WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2013

So glad I found this board - I need much motivation because this is the year!

Look forward to chatting with you all.

Would love to join your group!!!

Hey everyone. Don't have time to read everything - (but I did scan for my name :blushing: ).

Yesterday was hubbie's first day logging - he came to tell me he was 21 calories over. I asked if he'd put in the meatball he'd snatched from the leftovers and he hadn't. He's going to realize how logging every bite of everything is going to add up. Heck, he puts two teaspoons of sugar and about an ounce of half and half in his coffee.

Tomorrow is my weigh in and I sill be SHOCKED if I've lost even an ounce. Although I am supposed to have a 1900 calorie deficit, which would be 1/2 pound loss - it would still surprise me. I ate my way through this week.

I will be on my game next week though.

Mwheatcraft54 - I had something to say to something you said, but I lost it. :sad: I am over 50 :laugh:

Megblair - dancing until you have blisters and singing until your throat is sore - now that's a New Year party I want to go to!!!:drinker:

MegBlair-

I admire your good balance, and I'm doing something about improving mine. I'm working slowly to get stronger, and I think that will help. I went to my yoga class this morning and no one was there. :ohwell: I hope that isn't the case next time I go because yoga is a big help in improving balance and core strength. I'm sorry to hear about the illness, though. Some times these things grab us and hang on. I hope you feel better soon.:flowerforyou:

Deb you weight lose and you new attitude are wonderful.

Good luck to you to. All the best for 2013. I really enjoy this site, it helps me immensely.
Feel free to add me as a freind.
Angela

Lile - I NEVER thought of quinoa as cereal for breakfast. Thanks for the suggestion. I'm always looking for things high in protein for breakfast. There's not a whole lot out there, tho. Good suggestion, I'm going to put it on my shopping list right now. You know, I notice when there's salt in things. Like Harris Teeter turkey breast had only 8% sodium, but I could taste it. I'm tending to like Hormel. It's not that it's a bad taste -- just interesting that I could taste it

carey - welcome. I used to be on Livestrong but the site constantly kept going down. I don't think they had enought bandwith or whatever. Hopefully, that's been rectified. Anyway, that's what prompted me to be here. One of the things that I did like that they have is when you log your food, you get a visual of percentage of fats/protein/carbs, not just a number.

DeeDee - let me know what your stylist says about your hair turing pink. I'd be very interested. We, too, have a few more decorations to put away. Actually, I'm going to have mahjongg here Monday night and Vince already said "you're going to be after me to get the tree down by Monday, aren't you?"

Remember when I said how my tooth felt "funny" where it had been removed? Well, totally unrelated, I got a sinus headache and took a Sudafed. Then I realized that my gum was no longer hurting me. Now I do have very bad sinuses, and I knew what it felt like when the sinuses were inflamed and pushing down on the tooth. Well, I went to the dentist today even tho I no longer have pain and told him that I realized that the pain went away after I'd taken a Sudafed, but I just want to be sure that it's healing correctly and that it was, in fact, sinus pressure -- just that this is the first time I experienced it without a tooth. Yup, that's what it was!!! They did take an x-ray. But surprise, surprise, they didn't charge me for that visit. Not even for the x-ray which I thought for sure they'd charge me for. Well, maybe sometime in the future I'll get a bill, if not -- Happy New Year to me!

Vince just told me that the dentist he and Jessica go to is selling his practice. Maybe they'll go to my dentist now.

Did 45 minutes of Tami Lee Webb's "I Want That Body" DVD today (weights). Tomorrow I'll try out the bosu DVD that I got for Christmas.

Amanda - I'm so sorry you're not feeling qwell. Absolutely, DO NOT ignore that blood. You are very wise to be getting it checked out.

Lin - congrats on not having those blasted cookies. When it comes to work, I think men are more logical whereas women are more emotional. I know that I'm the emotional one in our family. If someone has a work/boss-related problem, they usually want to talk to Vince because he can look at just the facts, whereas I will put my feelings into it. Yes, I need to come here more than once a day, I just jot things down, save them, and then post them at the end of the day.

Well, gals, I did it TODAY. That darned Wii character FINALLY stopped saying "that's overweight". Ok, it's probably not by much and tomorrow it'll probably say "that's overweight" again. But it did feel good.

