WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2013

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  • jb_2011
    jb_2011 Posts: 1,029 Member
    Good Friday Morning!

    :flowerforyou: Amanda, I'll be thinking about you! Hope you'll come up with a perfectly clean slate.

    Welcome to everyone new, I've quickly scanned the posts this morning.

    On the subject of roller-coastering and weight loss plateaus -- I've kept the stack of little note papers where I track daily weight for days like this when I need to look back and remember how far I've come. Oh my gosh I had to smile when I looked just now and saw numbers in the 190's and 180's way back when! This day one year ago I was 15 lbs heavier. This day two years ago I was 56 lbs heavier!!

    Been hanging around 160 for a few months which was my original goal. Then I changed it to 150. Now I wonder if I can get there. There's some sort of hump I need to hop over which I think is exercise. I haven't been working up a sweat much lately, even jogging a bit barely heats me up now. Slower metabolism, body needs less food than it used to, and more intense exercise. I dunno. But I'm not giving up.

    Today is Day 19 of the recent promise I've made to do daily strength work and yoga. I'm now doing 30 push ups, 40 squats, 40 crunches, and more intense yoga positions. Using 3# weights, I do 35 reps each of overhead press, upward row and triceps, plus 100 bicep curls while doing hamstring stretching, and 100 boxing punches. The routine takes 35 minutes. I'm starting to feel stronger and ready to increase weights to 5#.

    Wishing everyone a great day! Drink your water, please. If you want to be lean, eat your greens! Which reminds me, I need to make a trip to the grocery store. Sure do miss the armloads of greens from my garden!

    :smile: jb from Portland, OR.
  • glendalight
    glendalight Posts: 127 Member
    Okay, the parties are over, the company has just packed up and left and now it is time......
    to whip this house back into shape,
    to establish and re-establish some routine and good habits in eating and exercise,
    to take some control of the clutter and disorganization,
    to make those necessary but neglected phone calls and appointments.....

    With a little refining and defining and specifics, those could be made into some decent goals for the month ahaead! :) Time to get off the computer and off the butt!

    Glenda (in beautiful sunny - but windy- southern Alberta)
  • Patchworkperson
    Patchworkperson Posts: 151 Member
    Hi Ladies, I hope you have all had a fab Christmas & an amazing start to 2013. Mine hasn't been so good. I came down with this year's flu virus on Christmas Eve & spent 5 days in bed. I missed my darling Grandson's 1st Christmas not that he was too bothered as he is only a month old.

    I left the house today for the 1st time since Christmas Eve & felt quite lightheaded. Been signed off work until next Thursday! A minor plus is that I've lost 10lbs but not in a way I would recommend.

    I'm off to do a lot of catch up reading & get my meal plan ready for the coming week.

    Hugs from Geri in England
  • NoDiva
    NoDiva Posts: 6
    This looks like a wonderful group! I just joined after reading about MFP in Consumer Reports. I joined for the nifty tools, but I am realizing that the online support community will be just as important.

    My goals for January are:
    Zumba or Jazzercise five days a week (finally found great workouts that are fun to do)
    Try out a new vegetable or fruit I've never had before
    Have a vegetarian meal twice a week.

    Happy 2013 to all!
  • wessecg
    wessecg Posts: 410 Member
    Cute.

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  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,033 Member
    Hi ladies and happy new year
    I am not new to MCP have been here for over 2 yrs and lost 109 lbs but I am new to this group. I will be 50 on feb 7 YIKES ,I look forward to getting to know you.......themommie
  • megblair1
    megblair1 Posts: 1,226 Member
    Hi fitness buddies. I am way sicker today than yesterday, so I have an appointment with dr in the morning. I'm sure it's another sinus infec tion and will end up on that 9 medication regime again! UGH. So Sorry I am not responding to all of you to cheer you on and to welcome the newbies. Take care everyone. At least I logged breakfast and lunhc, which wasn't much. Meg
  • bt4913
    bt4913 Posts: 1
    Looking for motivation and the will to lose weight and exercise daily. I have ignored myself caring for others and I need to make this my time, 2013. :heart:
  • wizzywig
    wizzywig Posts: 1,246 Member
    :flowerforyou: Hi everyone

    :flowerforyou: Karen (from Michigan) like you I am a go with the flow sort of person and also lack persistency. What a good idea for your goal - breaking it down to small manageable steps. I think if I told myself to log food for 1 month then it would be easier to carry on for another month and so on. I will log food and exercise for the whole of January. Wish me luck!!

