WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2012

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  • What I have found out is......the people that don't exercise, and don't want you to succeed, are usually the ones that seem to sabotage you and make negative comments. When that happens you need to come here and get motivated. I'm new to this also, but it always makes me feel better when I read some of the posts. More than anything....lose weight for yourself, you'll look better, feel better and you can be proud of what you have accomplished. Keep it up. Britgal50
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,208 Member
    :flowerforyou: I slept late again today. This is a good day for it because we’re doing an Isagenix cleanse day and the later I sleep, the shorter the day is. It’s also good to sleep late on a day when I don’t have to be somewhere early in the morning. I was able to walk the dogs for two hours with no rain and a minimum of distraction from deer, other dogs, people, and cars. Now I’ve got laundry going, a football game on TV (our team is losing), and several other easy chores on the list to fill the day.

    :flowerforyou: Eileen, I like your goals especially the one about keeping out of the Christmas goodies---that’s hard if you have them in the house.

    Michele, yoga somehow got lost a few months ago and I haven’t gotten back to doing it….Jake has had a variety of injuries that :flowerforyou: made yoga hard for him so he doesn’t want to do it and that means that the motivation is totally on me

    :flowerforyou: DeeDee, do not be discouraged……I see that your food diary is open so if you want any suggestions from the women on this thread, just ask, and you may get some good ideas

    :flowerforyou: LinCharpentie, if you set your food diary to open, I’m sure you will get some good suggestions about possible changes to your food plan.

    :flowerforyou: Vicki, I am always glad to see a post from you…..you have a much busier life than I do and I think you do a remarkable job is juggling all your obligations……how blessed you are to be able to go on a family trip for Christmas and to have the space and energy to host your MIL

    :flowerforyou: Carolyn, I look forward to the story about Jazzercise

    :flowerforyou: Letty, my “aha moment” came at 183 pounds and I was so grateful that it wasn’t any higher than that when I started this journey.

    :flowerforyou: M, thank you for your well said post about not making the holidays about food

    :flowerforyou: Katla, your new clothes sound awesome

    :flowerforyou: DogMom, I did the same thing you did
    letting myself have some days where I let up on my careful eating and before long I was overindulging in too many things….I’m glad we’re both going to be on track again

    :flowerforyou: Robin, I love hearing about you and Bodi and Ritter…I’m reading a book now about a woman who has three labs and it reminds me of you and your sweet dogs.

    :flowerforyou: Meg, I have my happiness commandments on my refrigerator but not my goals and I hadn’t even thought about having them on the computer desktop

    :flowerforyou: Chrispatk, the longest journey starts with a single step….you are on your way.

    :flowerforyou: Housegirl, I’m glad you joined us…..you will find a lot of support and encouragement here

    :flowerforyou: BJ, I love your goals and the lovely narratives that go with them.

    AlisalGal, what kind of dogs do you have? My frisky Standard Poodles provide me with a lot of exercise.

    :flowerforyou: Rebel, I do most of the grocery shopping but when Jake shops some very interesting things come home with him. :laugh:

    :flowerforyou: Jmkmomm, what a great report about avoiding the food at the nursing home open house……paying attention to the people rather than the food is so much more satisfying in the long run

    :flowerforyou: Hope, your annual goals and record keeping are admirable……my pedometer data can be downloaded to the computer so I have a record of my steps for almost three years.

    :flowerforyou: Britgal, I love the support of the women on this thread……I have so many people in my face-to-face life who make very strange comments to me like “you’re wasting away” and “how can you enjoy the party without eating all the goodies”…….I come here for sanity.

    :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Yippee, my team won the football game in sudden death overtime

    :heart: Barbie from NW Washington

    It’s not what you eat between Thanksgiving and New Years that will get you as much as what you eat between New Years and Thanksgiving.
  • Gardengail
    Gardengail Posts: 596 Member
    Apparently I never made or posted any November goals, which reflects the way the month unfolded! The yard project provided for exercise, yet it was difficult to track shoveling rocks, hauling the blocks in wheelbarrows, etc.