Tigress - in this past year, how many times have you said "wonder where I found the time to work?"

M - congrats on those pants! Feels good, huh? That's good to know that the beans don't have to be frozen individually. Thanks. I use my MFP app all the time when we go away. I just find it simpler to use my desktop, but I'm certainly not against using the app. We just got back from Olive Garden. I took your advice and had the soup and salad, but I also had a side order of steamed broccoli and grilled chicken. Now I am so full that I only had half of the salad, and really, I didn't even need to bother to order it. Thanks for the suggestion

Welcome to everyone who recently joined us. You'll find this to be a fantastic place to be with lots of good ideas and advice.

katla - you're right, when the blood in my poo is bright red, it is usually my hemmerhoids.

kellysmom - if you're looking for a group of wonderful supportive ladies, look no further.

positivepower - welcome! How great that you run! That's just not something that interests me, but I admire people who do it

LucyT4Dieting - what part of DE are you in? We used to live in Kennett Square.

Shelly - pull up a chair around the kitchen table.

Karen - it all starts with one step..... I usually have about 1253 calories/day (some days more, some days less) and exercise for about 60 min/day (I think I'm addicted to exercise!)

Colleen - that's a great idea about sending Dianna a card! Somehow I've got to make it a bit on the personal side, since I don't know how much English she understands (can she even read it? I don't know). Does anyone have any ideas for "warm fuzzies" that I can maybe include in the card. Since I'm not sure how much English she can read, I'd probably want to go with something in the card other than writing.

My goal for this month was to increase my protein. Now there are still some carb-heavy cereals that I want to use up, like I have a Hodgson Mill soy & flaxseed hot cereal. Once I use it up, I won't get any more. I'm TRYING to elminate "junk" food, at least cut down on it. Barbie's right, I want to try to include foods that will only fuel my body. But on the way to OG today I had a mint dark chocolate 3 Musketeer, mainly for the mint. Then after lunch I had one piece of the mints that OG gives you.

Pam - what a great post you wrote to Karen.

Cheryl - sounds like your hubby will learn what we've all learned. That even tho we don't think we're eating something high calorie (like all his sugar), we really are. One teaspoon of sugar seems like it wouldn't have a lot of calories....hey, it's so small. But it does. He will probably modify the way he eats, maybe only having three fourths as much sugar, then half, maybe eventually none. It doesn't seem like those little nibbles would add up, but they do. Good for him doing this with you!

Meg - I hope you get better fast. It's good to know, tho, that you're keeping warm......lol

The back of my ankle seems to be hurting when I walk. I'm suspecting it's an inflamed achilles tendon. I'm not sure, so I'm hoping to be able to get into the MD's office tomorrow. From everything I've read on the Internet it says that an inflamed achilles tendon won't get better without medical help. Not exactly sure what that means. I'm not in so much pain that I need any Tylenol or anything like that. I just don't want this to get real bad to where I'm in excruciating pain and need surgery. The Internet also recommended orthotics to take some of the pressure off the tendon, but I'm not sure what kind of orthotic they are talking about. So I'm hoping to get some answers tomorrow

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening

Michele in NC

Hi Ladies,
I signed up months ago and did nothing (except gain more weight) I. like a million other people have decided that this new year I want to be healthier and loose weight! Unfortunately, this is not a new resolution but sadly one I make each year and fail at each year.

I am more of an introvert and new to writing on message boards, so I hope I am doing this correctly. This year I decided I need help to keep me accountable and honest about my eating. I am willing to put myself out there, open up more and change my approach to getting healthy.

I am just about 50, and my husband and I have a 4year old. I need to lose this weight once and for all to be healthy not only for me, but also for this beautiful child of ours!

I am excited to be part of this group and hope that this time, this year and with this group I will finally lose the weight and KEEP IT OFF!

Thank you and best wishes to all for a healthy and successful weight loss journey,
dmendel

When I got my fitbit I had to change the time zone because it was resetting the day at a different time than I expected it to. It looks like you have the same problem. I think the time zone was in the settings, it has been a couple of months since I got it. I wear the fitbit every day, it keeps really god track of steps taken.