    :flowerforyou: megblair1 get well soon :flowerforyou: you too emtjab

    :heart: Amanda .hope all goes well with your scan next week :heart:

    :flowerforyou: Wessecg good luck with your weigh in. Loved the cartoon. :bigsmile:

    :flowerforyou: Robin pleased you sound much brighter, who'd have though the rainbow cloak had so much power. Wear it often!

    :flowerforyou: Gerri what part of England are you from? Sorry to hear you had the flu over Christmas, this was the first Christmas in a long while that I haven't had a cold.

    :noway: :noway: Can't believe it's gone 9pm I've spent so long catching up, we are a chatty bunch! Welcome to all the newcomers :flowerforyou:

    :ohwell: Well I suppose I better move and catch up with a few chores before I go to bed, think I'll have an early night - my hormones have been going crazy lately, hot flushes every few hours and finding it hard to sleep, one minute too hot the next too cold!:grumble:

    Night Night :yawn:

    Chat again tomorrow.
    Viv - York UK
  • JLScriv50
    JLScriv50 Posts: 4 Member
    Hello, My name is Judie, I am 50 years old, and am new to My Fitness Pal. I would like to meet some friends. I need to get back in shape in 2013! I am determined to do it!!

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  • MTGWW
    MTGWW Posts: 34
    I have loved checking out people's profiles a little more and seeing the different types of exercise that you are all doing. I'm pretty impressed with a lot of you. Thanks to those of you who gave me a personal word f encouragement. It's always fun to see your name mentioned specifically. There are so many if you I feel a little overwhelmed right now, but as I keep reading I assume the names will become more familiar and I can get a little more personal.
    My hubby and I have had three perfect days under are belt. It's kind of cute to watch him figure this all out. He seems to really enjoy tracking things and working his way around the website. I'm enjoying getting those fruits and veggies in my diet on a larger scale. I eat a little something every 3 hrs so as to not get too hungry . When I do this, I immediately feel better and wonder why I don't always eat this way. Crazy! :smile: :smile:
    Tomorrow's big challenge will be to not talk myself out of my extra workout. How easy it is for me to do hat. Procrastination s my middle name, and then I tell myself it's too late and ill just do it another day
    On the fun side, I went and got a laser treatment on my face to remove the brown spots. My daughter had it done and her skin looked amazing. Looking forward to a fresher complexion to go with the thinner healthier me.
    Have a great weekend everyone.

    Karen from Michigan
  • SassySailor
    SassySailor Posts: 1 Member
    Hi everyone: Happy New Year! I've dabbled with this site for a while but I haven't checked out the Community or Friend Section - what a great resource of motivation! I'm looking forward to getting fit! Best wishes to all, Sassy
  • Happy New Year and Happy New You!:heart:
  • janemartin02
    janemartin02 Posts: 2,653 Member
    TGIF~Got my walking in,taking my daughter to the mall to spend her Christmas money.
    Girlfriend with kidney cancer went for cat scan and thy found nodules on her lungs that look like cancer.We`ve been friends for 30+ years and found myself eating over it last night.Any prayers are welcome .
    HUGS
    jane
  • LinCharpentier
    LinCharpentier Posts: 1,120 Member
    I was here once early early this morning.
    I'm doing one page at a time. I don't think i'll ever catch up.

    Lucy
    We are definantly kinder with age. But also a lot of us babyboomers.Compliments are great.

    Jane
    Was hubby a beer drinker before he turned to sweets. Mine never wanted sweets but now that he doesn't have much beer sweets is the next best thing. Smiling look what I have in my arms a lot to smile about. Plus that's the morning we were leaving for Alaska.

    Shelly
    Step in and chat away

    Karen
    I believe as far as calories go we all differ. I try and stay under 1,500 try and get at least 20 min. of some kind of exercise a day.
    Good luck with your goals.

