards to friends.

DeeDee-getting the roots covered is one of those things that I haven't jumped into yet, but I'm sure my day will come:ohwell:

Gail- I do so admire those of you with gardens...I just am not a garden person:ohwell:

junglejoyce-sounds like you are making good progress on your November goals. Cutting back the pop is a good thing, just replace it with a glass of water:drinker: When I started this I hardly drank any water and now it's my drink of choice.

Lynn-how ambitious of you trying to get a house ready to sell and put on the market before the holidays. I think hubby has decided that we won't tackle that until early next year sometime so I still have time:happy:

Nancy-Congrats on those inches lost:flowerforyou: If the scale isn't going to move at least the inches leaving helps keep your motivation high:drinker:

joann1948-congrats on that loss once you reach your goal you know that the next journey begins and that's maintenance keep up the good job:flowerforyou:

Kate-so sorry to hear that things have been tough for you. November is a good time to get back on track and get back to meeting positive goals:flowerforyou:

Janehadji- so sorry you are having the issues with your foot:flowerforyou: Don't get discouraged keep eating right and I'm sure that if you head to u tube you will be able to find some exercises that you can do from a chair.

:flowerforyou: Welcome to all the newbies, come back often and let us get to know you:flowerforyou:

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With the boss gone hunting I'm loving how quiet the office is. Maybe today could be the day I find my desk...I can hope:huh: I do have to turn things inside out as I've lost the mail box key for work...I had it Friday and yesterday when I went to the PO I couldn't find it, thankgoodness they know me there and were kind enough to get my mail for me. I was able to be headed home a few minutes early and got home before dark (I truly hate driving in the dark:grumble: )

I was almost done with my day 10 of the Shred by the time hubby got home so we had plenty of time to make dinner and not feel like the evening was gone before it even started. The Shred is helping keep me on track, I'm thinking I will increase the weights tonight and see how much it works me at Level One before I move to Level Two although Jillian says that by day 5,6,7 I should feel like I have a longer indurance I'm not too sure I do...I still want to turn it off early:blushing: but I don't.

Hubby called me a bit ago to let me know that he's met his first milestone and has lost #20 so far. He's pretty excited about that as now he has two pair of pants that fit for work (I'm pretty sure he went closet shopping). He' s applying for an internal transfer at his job, it would be working M-F during the day plus benefits,:happy: :happy: I'm sure the hourly rate would still be pretty low but adding benefits and not working nights or weekends would be a plus...so we will wait and see.

I best get to work. Everyone have a good day let's all remember to drink our water, log our food and move our bodies because we want to set a good example to the next generation

Laura80111

Guess I should take a moment and introduce myself...

I am Chris. I turned 50 this past May and I live in Virginia. I am married to Larry and together we have 4 kids. TJ (29) lives in Philly, is married to Lisa and they had our first grandchild, Kylie, in June. Katie (21) is attending Western Virginia Community College with the plan to transfer to Liberity University and get a degree is child education. Kelly (20) attends Auburn University and I have no idea what her major it this week. It changes day to day. Kevin (18) is attending Western Virginia Community College with the plan to transfer to Radford University and become an RN.

I have been overweight most of my life. August 16, 2012 I had gastric bypass. Since the first of the year I have lost 88 pounds. I have a bad back...since I ruptured a disc in 1988. I am now working with a Pain Doc and am hoping to some improvment there as it has really limited my exercise.

Greetings to all. Still working the progrm and just wanted to say hello!
BirdieM

Today was first NSV since starting my new life sept 1st. I had to break down and buy a new pair of jeans...one size smaller. If I can shed one size every 2 months I would be sooooo excited. Heres to small victories!!!

