WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2012

Wow! This thread is a busy one! It's nice to e-meet you all, and see that we are all busy women!
Such a good diversity of activity. Almost makes my head swim.
I'm lucky to be in San Diego, where it's nearly always nice enough to be outside (although I have to confess, even
I have gotten soft and wear sweaters and am cold when it's below 65!)... !!! Wimpy, yes - I moved here from Colorado
many years ago.
I had to make brownies for my son's school's music program tonight and managed to only eat what stuck
to the knife as I cut them up (oh boy are they sticky - anybody do the Gheridelli Costco mix?). Normally those are
dangerous territory for me so I'm glad to report I was relatively good for once.
Just walking into Trader Joe's these days is dangerous for me - they have too many things now that are only offered at Christmas time (e.g., the chocolate covered carmels with sea salt). But I'm learning that if it's rich enough I can almost convince myself that a taste - and only a taste - is OK.
I laughed out loud at the "driver's license weight". !! :laugh: I haven't thought about that in a long time!
I'm so glad to find you guys, it's neat to see what everybody's up to.
Judy

Happy hump day!!
Went to my senior knitting group.had some laughs and finished 2 fleece blankets for 2 seniors.Have a project to do a trim around 2 fleece blankets.
Got out for a walk,brisk weather,but felt good.
Hope you are all doing good.Hard to post and everyone.
HUGS
jane

Meg - my sympathies -I have 3 daughters of my own a year apart & I understand your frustration
I think we became friends again when they reached their 20's - hang in there

barbie - love the comment about drinking water

Jolenec - hope all your test reports are good

Geri - Congrats on new grandchild-they are such a joy

Judy & tobeslim - Welcome

My grandson's Christmas show is tonight so I have to go...Have a great day tomorrow!

Colleen

Just checking in quickly before heading off to bed. I must have a mild version of the flu that is going around. My head is congested and I am VERY tired. Have been feeling like this for about a week, but it hasn't developed into anything more serious. Must be the healthy lifestyle!

Laura- What a beautiful post this morning! I'm sure your mom is watching over you and is very proud of what you have accomplished. Everyone's conversations about missing their moms reminds how important it is to not let my job consume all of my time. I still have my mom and stepdad- only 30 minutes from me. I try to get to spend some time with them on Saturdays, but lately have been so busy with work that I haven't gotten there. I will this weekend.

Everyone dealing with teens and young adults- Sending you hugs and "peace". They can be very challenging.

Hoping to get ahead a little for work this weekend as well as get our tree and decorate the house. I also would like to do my shopping- haven't done any yet. I don't think I will bake anything this year. DH and I don't care about it, but my daughter and
mom may.

I hope everyone has a great evening. I get so much encouragement from reading all of your posts. Maybe someday I will be able to slow down enough to respond to all of you. In the mean time- thanks for being here!

Deb A

I was hoping to get on the thread earlier tonight but alas it didn't happen. Spent the day at an all day bridge party that included lunch. Must pat myself on the back because I did very well with the luncheon and brought my Red Velvet Cake home to DH. I took one taste and it was tooooo sweet.
Geri - Grandchildren are the best. Congratulations and hope you get to hold him soon. He will steal your heart the moment you see him.
LinC - Got a big laugh about poking you and turning to let the fat drip out. MMMMM. Wonder if that will be a new "diet craze".
Polly - I agree you shouldn't deprive yourself or it will lead to craving something. Everything in moderation. The key is not too many "slivers" LOL
Michele - Wow, you are an active person. It was like sports channel with yoga, bowling, Mexican Train, etc. Aren't you just so thankful that you're able to be active. You are so right about the pot luck dinners. Veggie tray sounds good to me. Hope DH's toe gets better. My DD was having trouble with middle toe and was told it degenerative. No good news.
DeeDee - me too. Dr's tomorrow for physical. Have throid issues also. I'll try to hold my breath but it's usually a long wait in there.
TX Gal - I love that song and have been humming it ever since I read your post. Thanks for a beautiful start to the day and for me an end of the day.
Laura - ditto all the posts re your Mom. She loved you enough to care and would be so proud of you. My Mom has been gone a long time and I still miss her terribly. We lived a long ways away most of the time (we were in AF for 24 years) so I didn't get to see her very much.
Spent a couple of hours peeling our some of my 75 lbs of cracked pecans. Didn't make much progress but at least it's a start.
Have a great evening and I'll bbt.

