WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2012

katla - glad you had a good time at the Garden

Linda Sundance - my hubby gets White Coat Syndrome all the time.

Got up, exercised and then went to Kohl's to get some wrapping paper. I returned a pocketbook that I really didn't need, got 2 boxes of cards for next year, a pair of earrings, 4 rolls of wrapping paper, and it didn't cost me a penny! For some reason I was thinking that I needed to be at the Green Room at 10:30, I needed to be there at 10. I couldn't understand why they were calling me at 10:15 to see if I was coming. When I got there I realized my mistake. Never did have breakfast. Had a few honey graham teddy crackers. I was just so hungry! I was hoping to at least be able to eat something before I left, but no go. After I got off I took some cake to Lynette (her office is right by there) and some cookies for Ken since he can't have chocolate. Seems she took him to the MD today, he has the flu with pneumonia. I'm a bit surprised that he didn't get a flu shot, but Lynette said that he doesn't get them because he feels that he'll get the flu if he gets it. Well, maybe this will change his mind!

On the way home stopped at Sam's and bought shrimp to start thawing for the bowling party and crab legs for Christmas. Seems the lobster tails were on sale last week and I missed it. I didn't even know they were on sale! Well, there is NO WAY I'll pay full price. Not with how many I need to get. We'll do without if it comes to it.

Denise is still in the hospital. There are 4 spots on her lungs where she has pneumonia.

barbie - I seem to remember that this gal from Poland put the potatoes thru some cheesecloth to get the moisture out.

Did an hour of Jari Love's Extremely Ripped 1000 DVD today. Tomorrow I'll do some HIIT and then some stepping.

Vince wanted me to help him put the lights on the tree. So where is he? In the detached garage. I'm going to read the posts and then continue wrapping. We have the open house to go to tomorrow, and I need to wrap one present to take with me.

Janie - congrats on the superb weigh in. Very interesting reading, thanks.

I remember someone (and I don't remember who it was) said that they do exercises in the handicapped stalls. What were those exercises? I found that when I'm at the Green Room and the phone isn't busy, today I did lateral leg lifts, then rear ones, then ones across the body. Then I did some pushups with my arms on the counter. Looking for other ideas.

Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

I`ve read all the posts...got my Vit.F in this morning!!! You ladies are the greatest!!! Congrats to those that have lost weight!!! And for those like me who are having a time on the roller coaster, hang in here, we can do it!!! I`m determined I will win, my body will eventually cooperate with me, I just wish it would hurry up:grumble: !

Michele Sure hope Denise will start feeling better soon:flowerforyou: !

Hope all you beauties have a fabulous Friday!!! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee

Has anyone heard from Jolene? I`m a bit worried about her!

Good morning, everyone! Was up early this morning - skyped with DD and DGD until around 9:30pm my time, finally couldn't keep my eyes open even to watch DGD race around like a tasmanian devil. We have fun on skype though - DGD still "shares" her food with me and will "dance, dance, dance" with me (now she's stomping her feet - so cute:happy: !), and she's into carting stuff all around the house like a purse - last night it was her drum, which she turned over and kept trying to put random things in, then dragging it around with her.

Anyway, popped straight out of bed at 4:45am . . . um, yeah. Checked in on a project at work - data's still not there, and when I sent an email to alert the team I got back four "on PTO until the first of the year" emails. Grr:grumble: :explode: . I don't know what we're going to do - regroup then, I suppose. After that, went and worked out (ONE MORE DAY of P90X, then done for this round!) and am all protein-shaked and coffeed up - amazing what you can accomplish before the kids leave for school! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

It's supposed to be gorgeous here again - clear and sunny, almost getting to 50. We missed a terrific meteor shower last night though - I can never stay up that late. I'll get out and walk again. I had a really light day of eating yesterday - reading the nutrition guide with my next workout program made me really think about what I'm eating, so I wound up cutting out the junk and wound up not eating all that much. I have to go shopping today - will try to get some nutritious snacks.

So, I have a container of baked pumpkin I need to do something with today - either bread (to freeze and take to Tahoe) or some sort of entree. Haven't decided - but probably have enough to do both. I've been throwing it in my smoothies, but I think it might be a bit much.

Michele, I do hope your daughter and [friend?] both get better. The flu's been just nasty this year. I can't speak - I didn't get my shot either, forgot to mention it to my doctor the other day, and every time I'm in the drug store I think "I should get my shot," then don't. Maybe I better get after that.

Annie, enjoy your quiet day! Those days give you respite from the holiday craziness, I know.