    Colleen
    26,000 steps is a lot of steps you would need to walk like 10 miles a day to get that.
    I though I''d moved a lot yesterday. Did a lot of dance 2 with grandaughter and still only had 2,041.

    Pam
    Don't you find 1,200 calories a little on the lo w side. We need a life time change.

    Sheryl
    Nice of hubby to join you. Yes a taste of this and a bite of that sure addd up.
    Good luck with weight ins.

    Meg
    Sorry to hear your sick. Hope it passes real quick. Lemon, ginger and all those great kitchen remedies.
    Need to get better to enjoy your wii. Them kind of parties are in days gone by for me.

    Katla
    Bad when the instructor don't show up.All will be back to normal Monday the 7th.

    M
    It is said that sweets call for more food. Maybe the 7 day diet isn't for you.
    Veg. chilli sounds yummy.

    Janie Glad physio is over. Now to make a plan for yourself.
    38 miles that's a long commute. Maybe it's time you looked into a life line for your mother.
    Kellie Dye smart sayings.

    Michele
    If you don't usualy use salt it don't take much to taste when it's there.
    The pain in your heel is it as if the tendon in the back of the heel don't feel long enough.
    I've had something like that since early summer but it's getting better.

    Dmendel
    Welcome and hope you have a year of success.

    Deb
    Nice idea for a shower. Great no gain in Dec. Hope you the sinuses.


    Mary C
    Nice goal.

    Well that is page 8 and still about 3 to go. Just no time for that I will post this and travel on.

    Linda C in Northern Ontario




    Nice goal
  • LinCharpentier
    LinCharpentier Posts: 1,120 Member
    I'm going to skip 9 and 10 and just go on from here. Just hope to be able to come more than once a day.
    Went to city today for hubbies eye glasses . He bought me a nice new sewing machine it's a brother never had nothing but singers hope I figure how to use it.
    Got a lot of stuff at Zeller's going out of bussiness. Bought a set of queen size flannel sheets for $18.00 going to make pyjamas for grandkids out of them. Cheaper than buying flannel by the yard.
    Well today was a good day except for to many cheesee's is that how they are spelt. On our way home. But had very light supper.
    Should be ok.
    Need to go fix my food tracker but I still have my yogurt and strawberries to have.

    So hope you all had a great day.
    See you all tomorrow.

    Oh darn my goals for Jan. forgot.
    1-To get as far as 200 as possible never seeing it again.
    Drink my water lots of it
    Exercise more not commiting to how much just more.

    Easy doable and so far doing it.
  • janehadji
    janehadji Posts: 206 Member
    This is me not procrastinating!!! I got home from the VA (only 3 hours there today!) and here I am reading the rest of the posts as promised. :smile: My parents wanted to go to one of those buffet restaurants on the way home, and I couldn't talk them out of it. I hate eating there, because the food isn't very good and it's such an invitation to overeat. I had to guesstimate the calories, but think I did okay having mostly salad with vinegrette dressing and just a small bit of the other things. Pushing my 265 lb. father around in the wheel chair was my exercise for the day! (He has a hard time walking more than a few steps and falls a lot, so I always push him around the VA).

    Michele -- That's amazing that the dentist didn't charge you! I don't have a Wii, but I can just imagine how annoying it would be to have it telling you "that's overweight." :grumble: Glad it stopped that today. I hope your Achilles tendon doesn't turn out to be anything serious.

    Suebdew -- When are you going to Glacier Park? I assume in the summer! I grew up close to there, and it's gorgeous.

    Edraper -- That's terrible that your school was broken into, but I'm glad you got most of your things back.

    Positive Power -- Glad you're joining me on the "no procrastination" bandwagon! What type of sales do you do?

    Cheryl -- Thanks for the comic! I'm sorry your scale didn't cooperate this week, but I'm sure it will reverse itself again next week. Your consistent losses have been an inspiration!

    Dmendle64 -- Good job not eating last night!!! It will get easier, I promise. :flowerforyou:

    Kathyszoo -- Welcome back -- we've missed you on here.

    Robin -- I'm glad that today was a more positive one at work. I hope your boss is still gone on Monday! If not, remember your cloak.

