WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2013

Welcome everyone new! We're always glad to have new people

FiftySixFit - a great goal!

Did an hour on the rebounder today. If someone lives in an apartment or a condo, basically is concerned about jumping and making noise that might disturb someone downstairs, I highly recommend a rebound workout. I got my rebounder at Play It Again Sports for something like $45. I hadn't done the rebounder since we moved to NC five years ago, I'd forgotten what a good workout it can be, and there's very little impact. Tomorrow I'll do some yoga and then take the deep water class.

Bryan called early this morning to say that he and Dianna had gotten engaged. To be honest, I really don't know how I feel. I'm happy that he's happy. I'm sad in that we've only met her for a few hours once and that was at Jessica's place so I didn't feel as comfortable. I really don't know much about her except that she's a vegetarian (it took A LONG time before Bryan would answer me as to whether she ate fish or not), I only know that she likes shopping because Jessica told me, I know that she likes Doritos, but the ones Bryan told me that she liked now he tells me that those aren't the right ones. I'm sad but glad, does that make any sense? I wonder if a Christmas present for her should be two round trip tickets to the US. See, when we go to France, we have to get hotels, they can stay here. They can use my car. To me, Dianna should know something about Bryan, where he went to college, his friends, his family, etc.

Barbara - it's so good to have you back!

Ken & Lynette were supposed to be here last night. Ken had the flu a while ago along with pneumonia. Evidentally, it took a lot out of him. I did make a citrus ring cake for him. In retrospect, it was probably a blessing in disguise that they didn't come. Having the cake would have put me way over my calorie limit. As it turned out, I just had an orange for dessert (to me, that's a perfectly acceptable dessert) which put me over, but not by much.

Robin - sending virtual chicken soup to you

rka58 - congratulations!

For I think the first time I'm going to make a goal for myself this month. My goal will be to increase my protein. Hopefully, it'll be over what MFP says it should be. I've definitely found that if I have a good amount of protein for breakfast, I'm not nearly hungry during the day. I may nibble out of boredom if anything.

I'm cutting out these cat coasters from plastic canvas for Christmas gifts for the kids and hope to work on sewing them when I'm down in FL. I was originally planning to make a few blankets (crochet) for Christmas, but it looks like I should probably be working on the other quilt that I'm crossstitching and then have to quilt. It's just that I don't find quilting to be calming at all. I already cut out 6 of the coasters, have 12 more to cut out. I figure I can give 3 coasters to each kid and have a few for us.

Can't wait for Reb's fruit and veggie challenge

M - I'm with you cleaning out cupboards, etc. Jessica wanted us to send her Christmas presents to a friend of hers so in addition to the presents I made a cake for him and gave the cookies that I had left over from Christmas (I froze them so they'll be fresh when he gets them)

tigress - so glad you had such a good time at the party. Give Vince ANYTHING that is key lime, and he devours it. Key lime cookies, I make a key lime cake..... Good for you only eating half of that tart! The pool at our Y was closed last week for maintenance (wish they'd do that during the summer so I can use my own pool) but it's open now so I'll be there tomorrow.

roxywa - welcome. There are quite a few others on here who have a Fitbit.

smwert - you WILL get back into those clothes.

manon3 - we're glad to have ya, welcome to a great thread. Just pop in regularly

DeeDee - how do you cook your beans? I would LOVE to use plain beans rather than the canned stuff. A chef who works at Catawba Valley Medical Center told me once that when you soak beans, you get about double the amount. Like the nutritional panel says 1/4 cup, after soaking them it's like 1/2 cup. I think you can probably freeze beans. I've frozen them when I've had them in soup and there isn't any loss in consistency. Yes, get those too big clothes out of there, then it's shopping time.......

kathy5313 - tell us more about yourself. welcome!

Just got the Feb. issue of Consumers Report. There's an article about losing weight. In it they state that MFP did better than any of the commercial diet plans, including WW. It received a reader satisfaction score of 83 out of a possible 100 Mike is quoted as saying "We don't believe it's practical for people to follow rigid diet recommendations long time. If you want to have a glass of wine at dinner, hyou can eat a lighter lunch or go for a run. It's up to you to spend that calorie budget." MFP got high marks for maintenance, calorie awareness and food variety. It got poor marks for fruite & veges, probably because the addition of fruits and veges are really left up to the person, it's not a requitrement. It got pretty good marks for exercise but only did fair on initial weight loss. Interesting article, check it out (it might even be on the 'net, I don't know)

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Happy New Year to my MFP friends.
Michele - interesting article about MFP. I wonder if they evaluated the new WW 360 program.
Welcome to all the new people. If you're wondering what Vit F stands for it's for our MFP friends. (F fo Friends).
Spent some time today looking back at my few months on MFP and where I want to be in 2013. I've decided I need my goals to be specific with targets. I love my new NikeFuel because it gives me something to shoot for each day.
So my January goals are:
Log into MFP everyday and track exercise, food and friends!
Make my calories be nutritious food.
Drink at least 6 glasses of water a day.
Increase veggies/fruits to get to 5 per day.
Exercise 5 x a week for 30 minutes (I've listed to types of activities on my goal plan)
I've set some targets based on two week intervals with two major events to work toward.
Barbie - love the graphic, couldn't wait to see what you'd do for January.
Everyone get ready for an exciting journey in 2013.
Sue

I didn't quite get to where I wanted to be by the end of December.... I was hoping to get to my goal weight but I still have 3 pounds to go! I had an addition to the family mid-month with the arrival of my brand new grandson... the first baby for my oldest daughter who will be 41 in 2 weeks. She and her husband are going to be incredibly good parents.

