WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH

Good morning girls!

It's hard to believe that it's almost 8. I'm trying to decide whether or not to just keep Granny on regular time. I'm going to have to discuss that with hubby.

I hope we have good weather today. I'm feeling the need for some sunshine!

I started some seed pots yesterday. Tomatoes, peppers, squash, lettuce and some herbs. Last year I got some purple tomatoes from the farmers mkt. I saved seed from one of them and I do hope what I planted germinates. I'm itching to get my hands into the dirt! But you do have to be careful in NC that you don't plant too early and get what you've planted killed by the frost. Oh, we did put some sugar snap peas in the ground at the end of January and they are coming up.:happy:

I must confess that I went over my calories yesterday :mad: But today is a new day and my motto is Hope Springs Eternal!

Better to turn Granny's lights on so she can start waking up.

BBL,

Cindy

:flowerforyou: Good Morning All~

Only time to let you all know that we start the trip this afternoon when I get off work. Gerald will drive up here and we will leave from my office, our #3 son will come over some time this week and take the truck back home. Before we left this morning Gerald was :grumble: grumbling...."the next trip we will NOT be taking this much stuff!". it's all packed the car is full...nuts...I forgot my pillow:sad: have to call Gerald at work maybe he will have time to stop at the house and pick it up!

For the next 12 days I will be on the ultimate challenge,:drinker: I have packed the food scale and the bath scale and am in hopes that I'm able to at least maintain...keeping my fingers crossed.. Last night will be the last true exercise we will get for some time unless a couple of the hotels on the way out and back have exercise rooms...we can hope:ohwell:

Everyone have a great day!:drinker: :drinker:

Laura

Just IM'd Gerald and he will stop by the house...what good is a trip where I have unlimited weight if I can't take my own pillow!:blushing: So glad I'm not flying this time!

Barb(weaklink): So sorry about that pound...hope it went somewhere else today! I am sure it was the sodium!!!

Do you REALLY work in a chocolate factory or were you implying that a lot of people you work with have it around? If I worked in a chocolate factory, their profit margin would take a real dive !!! And I probably wouldn't have a job very long either!!:laugh: :laugh:

Barb

Yes Barb I really do work in a chocolate factory and although I work in the offices, we often get chocolates given to us. We can buy it cheap at the company shop too.

:explode: I just spent ages typing and I lost it all and had to start again. I bet I can't remember half of what I had already written.

I have just bought some weightwatchers scales, they not only weigh you but tell you how fat you are too. How often should I weigh myself, will once a week be ok? I don't think I have lost any weight yet though :sad:

I have been good the last couple of days and not been snacking at work I've been taking fruit and low fat yogurts for when I get the munchies I have also been going to the 2nd floor ladies loo and can now get there without getting breathless ( I am so unfit) :embarassed: My aim is to get to the 5th floor without being a quivering wreck and needing oxygen :laugh:

Well I need to get my food listed so I can see if I have stayed within my calories and as it's getting late I had better get a move on.
Chat again soon

Viv xx




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please keep me posted on this regarding women 50+, I need all the help I can get. keep up the good work.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

...Do you have a ****'s in your part of SC? We went there and tried it out but then ordered it straight from the company because it turned out to be cheaper that way but then my husband and son had to do the set up themselves (hubby is a maintenance man by trade).

I'm simmering chicken thighs in marinara sauce. We will have that and some grilled veggies for lunch.



But first off to the shower for me.

BBL

Cindy

Okay, I'm editing this because this site won't let me post the name of the sporting goods store. The name of the store is the shortened version of Richard.(D*cks)

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Too funny!

I have had a very busy day, and tomorrow looks like it could be busier. We are going camping with the family Thursday through Sunday. There will be 20 of us there for our annual spring campout. I have the menu planned and pre-logged in my food diary, and I'm packing groceries now. I will try to pop in tomorrow, but then you won't here from me for the rest of the week. Everyone stay well and focused, and try to enjoy the arrival of warmer weather (I hope)! Here's to smart choices!