    For December: Exercise - 20 cardio sessions, 12 weight sessions; and Life - keep a better work / exercise / home balance and continue to log and start posting more again. Posting / interacting more keeps me focused.

    It is too easy to get sucked into working unnecessarily long hours. Very difficult for me to shut it down at the end of the day -- I can do just this one more thing, etc.

    After church today I watered the new plants (once a week until it is colder and they are really dormant). December 2nd and it was 70 degrees outside, so they really still need water. Then I worked on clearing some of the clutter from seemingly every flat surface in the house, cleaned the kitchen and went to the Y. (1 45-minute cardio session and 1 weight session done! [20,870 pounds])

    Been feeling a little off for a couple of days, and realized I have not been so good on drinking water so am getting that back on track. Hopefully that is the reason.

    Well, I've got a load of wash going and need to get back to other chores. Have a wonderful evening and I will check in tomorrow before work. (That's in self-defense to keep up with the posts, too!)

    Gail

    PS - We have some family friends that really look forward to cookies from our kitchen every year, something I am not in the mood to do. I'm considering supporting my former church's Cookie Walk and presenting those, instead of having them in the house. Good idea or tacky?
    Thx,
    Gail
  • djhobs
    djhobs Posts: 200 Member



    Hi Jen. I copied a friend who inspired me, and it has worked to push me to exercise for years -- even pre MFP. I set a monthly goal and an annual goal, and enter everything - time and distance - in a database (used to use excel, now google drive) that shows me how far I've gone and how far I have to go --or how far I'm over -- for every category. If I add a new category, like the exercise bike I bought this spring, I prorate it for the year. And the things I used to do -- mostly floor work stuff like crunches and pushups, but also weights -- I leave on for inspiration and a slight bit of guilt.

    Hope
    this is great...thank you...I have used 2 white board calendars to keep track on a monthly basis but I like the cumulative idea..not sure yet what the annual goal will be.

    I find I am better with fitness goals than with food goals but am hoping fitness goal success will help with the food changes...a case of I know what I SHOULD be doing, however follow through is a little lax! Baby steps and finding what works individually is key.

    This thread is so great for idea sharing...one never knows what you will pick up.

    Update on closet purge...2 bags of garbage, 4 bags of stuff for the used clothing boxes..did I say I also bought some new tops...inspiration for the new office...apparently they have a dress code...we were the VERY casual side of business casual!
    :heart:
    Jen
  • janemartin02
    janemartin02 Posts: 2,653 Member
    Happy sun~!
    Worked out at the gym yesterday and did my walk today.
    Did better at night,no over eating last night.
    Keep up the good work,love the posts.
    HUGS:heart:
    jane
  • mch1956
    mch1956 Posts: 62 Member
    Hello all - 60 degrees today here is SE Wisconsin! Pretty exciting for December 2. I took the opportunity for a good, long bike,ride, 75 minutes. I am going to use this to set a new type of goal for myself for December. My goal is to ride 100 miles on my bike and recumbant bike. Seems like a huge number to me but I'll never know if I can do it if i don't try.
    Welcome to all the new ones. Keep coming back!
    MaryC
  • suebdew
    suebdew Posts: 1,298 Member
    Well it was 82 in Texas today! I went for a 45 minute walk and broke out in a sweat. It's good to sweat, right? Beautiful day, the beginning of advent season. Christmas is coming and so are the parties. I agree with the post that stated her taste buds have changed so much that really salty or sweet things don't appeal to me now. Hope that continues.
    Everyone has posted great goals so now that we've written them down we have to do them!!:noway:
    Be back tomorrow to see what's happening.
  • bjmcq
    bjmcq Posts: 305 Member
    Wow, I love the idea of an overall milage goal for the month.. I will calculate something for Dec! :flowerforyou:

    ..and yeah for all the frisky standard poodles! Mine can't wait until I get faster and jog or run with him! He is a non-stop pooch once he gets going, he just needs a friskier owner! :laugh:
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,532 Member
    14again - I like the reasoning behind your name. You WILL be a 14 again. It may take a while, but all good things are worth waiting for

    Does anyone on here have IBS? What kinds of foods do you eat? Jessica just started dating a guy who has IBS, and I know nothing about it, what he should avoid, what he should have more of, what's good for him, what's bad. What's worked for anyone on here with IBS?