DeeDee, have a wonderful day! Try not to stress too much about your body - if you find you are, try to get out and walk it off lol.

bjmcq, good luck with your husband! I don't know about yours but when mine sets his mind to something he's pretty single-minded about it - until he's not lol. There comes a point when we all start thinking about our mortality - for some, it's a revelation, for other's it's discouraging. Try to keep him on the positive side if you can .

Katla, welcome back! That was a crazy-long trip - I don't know if I could do it. Two weeks away is a really long time for me.

Speaking of which, last night I discovered JetBlue was running a one-day sale on travel from Philly to Boston to celebrate their new route. I've heard terrible things about the airline, but the tickets were $17.76 each way - can't pass that up! I bought a pair to take DH and myself on a long weekend in June after the kids are out of school and off on their vacation. Won't that be fun?

OK, off to find out what we're going to do about my missing data. Cheers, everyone - have a wonderful day!

M.

Good morning ladies -

Just stopping by again for my Vitamin F. So glad you are always here. :bigsmile: It's a Godsend. Meanwhile, I'd just like to share a lovely sparkling angel with you today.






Linda

Morning all!

Sorry, I've been MIA for all week! I'll def have to go back and catch up with all your posts when I have time to sit for a little bit! I've been very ill since Sunday and finally busted down and went to doc yesterday. Tests being done, no idea what's wrong but I wouldn't wish this method of losing weight on my worst enemy! My DS said it sounds like how he felt when he had a kidney stone last summer. Absolutely, no appetite, alot of stomach pain,cramping and nausea. Thought it was the flu, but it's not. This is not fun being sick so close to Christmas! :grumble: Getting things done little by little despite this setback! Tree up and decorated and hopefully going to try and get a little more shopping done today. At least I have one more week until my DS and DIL are here! Too many things not done yet to list! I have missed being a part of this great thread and hope to get more involved soon!!:flowerforyou:

Kathy

P.S. Got my reminder to at least stay hydrated:drinker: yesterday when I had to be stuck 3 times before the tech was able to get any blood and even then it was very slow and took forever to fill one tube!

Today is my doctor's appointment to look at my sore knee. I hope he'll propose a treatment plan I can live with. Losing weight is helping, but so far, not enough. My weight is up a pound today, a part of normal fluctuation, but I'd have been happier if this had turned out to be a down day.

I notice that a few of you are sick. I hope it is very short term and you're feeling good soon.

Thanks for that all important dose of vitamin F.

Good Morning ladies,
I am not doing too good with my posting. I have been very busy with MIL. today is her last day. I have really enjoyed having her. The only issue is that I have to stay home most of the time. I am used to being able to go. I got used to it though. Had to be very organized and made sure when out I got all that I needed. I cooked a lot which was good for my food plan. I am down 38 pounds. today we had a setback. She was going to the bathroom this morning and she fell. My son Matt was home so I yelled for him and we got her up. She is ok but had a huge bump on the back of her head. My BIL said to just watch her. She is fine now but very nervous. She cannot get comfortable. I am trying not to draw too much attention to her til she settles down. Other than that it has been a good 2 weeks. We leave on thursday to go to Disney. Our whole family (kids and grandkids are going to spend Christmas and New Years there) Cant wait. Ok she has to go to the potty again so will try to post later.

Stayed home to decorate today, had planned on listening to Christmas tunes,,, but instead I have the news on listening to updates about the shooting at an elementary school in CT.. What is wrong with people

We got back from Mexico late last night and are working on getting adjusted to seeing snow instead of sand when we look out the window! It was a great trip. We did some exploring this time, seeing the Mayan ruins at Coba and Chichen Itza. They were amazing! All in all, a very fun, relaxing trip.

I haven't read any posts since right after Thanksgiving, so will just jump in now and try to continue from here. My son-in-law is in town, so I want to get my traditional Christmas fudge made to send back with him for my daughter. Not sure what that will do to my diet, but will try to keep it manageable. As always, I won't check my vacation weight until next week, so that I'm not upset with water retention. I think it will be okay, though. I now need to consider getting ready for Christmas!

Happy Friday! Just have time to post a few quotes to make you smile.


"In the Middle Ages, they had guillotines, stretch racks, whips, and chains. Nowadays, we have a much more effective torture device called the bathroom scale." :explode: — Stephen Phillips

"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people." :laugh: — Orson Welles

"The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends." :ohwell:
— Unknown

"'Stressed' spelled backwards is 'desserts.' :noway: Coincidence? I think not!" — Unknown

"The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books—how not to eat what you've just learned how to cook."
:— Andy Rooney

"Rich, fatty foods are like destiny: they too, shape our ends." :sad: — Unknown


And last but not least, this one strikes closest to home:

“The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!” :flowerforyou: - Marvin Phillips

jb