Rose

Congrats on that NSV, it's those small steps that keep us going to want to see another, and another. Keep it up:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Hello all, embracing the positive really worked for me today. Stayed on my eating plan and stayed away from the snacks at work. NSV are amazing. I love my fitbit, I wear it everyday clipped to my bra. it is small, never falls off like pedometers I have used in the past. I like that it connects to MFP. I am off to do my strength training while watching the election returns.
Stay positive,
Mary

Mary (mch) - congrats on the 50 days! Looks like you've formed a good habit. The 30 Day Shred is a workout DVD by Jillian Michael's. Great job staying away from those snacks

Mary (marymik...) - there's ALWAYS room for one more...or two...or three. Your goals sound very doable.

Did an hour of HIIT, 30 min on the elliptical then 30 min on the AMT. I didn't realize that there was a "steps/minute" register on the AMT so I decided to use that. Tomorrow I'll go to yoga and the deep water.

After exercising, came home and had some more cereal then went to get my hair colored. On the way home stopped at the Salvation Army. If I work outside when it's chilly, I'll want some sort of sweatshirt that I won't care if it gets rouined by the red clay. I really don't have one, I was hoping I could maybe borrow one of Vince's but he doesn't have one that he doesn't care if it gets rouined. So I spent $3 on a sweatshirt. Admitted, I wouldn't buy it to wear out, but in the yard -- good enough. I also got some other sweaters. One of them they wanted $6 for and I didn't like it enough to pay that price for it, not like I really needed it anyway. Now I'm home, will have some soup and then we're going to play Mexican Train dominoes tonight. A few weeks ago I'd made some mini-quiches to take to a mahjongg game, so I just froze the rest. Now alls I need to do is heat them up!

Liz - I love to cook and don't mind hosting. But my main love is cooking. I guess its somewhat so that I know what it is that is going into my body.

rosesigil - welcome. What part of SE PA are you from? We moved to NC from Kennett Square.

Gail - I really liked your analogy of this place being like the kitchen with friends popping by all the time. That is so very true.

We early voted. It seems that when you early vote, the constant phone calls somewhat end. Or at least that's the way it seemed. My heart goes out to those in Ohio. They must be so sick of all this that they can't wait for it to be over. Unfortunately, I suspect that tomorrow we won't know who our next president will be. It would be nice to know, but somehow I don't think we will.

katla - love your goal of surviving the holidays without pigging out. Same here.

Nancy - hope you get better fast! Losing inches means so much more than the number on a scale. I guess I'm one of those people who can't imagine life without exercising. When I went to the MD and we talked about my plantar wart, when he prescribed this cream my first question was "will I still be able to exercise?" Oh, update on the cream, I don't feel the wart, but I'm not sure that it's (the wart) gone totally, then again, he said that it would take a few months so as long as I don't feel it, I'm a happy camper

katle - I put barbie's recipe thru the recipe calculator here. For 6 servings, it came out to 104 calories, 26 carbs, 0 fat, 3g protein and 144mg sodium. I must be really dense -- I'm still trying to figure out what the name of your soup was !!!!

Kate - I'm so so sorry about your co-worker. I know how it feels "how can this be". Remember when I said that my cousin's hubby dropped dead? He was only 50. Well, believe it or not, the autopsy called the cause of death an arrythmia. He'd just had surgery, was doing well, and before the surgery he had an EKG. Showed nothing. Then again, when Vince has an EKG it doesn't show that he has WPW. I'm just floored as I'm sure you are too. How can this be???

When we were raking the hay, Vince was saying how in "excruciating" pain he is in all across his chest. I was a bit sore the first day, but that's it. But then I realized it's because I exercise so my chest muscles are used to being used. Now I get to rake the rocks. Funsville. Look what I get for being in decent shape.

I think tomorrow after deep water, I'll go to WalMart and do some food shopping. Vince said that he'll need milk by Friday and I don't think I'll be able to go shopping Thurs. Tomorrow is senior bowling and then Newcomer bowling.

jane - I was just thinking to myself how nice it is of DeeDee to recognize everyone the way that she does.

Welcome everyone new (too many to mention individually)

katla - I was beginnning to think that I was the only one who doesn't rinse her quinoa! I've never found a bitter taste to it.

birdie - you've been missed!