    Oh, another question. I know there is someone on here (and I'm sorry to say I don't remember who) who does a lot of cooking and catering. Do you make desserts? I made a bundt cake and I'm trying to get the icing where it'll just flow down the sides of a bundt cake (like you see in pics) but I can't seem to get the right consistency. Anyway, I made a cake to take to Mexican Train this Tues since it's Vince's birthday Fri and Mon is the birthday of one of the gals who runs it. Anyway, the icing poured a lot down the middle of the cake so I tried to transfer it to another dish. I have this wide thing that you put under a cake, but the cake still broke. How do you manage to move it to another plate without breaking the cake?

    katla - I know that whenever I have something high in fats (like french fries or a hamburger), I feel very "yuk", so I totally understand about the quality of foods. A problem I find is that so many people like the high fat foods and will offer only that to you. If you're hungry, it's a problem. When we go away, I usually bring snacks for me to eat. Vince laughs when we go into a fast food restaurant. He always wants to sit in the back of the restaurant so the people there won't see my "contraband".....lol Lots of hotels have a microwave and I bring bags of the microwave popcorn with me, that's just one of the things that I bring with me. Big congrats on those pants.

    angelsoars - there are good things about menopause, and bad things. The weight gain is one of the bad things. It can come off, it just takes a while longer, that's all. Keep coming here and you'll get more motivation then you know what to do with.
    Lin - do you use the Wii daily? I usually do and so many is the time when the Wii will show a gain but when I go to log my "official" weight for the week, it'll be a loss. Don't ask me to explain that because I certainly can't.

    Vickie - have a wonderful holiday with the mouse. Are you going to do the breakfast? My kids always loved that part.

    I can't believe that it's almost 3 years on MFP for me!

    M - good for you taking a break from P90X but continuing to exercise, just on your schedule. I know how that goes, there've been so many times when I've changed things around to fit exercise into my schedule. Are you going to go to Longwood? Where do you go skiing?

    Welcome everyone who recently joined. You've come to a great place.

    katla - way to go on the NSV's. To me, they mean so very much.

    housegirl and Carolina - yes, you got it, housegirl, you just post and this thread will show up under your "my topics". Click on the this topic and you're here!

    Well, Jess was going to leave early so I didn't go to church so that I was here for her. She usually doesn't leave this early but she has a "date" so she wanted to get back early. Then I made a pumpkin beer bread. don't know how it came out, I don't care for beer and Vince won't eat anything with pumpkin in it...but I know **** (at senior bowling) likes his beer so I'll give him some and the rest I'll give to another guy at senior bowl who is ****'s neighbor. Then I made a fudge cake for Vince's birthday, made some spinach crab dip to take to Mexican train. I was thinking I would like to take veggies, but now I'm wondering if I shouldn't have some sort of cracker with that dip. What do you think? Maybe I'll do both, veggies and some sort of cracker. Then I made oven "fried" chicken for dinner this week. I usually log my dinners early in the week since I have a pretty good idea of what I'm going to have

    Did an hour of training games on the Wii today. Tomorrow I'll do some yoga and then take the extremepump class.

    jmkmomm - that's the way to do it! I'm proud of you

    Gail - what does 20,870 pounds mean? How did you arrive at that number? Do the people on the Cookie Walk usually bring homemade cookies or store bought? If the majority of the cookies are store bought, I'd say it was on the tacky side, but if they're homemade, I say go for it. Your family friends are probably looking for homemade things.

    Jen - sounds like a great closet purge!

    Well, need to run, take a shower, and get ready for tomorrow. Hope everyone has a great evening.

    Michele
  • Sounds like everyone is getting ready for the holidays.

    DeeDee your decorations must be beautiful!