I am 59 so fit in. My goal for December is to at least maintain. I gained 4 lbs over thanksgiving week and have 3 1/2 back off. Not stressing though as I am below my 2nd weight loss goal and a very healthy weight. I am trying to find a balance between the right amount of calories in and exercise to maintain.
2nd goal is to stay off diet cokes.

Just want to check in. I've had two very busy days, and haven't logged every bite, but i didn't go too far off the rails. I didn't have time to exercise either day, though, and I really miss that. I have been going for long hikes in the woods at our local arboretum since our weather had been so temperate (55 degrees in December in Minnesota is really remarkable!) But the temps dropped back down, and I didn't have time, and tomorrow is another day. I will have to start working out indoors pretty soon. I went to my first holiday party tonight and I brought veggies. Everybody in my book club must be dieting too, though, because 3 out of 9 people brought veggies! Only one person brought cookies. I had two :ohwell:

Pat

I know that if I don't check in, there'll be so much for me to catch up on.

Today was one of those days, went to yoga then deep water. Did a little food shopping, came home to give Loki his med, went to senior bowling, had to go to Aldi (will explain later), came home to make Vince and my dinners, Newcomers bowling, now home.

For one thing, at senior bowling I learned that the guy on our team passed away Sun. in church. Remember, he was the one who had Parkinson's and Altzheimers? Well, the viewing is Friday with a mass afterwards. I've never been to a funeral down here, but we always had a repast after the funeral for all in attendance. So I have no idea how long that'll take. Anyway, I was going to go to crochet but instead I called to say that I can't be there, I'd told the gal who runs the mahjongg that I'd be at the lunch on Fri so she's expecting my set in case it's needed. So....I'm going to give it to another gal who is going to go so I need to take it to her tomorrow. Then we have a lunch with the Newcomers.

And get this -- Vince's toe has been hurting him, last night he was thinking that maybe he had a broken toe so he went to the MD today. Tuns out he doesn't have a broken toe -- he has gout! I don't give him a lot of red meat. So that's why I had to go to Aldi, he's not supposed to have any meat for the next few days so I had to buy spaghetti and I got some pizzas. He's also supposed to stay off his feet for the next few days, so that means that I'm doing a lot more. Well, it'll all work out in the end.

So...I probably won't go to that mahjongg lunch, but today they also said that in 2 weeks we're going to have a bowling lunch. It's pot luck, so I put down that I'd bring shrimp. It looks like there were so many desserts! For laughs, I should probably bring a dish of carrots since I usually have a bag of carrots with me....lol Anyone have any different ideas on how you can serve them? Something funny, I'd make chocolate covered carrots but I don't think that'd go over too well and I wouldn't want the leftovers.

Bryan called right after I'd given Loki his med and before I needed to leave for bowling. I was rushing around to make my tea, etc. He's supposed to call again on Friday at around 9-9:30 our time

Tomorrow I'll do a Jari Love DVD (weights)

Geri - congrats! What wonderful news!

DeeDee - Vince said that when he went to the MD office today, they were giving out masks and quite a few people were wearing them.

tobeslim - we'd love having you! Just jump right in

Laura - you moved me so much

Meg - stuffed cabbage we always called "pigs in the blanket". It wasn't until Vince told me that to him pigs in the blanket was little hot dogs in crescent rolls. Guess that's the way it is down here.

jolene - I'm sure you made the right decision about the job. Wishing you the best for the results of your tests

Deb - sure hope you feel better fast!

Welcome to everyone who is new. I know you'll love it here, this is really the only place I go to on MFP. So very heartwarming.

Our newspaper gets delivered early in the morning, but I STILL haven't had a chance to read it!

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Wish I could respond to more, but a bit rushed tonight.

Michele

Good evening!:happy:

I made it to the gym yesterday! I almost talked myself out of it. I had to leave work to go pick up some meds for my dogs and I almost went straight home. It was pouring rain and I tried to convince myself that it was to wet out to walk three (little) blocks from my car to the Rec Center. I had my bag in the car with workout clothes and shoes so this convinced me that I had to go workout. I rode the recumbent bike for one hour. At first I felt uncomfortable because there were a bunch of youngsters around, but then I started listening to the music on my iPhone and feeling pretty good about doing some cardio. After I finished exercising I was so hungry that I stopped at Qdoba and ate a lot. I had a naked burrito bowl, chips and queso. I didn't finish the chips and queso which was pretty good for me. As much as I hate to throw away food, I threw the leftover chips and queso away. After that, I went to Whole Foods to buy some veggies and steel cut oats. I bought a couple of brownies. I logged everything I ate and was 435 calories over. I did some damage, but not too bad. I thought about what caused me to eat so much. Honestly, I was very hungry. I drank my eight glasses of water yesterday which was great. I slept so well.