    JB -- Wow, you've really lost a lot and now you're on Day 19 of a strength training and yoga regime.... you're truly inspiring!! :smile:

    Karen from Michigan -- What type of laser treatment did you have for the age spots? I've been considering zapping mine. I did three fractional treatments last summer before my daughter's wedding and see a little improvement in my face, but none in my neck.

    Jane from Colorado
  • djhobs
    djhobs Posts: 200 Member
    :yawn: holy smokes what a day...what a week! I am trying to stay on track and start making progress again...not sure it is this seeking did manage to not gain over holidays so that is good and have restarted exercise routine ...I even did weights yesterday...however ..the new office...YIKES! All of the people in the office are very helpful but their procedures have twice as many steps, we are learning a new management system and our customer policy (insurance)info isn't in the new system yet...makes it difficult to get anything done...things will settle out but the short term is frustrating. To top off the week we were all there late tonight because a client needed coverage on his 9 snowmobiles for the 9 members of his family but he didn't think about it until late afternoon...oh well got it done and it was a team effort. Ok one more thing to vent about...ds wassullosed to fly back to CA today but when he tried to check in at airport they had no info???!! Even though he had confirmation from airline??? Not sure if he didn't follow through on something or the airline screwed up...tomorrow I have to drive him to airport...we are leaving at 4am

    Ok now i am done whining ...thank you for listening!

    Hope all the cold/flu/sinus sufferers feel better soon...Amanda sending positive thoughts your way for a problem free scan

    In the words of my wise dh...better days are coming!

    Who wanted to laugh everyday? In spite of the debacle of the work day...we did find time to laugh...even if it was at the absurdities of what our clients wanted!

    Hugs and high fives!
    :heart:
    Jen from New York State (2hours north of NYC)
  • sveltewisher
    sveltewisher Posts: 93 Member
    Happy New Year! I have been on program for 3 days. My January resolution is no processed sugars nor alcohol - my addictive sugar binge feeds into each other.

    I gained back 18 pounds of the 20 pounds lost last year but interestingly enough stay minimally 2 inches smaller on all circumferences. I need to figure out how to make eating healthy a habit which remains through the last quarter of the year. I have through September 2013 to figure it out!:wink:
  • wessecg
    wessecg Posts: 410 Member
    Ok, I think I need some tough love. After seeing my first gain this morning since I started on August 3 I have felt down all day. So what am I doing at this exact moment???? Binging on the left over chocolate chip cookies my son made last night. I've had 3!!!! And I was at my calorie goal before I ate them. Haven't logged them yet. I am soooo upset with myself. So . . . I am going to go to Walmart and hopefully walk enough calories away to come out even tonight. What a dufus I am!!:frown:

    Trying to remember some of the saying I used to quote.

    Today on the lips, tomorrow on the hips.
    Nothing tastes as good as thin feels (that was Jenny Craig)
  • Like the walking kitty, nice touch! Reminds all that we need to keep moving :happy:
  • Gardengail
    Gardengail Posts: 596 Member
    JaneMartin - sorry about your friend. I'll says some prayers!
    Gail / GA
  • LinCharpentier
    LinCharpentier Posts: 1,120 Member
    There all caught up on the reading. But just to tired to post to all.

    Tigress
    Thank you for the book title and I will go see at library for it tomorrow.

    Katla
    I'm seeing better readings already after only a month of watching and the worst month of year at that.

    So going to bed early and hope I don't have to get up at 2 or 3 in the morning.

    So good night to all you lovely ladies. Back tomorrow.
  • Jane - Prayers for you and your friend..cancer is tough..she's fortunate to have you

    LinC - Love the Fitbit..yesterday I had 9,337 steps and so far today I'm at 10,396...if I don't have enough steps I take another walk..it's a fantastic motivator!

    Michele NC - How nice of the dentist not to charge you

    Suebdew - Feel better soon

    Wessecg - Don't beat yourself up over 3 cookies - you are already getting back on track by walking at WalMart - tomorrow is another day

    Janie - We got my dad the LifeLine so if anything happens and we're not close by he'd still get help fast

    Jen and all new friends - Glad you're here

    Megblair1 - Take care and feel better

    Denise - I used to snack alot in the evenings but started telling myself I couldn't eat after a certain time and that I would make it til morning

    Robin - So glad you had a great day at work and sound so much better.