    Here are my December goals:

    1. Drink more water.
    2. Try to lose 5 lbs. (this will be tough-there are so many
    parties during work and massive amounts of food)
    3. Continue going to the gym.
    4. Try and put my picture on MFP (I'm not very computer literate)
    5. Relax and enjoy my family and friends.

    Have a great Monday everyone!

    Colleen
  • walker54
    walker54 Posts: 64 Member
    December goals:
    --Exercise 3x/week
    --Drink more water
    --Stick to my food plan
    --Allow myself up to 3 unplanned treats/week (100 cal. max for each) and offset each with extra exercise
    --Sing Christmas carols in the car -- it makes me feel happy. :happy:
  • junekaatz
    junekaatz Posts: 119 Member
    Good evening!

    Did I hear it is warm somewhere??

    Linda Sundance – whenever the heat of the sun is getting you down, come for a visit with me in your mind. It’s a short hop on the #428 bus and get off up at the corner. It’s a brisk five minute walk which can be quite pleasant even at 20 below but if the wind is blowing make sure you have your scarf up around your face. We can dust the snow off the garden bench in the back yard and be quite warm in our toques, gloves, winter coats and boots. We`ll have hot cocoa as we sit and watch the flocks of bohemian waxwings in a feeding frenzy on the rowand trees. If we are lucky a snowshoe hare might dart past us down by the garage. Our breath will cause little word clouds in the air and our noses will be the first feel the bite of cold.

    If you really want to cool off come visit in January when it is so cold the air freezes! That is, all the moisture in the air freezes and in the moonlight, the sky is filled with dazzling sparkles. It’s so cold your face feels like its burning, your nose begins to run from the hot wine and that freezes making it feel like you have ants up your nose. We`ll sit on the same garden bench but this time we will be wrapped in heavy winter sleeping bags and down hats and mitts and we`ll have mulled wine to warm our bones. If we are lucky, the sky will give us a brilliant display of northern lights, ribbons of green, purple and pink will dance across the sky.

    It’s a great night for a party for you will never run out of ice for a drink (10 minutes outside and your ice-cube tray is done!)



    There have I cooled you off a little?? Now, so I can warm up, let me visit you in my mind.

    Kate
  • jo3y20
    jo3y20 Posts: 89 Member
    bump for later
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    How do i join this group....?

    Post regularly. I am so glad I stumbled into this group, and I hope you will be, too. At first I was annoyed with the word "bump" but I discovered that you need to post fairly regularly or MFP doesn't continue to show you the thread.
  • :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: LinC and Barbiecat--I am glad that I am not alone. We'll do better this month!
  • How do i join this group....?

    Post regularly. I am so glad I stumbled into this group, and I hope you will be, too. At first I was annoyed with the word "bump" but I discovered that you need to post fairly regularly or MFP doesn't continue to show you the thread.

    Oh!! So that what the "bump" is for! No wonder I could not find the thread at times.
  • DeeDee2211
    DeeDee2211 Posts: 1,133 Member
    Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

    Wow 5 pages and only the 3rd of Dec. Chatty group we are!!! I don`t have time to reply to everyone this morning:sad: ! Hopefully I`ll be able to get back later today!

    Kate:smile: I`m going to visit you in my mind too, it sounds just absolutely beautiful, however since I don`t like the cold, I`ll imagine myself all toasty warm dressed in down and instead of looking puffy in fluffy down, I will look slim and trim in that fluffiness:laugh: !

    Welcome to all the newbies:flowerforyou: Come in often and chat away! The women here are absolutely fabulous!

    I still haven`t decided on my goals for Dec.:grumble: , I`m trying to decide if I want to increase my calories to my BMR and eat back some of the exercise calories, I have a hard time wrapping my head around eating so much food...I did eat back some of my exercise calories last night and I was down 1.5 this morning...something to ponder on. I`d like to see a decrease in weight this month instead of a increase like last month. Stay tuned....

    Hope everyone has a fabulous Monday!!! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!!

