WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2013

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