Well, I did get a crock pot today. I got a Rival 5.5qt one. It's white ceramic, it has a timer. It doesn't have a locking lid, however, if I need to take the crock pot somewhere with me, what I can do is use a bunjee cord to hold the lid on. One thing was that I made a mistake -- I bought it at Kohl's here b/c it was on sale. However, by the time I paid the sales tax, it would have been cheaper from amazon (but only by about $2).

Didn't do too well on the calories today, was over by about 100. Well, I don't add in my exercise so hopefully, that'll save me. What I should have done was logged my food BEFORE I ate dinner. Too little too late -- the story of my life. I have had 96oz of water so far, tho

Welcome Debbie (life after 40), congrats on the quitting smoking! I've found that when I journal my food, sometimes I'm really surprised at how many calories are in what I thought was a good food or how much sodium.

kackie - I ran the recipe thru my Mastercook. Each muffin has 58 calories (0 points if you're counting points on WW)

barbiecat - one of the things that I like about doing a DVD at home is the fact that I can exercise even in my underwear if I'm hot. I can take my pants off (I've done that) to do my yoga.

I went to the store today (after taking a cake that I'd made for this guy at the Y's birthday) (Mon). There were shorts that were on sale 70% off. Only the smallest size they had was an 8 <boo> At first I was going to get them, but the more I wore them in the fitting room, the more I was afraid that they'd fall down on me so I didn't get them. Guess I really need the petite sizes. I know for shirts (especially sleeveless ones) I definitely need a petite. They did have a nice shirt that would have matched. So far today (Mon) I've had 120oz and did 1 hr of a band DVD. I was so excited when it came that I HAD to do it. The one thing I do wish is that I had a mirror to see my form. So what I might do is write down the sequence of the exercises and then do it at the Y.

Mary - that's just wonderful! I'm so happy for you. To be obese and not morbedly obese, that is just wonderful!!!

Laura - The chocolate bran muffin, I'm assuming you're referring to: calories: 58, fat 2, sodium 3, potassium 133, carb 16, fiber 4, protein 4

Welcome Suzanita

Well, it's Mon night. I decided to have Progresso Light soup for dinner. I'm astounded at how much sodium is in it! that's probably going to be the last time I eat it! I'm sure I'll reflect a weight gain tomorrow on the Wii, but I also know that it's just the sodium.

About the saga of the Y Board -- we had a Board meeting today (Tues), I handed back the papers of the people that evidentally I was supposed to call to get a pledge from. I told the guy who is head of this Children's Fund campaign that I was never told that I was expected to call people asking for money, that fund raising isn't my strong point, fitness and nutrition are. Hey, I was the sec'y of a non-profit and I never got involved with the fundraising so I had no reason to believe that I would be expected to fund raise. Well, I get a note telling me that they need to discuss my continued involvement with this Board, that most non-profits have committees for fundraising. Well, I'm not willing to fundraise and if that's all I'm good for, maybe I should leave. Nothing has been done about any suggestion that I've made about fitness and nutrition, I've suggested things that don't even cost a cent, and they STILL haven't been acted upon. But I know me, and sometimes I can get emotional, which isn't always good, so I need to calm down, get my thoughts in line.

Barb - which chocolate factory do you work at? dh retired from Mars, Inc.

Surprisingly, according to the Wii, I didn't gain nor lose any weight. Well, we're going to friends house tomorrow, it's her birthday but she's having a St. Patrick's Day party. I'm going to take 2 loaves of Irish Soda Bread and some of these Spinach Bacon Tartlets with me. I've never made Soda Bread before. The recipe called for raisins, but dh asked me not to put them in so I didn't. Whenever I make something new, I put a little in a cup for me and bake that. Really, I should have put the raisins in, so I'm planning to take a tub of butter with me.

dd#1 just called. She works for Banfield, and a dog bit her ear. She has to have surgery tomorrow (Wed.) Wish she lived closer. Don't know what time the surgery is planned for.