Goal for January - 100 miles logged on recumbant bike and from fitbit.

Keep coming back,
MaryC, SE WI

Been taking notes for an hour and hope I can read them! Still have my issues with cough but now nose is stopped up!!!! Love todays date: 1-3-13.
Lila - Kootenays a town? I love Canada! We're thinking of going back to Glacier Natl Park soon.
Cary - I wrote down, love your tip now I can't remember what is was LOL.I'll go back and check after posting.
Amanda - it scared me when I read your post especially with your family history. Glad you're seeking medical help.
Sally - welcome back. I'm fairly new but with so any new people each day I'm beginning to fee like an old-timer.
Kely'smom - I love your pic: Life has no remote, you have to change it. That is true for everyone. Welcome.
Kate - what a lovely letter to Robin and so wise. Thank you for being such a caring friend to everyone.
Karen - perfect! Most of us set a new short-time goal each month so you'll be right in step. Keep on keeping on. Remember the saying: the longest journey begins with a single step.
Meg - me too with the sore throat but I didn't get mine singing and dancing because I was sick on NYE!
It's getting late and I've got steps to go before I sleep. I am doing 5000 a day and sometimes it hard when you're not feeling well. NO EXCUSES!!!
Janie - thanks for sharing "don't get stuck with the goal - focus on the path. I visualized that if you don't focus on the path, you could stumble. LOL
Michele - I get that same little remark from that Wii girl. Makes me so mad but someday soon she'll see a leaner Mee. I was thinking of pictures to send your DS's girlfriend. She doesn't have to understand English to love pictures. There's a website called TinyPrints that a lot of people used for Christmas cards that you could do a card with pictures of your family. Went Olive Garden and told waiter I had an issue with the salad because the dressing is too salty so he brought it plain with the dressings on the side. Even the Fat Free version was too salty for me.
DebA = I've been using the hot water with lemon for a few days and it helps my throat. Hope you feel better soon.

I'm not sure how the threads work either so have a couple of questions.....if it's okay.
* What's BUMP?
* what is fitbit?

THANK YOU!!

"Bump" is how you save your place so that you can start reading where you left off. People do this when time is short and they don't have anything to post. Someone who uses fitbit will have to give a real explanation. My understanding is that it is a piece of technology you can use to track your actual activity for a closer calorie burn count. So you know what you've expended in energy and can calculate your available calories more scientifically. I bet I'll be corrected and that is fine with me.

I'm not sure how the threads work either so have a couple of questions.....if it's okay.
* What's BUMP?
* what is fitbit?

THANK YOU!!

Welcome

BUMP means Bring Up My Post. People use it to put the thread in the area called "My Topics" so it is easier to find. Also it is used to bring posts back to the top of the list for people to surf the threads.

A Fitbit is a device you can by that is like a pedometer but very small and it links to your computer and to MFP to track all kinds of things. You can read about it if you go to "Apps" and read about the Fitbit Tracker.


Robin Bodi and Ritter
North of Seattle

Thank you everyone for the information on "Bump" and Fitbit! I really appreciate it! I'm looking forward to getting to know you guys better and will try my best to follow along and contribute!

Eileen - I'm SO SORRY to hear about your break in. I'm a teacher (we don't go back to school until Monday) and our school was broken into over the summer. I had just gotten a new SMARTBoard and they damaged it and the computer it was hooked up to. Soooo frustrating. They found most of our things too - in and around the building. I guess it was more like vandalism, because I even found my electric pencil sharpener taken out of my room in another part of the building. It was like a treasure hunt looking for our own treasures. ARGH.

Michele - I enjoyed your being excited about the Wii! HA I just started doing Wii fit and I'd just like to stand up on the step without her going, "ooohhh!" hahaha (I know this sounds terrible, but I always throw her the bird when she does that!) ha

Robin Bodi and Ritter - I love the picture of your dogs! I have a great big golden doodle that my kids got me when my husband passed away and he is absolutely my best friend!

Thanks for making me feel so welcome everyone!

:flowerforyou: Marita ~ Central Illinois (where it is dang dong cold tonight

Thanks to Barbie for keeping this group going!!! How long have you all been posting together???

Ok - I really better get going