Off to have dinner (I'm having soup with oatmeal and edamame and Vince is having a hot dog <yuk>) then off to Mexican Train.

Rose - what a wonderful NSV!

Went to Mexican Train dominoes tonight. Passed up on the pepperoni pizza someone brought, had 2 of the sweet potato fries (I wasn't sure if they were deep fried or not), passed up on these appetizers that are hot dogs wrapped in crescent rolls (they just didn't appeal to me), passed up on all the desserts (seems most people bring cakes or cookies, wish someone would bring some fruit), someone brought this (I had to try it) a squash stuffed with what seemed like a shrimp and breadcrumb filling, and some of the mini quiches that I brought. I just estimated the calories that I had left over for the day. Had 48oz of water while we played, tho.

At Mexican Train I was talking to one guy, we were talking about the problems his wife has with her knees. Anyway, he was telling me that he kept telling her to drink more water, well, she changed doctors and it seems she has a "knot" on the back of her leg and the MD said it was because she didn't drink enough. That's something I'd never heard of before. But he also mentioned how much sodium there was in the diet green tea that I know she drank a lot of. I really didn't mainly because of the artificial sweetener. But she was thinking that "diet" had to be good for you.

Off to get to bed and watch the election results. Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Good evening friend's,

My DD#2 did really well with her oral surgery. She is taking advil and feeling well. For the work comp issue- I work for a large HMO who is self insured. Really this is a conflict of interest! They don't want to pay anything and last time I had to hire a lawyer.:explode:

AuntieBK- My work restrictions are to only keyboard for 15 mins per hour. The entire work time is spent keyboarding, so there would be nothing for me to do(their choice) for the rest of the 45 mins. So, I believe that they will have to pay me total temporary disability, as I can't work. I called the adjusted to ask her when my first check would arrive,,,,,and I have still have not heard back.:grumble: :grumble:

Quinoa veggie salad- The quinoa that I got at costco is organic and pre rinsed! I just cook the quinoa as directed on the package. I then add to the cooled quinoa, organic- black beans, cooked frozen corn, red onion, red bell peppers, or yellow and orange bell peppers too and cilantro. I add evoo and fresh lime juice, salt,pepper to taste. I don't measure the amounts of veggies. This last time I had 6 cups of quinoa, i used 2 normal size cans of beans, 2 large red bell peppers, 1 large red onion, small package of corn, 1 bunch of cilantro,about 8 limes for the juice and EVOO enough mix the salad up. We tried this salad originally at Whole foods market in their deli case. We just asked them to print out the ingredients list and we came home and made our own. The cold salad is better the second day as the quinoa absorbs the lime juice etc. Their salad also had cucumbers, tomatoes and parsley. All the veggies are cut into little bite size pieces. I just made what my girls would eat. I like it without the tomatoes,parsley and cucumbers. Hope that helps. I love quinoa. 1 cup of cooked quinoa = 222 calories.

Saw my DSIL at the re-union. I told her she looked great! She told me that she is doing MFP!!! :noway: :noway: :bigsmile: Small world! She doesn't blog though. She did show me how to scan a barcode with my new phone for Mfp and it adds all the info for you! Wow, how cool is that! :drinker: :drinker: Anyway, DD#1 is done keyboarding for now. :sad: :sad:

I did read everyone's post, just can't reply to everyone until carpal tunnel gets better, Lol- My girls tell me that I can;t carpool in tunnels anymore!:laugh: :laugh:

Nov goal
is to get 210 minutes minimum of exercise/week
Log my food everyday.
drink minimum of 70 oz water/day
Find one thing to be grateful for everyday.

Welcome to all the new ladies.
Tonight I am grateful for MFP, Barbie for starting and keeping this blog going, and or all the positive support from an amazing group of fabulous women!

Hugs and Blessings to all of you- Linda Aka Sundance!

I am missing Meg on here, do we need to form a posse and go check on her? Meg sending positive thoughts and hugs your way!

Good night, lovelies!