    Hugs,
    DeeDee
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,718 Member
    Yes - have lost 28lbs now. Am using gym machines 6 days a week and yoga in a group on the 7th. Eating back all of my calories and thoroughly enjoying them!!!! (400 on gym days) I am 63 and feel much younger now.
    Looking forward to buying some jeans soon - haven't worn them for years. Am now able to wear a light bra without feeling as if the life is being squeezed out of me and have bought some tights to wear with dresses. Previously had to slope around in baggy trousers as too uncomfortable in anything else.
    Want to lose a lb a week up to Christmas and then hope to maintain, but wont beat myself up if I gain a pound.
    We are going on holiday in Feb and I hope to be the same weight as I was when I first met my husband 10 years ago - 161 lbs. Might just make it. I will then reassess and see how much more I want to lose. Another 14lbs???
  • DMOMofTHREE
    DMOMofTHREE Posts: 55 Member
    Good Morning!

    It's a new month and time for me to kick this into gear again!

    Catching up on everyone's posts, but only on page 3, will finish reading later, need to post now before I get sidetracked.

    No time to look up November goals, but I think I did OK. I did lose 3.2 lbs last month, happy with that.

    I have been at the same weight for the past 2 weeks, now I know why. Had a visit from a friend I hadn't seen in 5 months, lol.
    That would explain the scale being stuck, my moodiness, irritability and back aches.

    December goals:
    Lose 5.4 lbs (want to be under 160 by the new year)
    drink 10 glasses of water a day
    log my food everyday
    post here every morning
    respond to friends on the news feed every night, I need to encourage them as they are there for me

    need to go pack my lunch for work and get ready,

    Have a great day,

    Lynn
  • LinCharpentier
    LinCharpentier Posts: 1,122 Member
    Wow So many newbies welcome all. But no way can I respond to all. I did try on three occasions yesterday think I got them all. Well got on wii when I got up and it gave me another gain. I got mighty upset. But had in my head I can't give up. So just went and got on again after a coffee and it gave what I was yesterday i'm fine with that.

    Guess the body has to have time to adjust to lower calories kind of Hey what you doing to me. I think maybe i'm a little low on calories but feel good with that. So going to stick to that for awhile. It will have to go down. Eventually.

    Today I will make it good. Going to city so lots of mall walking. I need to get downstairs and fix all my exercise equipment they all need batteries then I can track how much I do on them. Right now I don't even go down to my sewing. Got to get in gear.

    So to all you wonderful ladies I wish you all a great day. I've read all posts and only positives in here which is great.

    Throw them lbs out to the wind.
  • Over 50 and overweight, but not for long. Can't change my age though.
  • linder4866
    linder4866 Posts: 11,426 Member
    Good morning ladies – so great to read all of your posts. This is a great place to spend some time! There’s no other place to find ladies who understand the struggles, who will offer advice and support, and who are so interesting!! Thanks to all.

    I’m making my list of things I need to do today. Then tomorrow is likely a one-day trip to look after my dad’s house, then to the nursing home to straighten his closet, find out what might be missing now and take his watch to the store to get the band shortened. So I’d better keep ON TRACK.:noway:

    The scale gave me an extra treat this morning for which I am quite grateful. Down 3 lbs. this week. I’ll take it. I hope this does not sound like boasting to anyone here. I know when things aren’t moving along as you’d hoped it can be somewhat depressing to read of other people’s successes. I am pulling and hoping for everyone here to be successful on their path. What each of us accomplishes does not diminish anyone else. :heart:

    All my best to each of you. :flowerforyou:

    Lin

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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,532 Member
    Kate - "little word clouds in the air", don't ask me to explain it, but the first thing I thought of was how the comics have the words in little balloons. Thanks, but I think I'll pass on visiting in January.

    katla - I don't think you need to post regularly for MFP to show you the thread. I joined this one group, only posted once a month or so back, haven't been back since, but it still shows up in my topics. I think the word "bump" is used just so that the thread will appear under "my topics".