I'm thinking that I'll do the deep water workout tomorrow. Did some spinning today. I went to the Y after the Board meeting, but really, I prefer to do my own workout. Anyway, after the deep water, I'll stop at this one store and get what they have on sale, drop things off at the Salvation Army and the food pantry, then go to CVS.

Welcome ANOTHER Barbara!

Mary - have fun camping!

Michele

I am new to the group but look forward to the accountability.

I will be 50 in about 4wks. So, I hope it's okay to join in.

My weight increased to a whopping 236 lbs, when it dawned on me that something had to give. Pounds...being the number one choice.

I've never been this heavy and could not figure out how I'd gotten here. I knew medications could have been a culprit...but then it also was pain that stopped me from exercising.

But I have been doing it the MFP way and trying to stay motivated. It has been a little depressing not to see significant weight loss with all of the increase in exercise (while I can exercise). Medical condition prohibits me sometimes for months at a time. But I am having a "good season" right now and would like to get down another 25lbs, at least, before any flare ups occur.

At any rate, looking forward to pressing on and encouraging others...as I know I will be encouraged.

Cynthia

I hate Daylight Savings Time. That is all...

Morning everyone,

This was in an e-mail my sister sent me. I thought it was good and wanted to share.

Busy morning, don't have time to read the posts right now but will be back this afternoon:


Thoughts Have Power

Keep your thoughts positive
because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive because your words become your actions.
Keep your actions positive because your actions become your habits.
Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive because they become your destiny.

Gandhi

Cindy

...I am ecstatic to report huge progress in the past week. I must have burned alot of calories trying to stay warm because my weight loss ticker has finally moved for the first time in months!!:laugh: Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Zaza

Congratulations! I know what a thrill it is to finally see the scale or tape move downward after hitting a plateau. :flowerforyou:

I went to the doctor yesterday for my annual poke and prod session. Bad news is he found something that needs burning off and the exam made me cramp most of last night. The good news is how pleased he was with my weight loss progress. He asked lots of questions about what I was and wasn't doing. But the most exciting news of all was that I bought a new denim skirt to replace my favorite one that has been falling off me and it was a SIZE 10! :happy: I still see rolls and bulges in places they don't belong, but this was my goal from last February so I'm feeling a major sense of accomplishment.

I plan to keep on keeping on and see just what size that turns out to be. I'm all done setting size goals. Now I just want to get toned, whatever size that turns out to be. BTW, Jillian Michaels from the Biggest Loser says not to waste time doing crunches until you lose all the weight you want to lose ~ or else you'll just build a wall of muscle on top of of your fat. :noway: News to me.... Maybe I'll hold off on these stability ball workouts and bump up the cardio until I get the rest of these rolls gone.

Wanted to drop by and thank you for the encouraging words and giving me pointers....

:flowerforyou: It has been interesting to find that since we've been eating 3 veggies and 3 fruits a day and drinking our water, we don't want to drink anything with our meals. That has never been the case with any of us. The scale finally moved for me, 3.5 pounds this past week. (:blushing: the down side is that I never entered the 6 pounds that I had gained, so my ticker doesn't reflect a loss...:blushing: ) Oh well...life goes on! Have a good afternoon!!:flowerforyou:

:flowerforyou: Well ...Good evening everyone!! I'm not really checking in ...haven't a clue what the scales will say! Still in UK and we're off to the sun tomorrow .Up at 3.30am - :laugh: not much new there then!!
I haven't been eating tooooo badly so far but the wine has flowed a bit more than usual!! :glasses:
I've read all the posts ...to keep abreast with things so far.
:flowerforyou: welcome Newbies ... well done oldies on all the weightloss ....Barb#2 ....:laugh: .loved the joke!!
So for now....it'll be cheerio until we're back in the UK
I think I'll miss you all ....:sad: No II know I'll miss you!!
BFN
Jackie