Missing not only Meg but also Amanda and Mary msh0530 and Sister Mary Veggie Queen Mimi7grands. Possee sounds like a good idea.

Read all your posts but not responding individually, except for the few that I just could not resist.
Thank you all for the kind words about yesterday's struggle. Grateful that my heart feels so much lighter and for all of YOU!

:grumble: Viv I am right there with you. I spend far too long at computer, time that could be better spent on the mat or jiggling to Wii Zumba. Will W A L K to the library at lunch today and see if they have Barbie's recommended 168 hrs book.
:laugh: Cheryl your DH hipswivel pic made me laugh out loud. Looks remarkably like me doing Wii Zumba!
:flowerforyou: Welcome Joann and conVERYgratulations on being 90 lbs (so far) lighter! That is an amazing accomplishment!
Welcome beachmum and thanks for the quinoa/kale/beets recipe!
:happy:Welcome Chrishanselma, sylviatx and all other newbies I missed.
Genealace beautiful scarf! Which lacemaking methods do you use?
:flowerforyou: Laura keeping good thoughts for your DH's internal transfer. Joe's switching to M-F daytime hours was one of the (many) things he did to save our marriage.
Joanie darnit those pumpkin walnut ramekins sound YUMMY!
Birdie good to see your smiling face again!
:laugh: Michele re: chest muscles and rock raking, a clear example of virtue being its own punishment!:noway:
:flowerforyou: Linda, thanks for the recipe! Is there no voice recognition software that could ease the keyboarding burden? Carpal Tunnel Syndrome stinks. I had it when I first started using a mouse and the only fix was a job change that eased way back on the input. DH has it and had to stop wrenching even after surgery. :brokenheart: Hugs!

What I did on my vacation: replaced broken fridge water filter cap and filter; moved cleaning supplies back under sink from dining room where they've been languishing for months since DH repaired the undersink leak; ordered ferrari (!) plates to fix the corner lazy susan cabinet door; shampooed carpets in hallway, office, living room, manCave (FINALLY!); napped; and oh yeah recovered from the mohs surgery and concomitant, scary swelling and bruises.

Time to sleep, it's back to work tomorrow and if the energy holds, to my first dance class in the month it's been since we lost Robbie.:brokenheart: :brokenheart: :brokenheart:

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: 6=0 5=0 4=0 3=0 2=0 1=0
steps: 6=6254 headed back up, tomorrow should be good 5=4702 4=5426 3=6461 2=9220 1=8809

Hello Ladies,

Wow so many posts just got caught up I love that we are a chatty group. Last night goes down in the records as crazy. Not in the ha, ha way.

@Kathy- - I was thinking about your post last night re: your DH. As I was driving my DH to the VA--cause his blood pressure was extremely high. I arrive home from work to find my DH home early because he didn't feel well numb left arm, sick stomach, and as he check his pressure it was like 190/112 than down to small amount but still in 180's I was like do you think we should go into the hospital . At first it was like no no I will be ok but after a short while he was like maybe we shouldn't be mess around with it. I was like you think but said nothing and got the car keys. A quick call to the oncall nurse said to come in and so we went into Boise VA stay for at least 6 hours as they did lots of tests. but the real reason for all of this it turns out when his BP meds ran out he didn't get it refilled so hadn't been taking any meds for awhile. He has a serious heart condition. They gave him the meds and we got him signup so the refills will come in the mail now. It is so disheartening when someone you care about doesn't take care of himeself. or herself. I am hoping he will remember this scare cause it scared him a bit so he will be better at taking care of himself.

@Lili sounds like an interesting lunch. Good that the raking is done.
@Barbie that is such good advice, I need to look at all of the time I waste on things that I don't like to do .
@Vic agree with you I spend way to much time on the computer
@Linda- glad that your DD2 surgery went well.
@Michele,-- It has been a while but we use to play Mexican train a lot. It is fun we really enjoy games
@Barbara-- glad you are back
@Rose that is a good nsv.

That's it now need to start getting ready for work.
Wishing everyone the best
Liz