I figured out that my problem is that I am not eating enough filling foods during the day. I had been eating Amy's frozen dinners or Evol burritos, but that is not enough food. These entrees have a lot of calories, but they are not that filling. After a few hours, I am hungry and by the end of the day, I don't have enough calories left over to eat something so that I fell satisfied. Today, I made sure that I ate something every two hours and was conscious about eating food that was filling and low calorie. I feel pretty good because I am out of the funk I have been experiencing for the past five days. It's been cloudy and rainy around here so that was contributing to me feeling lousy. I have my yoga class tomorrow and I am going to the gym to ride a bike.

I'll keep it short, 'cause I need to get to bed.

Goals for December - run 90 miles and keep my weight in check so I don't have to start logging again. I've only run 18.5 so far, so I have a long way to go!

I'm leaving for Kansas in two days to watch my grandchildren for 10 days. I signed all three of us up for a 5K while I'm there. My granddaughter and I plan to do a lot of Christmas baking, so keeping my weight in check will be a challenge.

Carla

Hello Ladies,

Took time to catchup on.posts. The work week has started without a hitch.

Here are my December 's Goals
Sticking with food plan. That is plan in morning
Keep logging all.food that I eat.
drinking water
Richard Simmons for now. 4x a week
walking. 3 x a week.
Having a quiet time each morning

Liz

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

DebA Sure hope you get to feeling better:flowerforyou: !

Gail Yes, I do need to think that I would have to bake those cookies:laugh: !!!!

Suebdew Good for you giving the cake to hubby!!! Red Velvet is one of my favorites ! Hope your Dr. appt. goes well, and no sick bugs get near you!!!

LinC Wow, 7 kids in your kitchen:noway: I would have them all clean up, that is part of the baking process:happy: ! I`m sure today will be a better day calorie wise!

Medaud Welcome to the group, come in often and chat with us!

Polly Just keep logging in, you`ll get back in the hang of it!!! Hope things with DS improve:flowerforyou: !!!

Pat Good for you taking veggies to the party, and only having 2 cookies!!!

Barbie Looks like you got rid of that "inherited big rear end"!!!! I`m cooking a Turducken for Christmas for the kids, that`s what they want, to me it just sounds icky....the guys in the meat dept. at The Fresh Market make it and they told me they will give me written instructions on how to cook it , they know me well:laugh: !

Michele Sorry to hear about the guy on your bowling team !!! One of my friends has had gout too and she said it was horrible, so very painful. I think she either ate cherries or drank cherry juice, I think that`s supposed to help! She has never eaten a lot of red meat either...interesting huh? Hope he feels better soon! Something different with carrots:huh: , I`m not so sure about chocolate covered carrots, however chocolate dipped orange slices are really good ! I always heard a pancake wrapped around sausage links was "pigs in a blanklet".

Carolmsb i love bowling too, however I`m so not good at it:laugh: !

4Dogmom Good for getting to the gym, and for figuring out you need more filling foods!!!!

Sharoncasey60 Welcome!!! Your goals look good!!! Come in often and chat with us!

Carla Good goals! Have fun with your grandkids!!!!

Lila When is your trip to Amersterdam? Sounds like you got a really great deal!!!

Liz Great goals for Dec.!!! I`ve yet to make mine for this month:blushing: !

Katla49 Glad both you and hubby are better!!! Sounds like you`re going to have a busy and wonderful time at the wedding!!! Congrats on leaving those 5 pounds behind!!!!

Oh my it`s cold today , the high is only supposed to be 48 degrees...brrrr...guess Noel will have her coat on for our walks today, and on my walk I`ll need two pairs of gloves:grumble: . I just hate it when my hands are cold, guess I should check into getting a better pair!

Have a wonderful day ladies!!!! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee

Thursday again! :noway: How did that happen????? :laugh:

I have been doing well with goal #3 – I am reading two (or three) books in the morning, one of them is Susan Cain’s book “Quiet, The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking”. It’s fascinating, and as an introvert myself, I am enjoying the reassurance that it’s OK to be shy. Reminds me to give my students breaks from group work, too!