January is going to have its own set of challenges for me. I'm having an ongoing issue with my eye that might resolve itself, but it's doing so very slowly (I have a macular pucker... everything I look at in the central vision of my left eye looks like something in a fun house mirror). I see the retinal specialist again on the 3rd to see what he thinks we should do next or if he thinks we can wait a while longer. I hope so because on the 16th of January I'm having a total hip replacement. That is the biggest challenge as far as my weight loss is concerned. I see so many on here who've had a medical crisis of one kind or another who have gained weight during recovery. It's one of the reasons I wanted to get a couple of pounds below my original goal before I had the surgery, so I'd have a little buffer. I still have 2+ weeks to work on that, but I also want to be sure I'm strong and well nourished going into it.

So.... I'm going into 2013 very motivated and hopeful. Wishing all of you ladies a Happy New Year and success in all of your pursuits!

Not sure who provided the link to this, but it is worthwhile watching almost 1.5 hours of this 2008 video. : http://www.psmag.com/health/robert-lustig-sugar-obesity-diet-50948/

I watched it and learned a lot about HFCS - high fructose corn syrup.

Happy New Year you wonderful, gorgeous creatures,

Well it has been a festive season I hadn’t counted on, working twice the hours I normally do, sleeping a lot and virtually getting way behind in everything! Happily, it seems most everyone is well again and finally back at work for a few shifts but they are in rough shape so I am still working a great deal.

New Year’s Eve a friend came over after we both finished our shifts and we sat and watched a couple of chick flicks, ‘Finding Never land’ and ‘The Holiday’ while my DH slept and my son was out at a party. Quite a couple of live wires we were as we didn’t even notice the passing of midnight until the movies were over. Yes, we drank beer and nibbled high caloric cheese balls and sausages and loved every minute of it.

I began New Year’s Day ploughing through big box stores looking for plumbing supplies for the bathroom, DH has started the reconstruction. But I want to know is why any stores are open today, is nothing sacred? There used to be three days nothing was open, Easter Sunday, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day and now one of them is gone, can the rest be far behind as they are trying to homogenize our society so that nothing is ours and we don’t ‘offend’ other cultures. (Don’t get me started).

Anyways, we found what we needed and hubby spent much of the day banging happily away downstairs while I began cleaning upstairs. While everything possible needs a good scrub, I decided to start with the kitchen cupboards, cleaning, rearranging, tossing and finding a home for my new coffee press. It felt good. One day at a time, one cupboard at a time, perhaps all will be clean by the end of the month.

I had my last weigh-in Dec 31 and the news wasn’t disastrous, thankfully, so now I can concentrate on our trip to Dublin in April and do my level best to be down 10 pounds by then. This is the big one, the grand IFALPA conference where we are required to be in our best bib and tucker which means an evening gown. Instead of looking like someone’s matronly grandma which I normally do, I want to look mildly stunning!!! Hahahaha!

New Year’s Resolutions:
I resolve to become a healthier person, to be slimmer and in better shape for Ireland in April and for the rest of my life.

January goals:
- To lock the baking away once morning and get serious again about losing, not just maintaining.
- Buy some weights and get started on some serious arm exercises as the soup cans were a wash-out.
- To menu plan a little better so I am not scrambling at the last minute trying to build a healthy meal.
- To drink my water every day. (Why is it so hard when it’s cold outside??)
- Lose 5 pounds, that’s 1.25 lbs. a week, which should be attainable!
- To meditate every day to quiet the 'monkey brain' so I can get things done.

Wishing the very best for each and every one of you,
Choose happiness,
Kate

Happy New Year. This is going to be a happy, healthy year! :happy: 2012 was a very bumpy one, and it's time to put it behind me and move forward. I plan to add exercise to my routine and to eat healthier. My goals are going to small ones so that I reach them and stay positive, so in January I am going to walk for 20-30 minutes three times a week and ride my recumbent bike for 20-30 minutes three times a week. I am also going to work on reaching my water intake goal which i difficult for me. Lastly, I plan to keep my food log up to date daily.

Eat healthy, get sleep. exercise more, make friends.

Hi. I am new to MFP and this is my third attempt to find someone, anyone who might be interested in teaming up for motivation and support. I have read so many success stories and community posts that I am inspired but at the same time I am very disillusioned because since joining MFP I have found it less than supportive, Just saying!

Hi all. Turned 50 in June and have not had a minute to take care of my self since, Hubbys mom passed away the day before my birthday. He has been in the hosptial 3 times since September. Most recent was Nov 29th to Dec 12th Had 2 surgeries. 17 year old daughter tends to give me hell when he is not around more so than ususal. Plus I worked 14 hours OT during that time of dealing with her and running back and forth to hosptial. I pretty much survived on Dr Pepper and coffee. Stressed to the max about his health, bills, work, kids, etc. Oh and my son has been home from college in Kansas. Don't think he is going back.
My goal for January is to stop my beloved Dr Peppers and get back to Onederland ( under 200 lbs) by the end of the month. I have decided to set mini goal. Rather than just I was lose weight. Good luck to you all. MFP is a great tool and I have met some really great people!! Time to get back to taking care of me!!