    4Dogmama - the thread might have been locked out or perhaps it was the end of the month, a new thread had started and you didn't post to the new thread so that's why it never showed up under you "my topics"

    DeeDee - I have a hard time eating back my exercise calories. I have to be careful that those calories are foods that are nutritious, not junk just to get my calories up. I know that I can easily fall into that trap. Supposed to be nice today -- in the 70's

    cityjane - wow! Big congrats!

    Lin - that's awesome, down three 3lbs. Wish I could say the same. Was down yesterday, up today. Oh well, it'll all even out in the end. Sure doesn't sound like boasting to me. Sounds encouraging, if anything. To know that there are days when the scale is up, then there are days when it is down.

    Well, off to start the day.

    Michele
  • I'm glad to find out what "bump" means, too. I should have done it yesterday. Sundays are always a total loss for me because that's the day that my husband likes to eat out, and his favorite place is the all-you-can-eat buffet. Since I have no willpower, I always go and stuff myself, all the while telling myself "You shouldn't be eating that!" So I only weigh myself once a week on Saturday. It takes a whole week to recuperate from Sunday. Also, there is a consignment store right next to the buffet and I picked up three more pairs of fat pants, so now that I have some pants that are comfortable, I am even less likely to be motivated. Shame on me! Oh well, baby steps, baby steps. My goals for December are to get into good habits of tracking every bite of food that I eat and trying to get into a regular exercise routine so that I am in a good place to really get serious on January 1st.
  • Gardengail
    Gardengail Posts: 596 Member
    Good morning! -2 pounds on the scale this morning... must have been the lack of water recently.

    The 20,870 pounds at the gym yesterday was calculated by the machines at the Y. You log in to each machiine as you go around the circuit and when you logout at the end it tells you the number of pounds. You can also get Fitlinxx reports from the website to track your progress.

    The Cookie Walk items are homemade - think I'll go for that rather than make items at home. I will probably have to make the Thin Mint cookies, but I can make/pack those right up.

    Off to work - have a good day,
    Gail
  • bjmcq
    bjmcq Posts: 305 Member
    Good Monday Morning December dolls,
    Loved reading all the goals set for this month, realizing that this is the last month of the year....it seems so appropriate to set goals in life and health per month. Am 1 pound from my first key goal; The goals are not he standard numbers, but the weight numbers that I remember at important times in my life! Makes the scale more interesting!

    Hope you all have a great day; sunny here in SWO and should be warmish too. Will be walking today.
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,029 Member
    Lurking post to mark my spot. All's well with the labs. Ritter is starting to fill out now that he is one year old. He was so skinny I was a little worried. He is a bouncer. He jumps so high. He actually reaches above the Slider door when he starts jumping to let us know he wants in. He is still a major cuddle bug which is fine now because it is cold but when it gets warmer it can be a problem. I am hoping that when I get home after work today I will get on the dreadmill. It really seems to help but it is so hard to get myself to do it anymore. I can't believe I used to spend 4 hours a day on it.

    Take care ladies.

    Robin Bodi and Ritter.
  • mwheatcraft54
    mwheatcraft54 Posts: 235 Member
    Good morning, Ladies! I hope everyone was able to enjoy the weekend – it sounds like it was a busy one. DH and I got our lights up on Saturday, I got the front of the house weeded and pruned, we went for a walk and then had a nice dinner. Yesterday was a complete loss – slept a little late, then went shopping, had a terrible brunch (calorie-wise), decided I’d overindulged too much in calories so didn’t eat but went for a walk and then did some painting, wound up not eating dinner and slept horribly. Now today I’m feeling shaky. I did my workout this morning and even pushed pretty hard. I’m having a protein shake and promising to get right back on the band-wagon. I’m not going near the scale until all the salt from yesterday is washed out.

    I’m taking today off to finish getting my house in order. The guys who replaced our French doors had to come back and replace one of the panels on Saturday (short story: right after the hurricane they were doing the installation and a rogue gust of wind grabbed one of the panels and blew it over, breaking a panel of glass), so now they’re finished and I have to paint them. DH and I were both sad to cover the wood in paint, but all of the trim in the house is painted, so it wouldn’t make sense to have varnished doors and all the rest white. I have to finish some shopping and do some decorating, then I have bunko tonight. Guess it’s going to be this way all month.