I have some workouts to catch up on, though. I am holding student-parent-teacher conferences this week, which means two days at school until 7 p.m., so no circuit class & no curling this week. I will catch up on the NROL on Friday.

Laura, thanks for sharing the story about your Mum.

I’m with JB – “Just Do It”. Have a great day, everyone. See you on the other side.

Gotta go get J’boy out of bed and start the day.

Hasta pronto,

Nancy

December goals:
1: New Rules of Lifting 3x a week while I am at home.
2: 30-60 minutes of exercise every day when I am at the parent's place for the holiday. Get DD to workout with me.
3: Up at 6:15 every weekday, check into the quiet place inside me when life gets frantic.
4: Make a food plan for parties and special events.

Hello
I started November 25th. My goal is to lose 25 pounds and get myself working out at least 3 or 4 days a week. Taking off weight is very hard for me because I love my beer and pizza and mexican food. I hate giving up things I love
It was really great to read all of the posts here and it really does help with motivation... wish me luck

Good December morning Ladies,

Yesterday was the last day of classes for the term, and I think the students are well prepared for the exam; I got so attached to these students, many wrote such personal stories of their own struggles; not quite what I was expecting when I left the essay topic open in an English class! How do you comment on the terrible grammar when they are experiencing life trials……:brokenheart: ..

On this journey, I am trying to sort out what I know to be true from what I fear….having had a serious sciatic issue a few years ago, I had real problems walking, and feared it was doing more damage to my back…. I could not even hold a grocery bag: so I bought and used a recumbent bike, although I still had pain….fast forward, after gall bladder surgery that also repaired my 20 year old stomach hernia, I tried walking a few weeks ago, and wow!! What a wonderful feeling, and what an improvement in my back…meanwhile the bike is killing my knees and not helping my back. Lesson for me was, blow through fear and test out everything….so one day I will try a dvd,,,,:bigsmile:


Barbie, your serious story about how you have had to protect the poodles from themselves, as well as the coyotes, actually made me laugh; FEW people understand the "poodlejumponomics" : my childhood poodle ( a min) could jump over our suburban 4 foot fence without breathing hard; and we never knew where he was roaming. My standard can jump like a deer, but the cedars are so high even the deer can’t get over them anymore(thank goodness) but that did not stop him from jumping over the computer desk at the local Pet Smart after a summer haircut. Our woof should have been a trained hunting dog, he just has all those old hunting genetics, (And as for the cookies, etc, I tell the world that insists I want to help with Christmas cookie exchanges, I just don’t ‘Bake’, and the results would be terrible:laugh: ).

DeeDee- I always drink lots of my water, and up the amount on ‘eating out’ days, just in case it dissolves those extra salt and fat molecules faster (magical thinking- but it helps me cope with eating out, its hard to overeat if you are so full of water) :blushing:

Meg- the only thing worse than DD’s are dear step-daughters, but in the end, they have been my friends and family pillars….it just takes time, age, and maturity….it does happen…maybe not in our timeline…but it does happen!


Sasha – enjoy your trip, hope the budgeting goes well. It hit 20 degrees in Kingston two days ago, and I consider Kingston "north'; the geese have new babies, it will be a Vancouver winter here is SWO again.....

JB – love the new horsey hat pic! And my DH gets gout when he does not get enough water, and I have resorted to a flavouring (using sweetner) just to get him to drink 2 glasses a day! You are so right…he has the health problems that should be mine, at my weight…but I don’t. Chug water every day!:smokin:

Katia, hope you are well enough to enjoy the wedding:happy:

Liz – your exercise goals are very ambitious, good for you:flowerforyou:

4Dogmom- terrific insight, I think many of us don’t eat enough during the day, and I have to catch up on cals at night, just when I want to scale down….I have ben upping my carb and protein at breakfast and lunch lately, and I am pleased so far.:bigsmile:

Carol – I often use an outside activity calculator to double check MFP’s results, or just to find a different activity…..google to find many, some specialized, some generic.

Laura- we all seem to have some kind of mother issues, just like you, or Barbie. Great story, so applicable to many. My own mother was tall and long, I was short and curvy…. Her obsession with weight instead of character, external looks instead of inner beauty has been something that is barely tolerable…… so it was not just food we have had to defeat, but the negative tapes running in our brains!:drinker:


Can't fit everyone in every day, but I love all your posts!:flowerforyou: BJ