    Welcome to all the new ladies – feel free to chime in whenever you want!

    Michele, yes to Longwood, and we’re going to Tahoe to go skiing for Christmas. I also want to go into Philly to see the Christmas bazaar, but we’ll have to see how the time works out. All of our weekends are already spoken for for the month :sad:.

    Someone was asking about GMO: I don’t know what answers you got, but on produce you can identify GMO mainly by a five-digit code beginning with 8. Organic foods are a five-digit food beginning with 9. It’s not 100%, nor are GMO items required to be labeled as such so it’s very hit and miss. However, organic items are from companies and farms that meet specific standards so that’s a little more complete; you can still get items that are organic but haven’t gone through the certification process, usually at farmers’ markets and such although you’ll probably want to get to know the grower first to make sure they’re honest. Almost 100% of soy and most corn products are GMO unless they’re specifically marked organic. If you have further questions, there are a few good documentaries on food that can help – but be prepared, you’ll not want to eat anything commercial again after watching them lol. I’m not trying to push organic, but the only way you can be certain a food is non-GMO is if it’s organic.

    I love the goals – especially singing Christmas carols in the car! That reminds me, I need to add my carols back on my ipods.

    Kate, someone on FB posted a “welcome to Canada” meme yesterday that was pretty funny – I’m guessing winter is hitting with a vengeance this year, eh? I love your description of your winter, regardless if it was meant tongue in cheek :laugh:.

    DeeDee, I agree it’s confusing. I’ve been reading about intermittent fasting (where you go about 16 hours/day without eating, then have an eight-hour eating window, same amount of calories) – I think I naturally eat that way so may try it, but honestly as to how much? I don’t know if I’ll ever know. I feel like less is more, but clearly I need to eat more sometimes. I hope I can hear what my body is telling me.

    CityJane, you sound like you’re about at the same place a number of us (including me) are. Congratulations on the loss so far, and good luck on getting down further.

    Lynn, rats on the visit from that “friend” :laugh:. Now the counting starts over again :frown:. You’re doing great though, and you’re going to get that little extra hormonal drop once your friend leaves!

    LinC, it sounds like you need to ignore the Wii weight and just do the exercises. Good luck!

    Lin, congratulations on the loss! You’re not boasting – we’re all celebrating your successes with you, so please let us!

    14again, you might need to read up a little on how to live with someone who is less supportive of your weight loss journey. I hope you find your ability to do what you need to do for yourself regardless of what others are doing. Good luck!

    Gail, congratulations on the weight loss! Have fun at the cookie walk.

    Robin, your picture is so pretty! Have fun with the "dreadmill" lol :laugh:.

    Well, off to take advantage of the day. I’m going to try to get the trim all painted today in addition to the decorating and shopping – so I may be exhausted again tomorrow! Isn’t it crazy what we do with our days “off”?

    Cheers,

    M.
  • DebMc150
    DebMc150 Posts: 5 Member
    December Goals!

    Get reorganized
    Make it to the Gym that made it to my calendar
    Do a little treadmill in my basement daily
    Invision Success!
  • Laura80111
    Laura80111 Posts: 958 Member
    :flowerforyou: Well it's Monday...I so dislike Mondays.

    Boy kick me in the pants I just got so busy this weekend and now there are 5 pages....not sure if I will ever catch up.

    December goals,

    20 days of exercise (it's such a busy month I'm hoping I can do this)
    Maintain, Maintain, Maintain
    Drop 1 or 1/2 lb in my extra loss for the holidays (not necessary but would be nice)
    Get on the computer at least one day each weekend...cause I just get so busy and don't take the time:blushing:

    I met all my November goals:bigsmile:
    Completed 30 day Shred
    Continued to Maintain
    Got in over 25 days of exercise

    Hoping everyone is doing well and finding time to log your food, move your body and drink your water:drinker:

    Laura80111:smile:

    Maybe by tomorrow I will have caught up on everyone's posts...now there is a goal for the short term