    Welcome to everyone new posting

    For everyone feeling under the weather get well soon

    Colleen
  • yoyonomore55
    yoyonomore55 Posts: 350 Member
    wessecg- I react the same way when the scale goes up! Remember tomorrow is another day. Just start fresh.

    Amanda- hope all goes well. Positive thoughts, prayers and hugs headed your way.

    JaneMartin- sending prayers for your friend.

    Jen from NYS- Sorry work is so stressful. Sounds like you are handling well.

    Looking forward to two cross country skiing outings this weekend. Both are within 30 minutes of home which is great. Sometimes we spend quite a long time in the car getting to where we ski. I have too much schoolwork to do this weekend to be gone all day, but it sounds like it will be great weather for skiing and I don't want to miss it! I'll just have to be more efficient!

    I have been thinking about goals for this month. I have decided to keep them short, doable, and measurable. Food and water are doing okay, so I will concentrate on exercise goals.

    30 minutes of intervals 4 days a week
    Stretching daily
    Weight training 3 days a week

    Hope everyone has a great evening!

    Deb A from central New York
  • mch1956
    mch1956 Posts: 62 Member
    I too read the article about MFP being the diet plan with the most customer satisfaction, scoring better than WW and Jenny Craig. That is so cool!
    I got my fitbit online but I recently saw an ad from Bestbuy that they sold them in their stores.
    Keep coming back,
    MaryC, SE WI
  • LindaS175
    LindaS175 Posts: 186 Member
    Good Friday evening ladies,:flowerforyou:
    Just to check in.
    Decided to continue with the same goals as Dec, as they really worked for me.:drinker:
    Kids have 3 more days off until school starts again. I will be able to exercise at a consistent time then. Been trying to get to the gym in the afternoon and not so late at night.:bigsmile:
    I cant think of much to say now that I read all the posts and responded to some, but not all. I am thinking about everyone and wishing you success and lots of support from this blog.:drinker:
    Took our XOLO to the vet today and she has a ACL tear in her knee. She stopped jumping on the bed, and would cry when we picked her up. So, treatment now is pain pills and she has to lose weight! Lol- maybe I should make her a profile on MFP! I just made them dog biscuits last night in the shape of hearts. They are healthy a human could eat them as all the ingredients are people food. No, I did not taste them!:laugh:
    Anyway, I have been sitting here way to long, and I need to get some more water in before bedtime!:heart:
    Everyone, have a fantastic weekend!

    Jb-:flowerforyou: great dedication to your strength training and yoga. I saw my doctor today and we were talking about weight loss. He told me that when you lose weight you will have extra skin. This extra skin weighs a lot, not just one pound, but more. Do not be unrealistic with weight goals, as we cant weigh what we were when we were thin. The only way to get rid of excess skin is surgery. So, just a though that maybe you are at your goal?I am not saying this is the case for you, just thought I would share this info with you!:bigsmile:

    :Teri –:flowerforyou: hope all is back to normal routine and all that snow went away quickly!

    Jen-:flowerforyou: congrats on not gaining over the holidays! Sounds like things are working out at the new office!

    JaneM-
    hope DH is feeling better and it is warming up outside! So sorry to hear about your friend. I HATE cancer. Praying for your friend and that a cancer cure can be found soon

    DeborahA-:flowerforyou:wow your doctors scale gives you that much information when weighing in! That’s amazing!

    Lila-:flowerforyou: great suggestion about quinoa for breakfast. It would be great with fresh fruit!

    JaneH -:flowerforyou: must feel nice to get the hair done and buy new clothes! RIP-Mr.Rat!!

    Lin-:flowerforyou: Central Iowa. Did you try the yoga video yet? Let me know how you like it.I might attempt to get on the floor and give it a try! I don’t know if I will be able to get back up though! Lol

    Liz-:flowerforyou: so glad that you like your Wii. We had one before they were popular for adults to use them for exercise! Keep up the good work and I hope your furnace is working!

    Barbie-:flowerforyou: you are going to be doing a lot of boot scooting dances this month! Great for you and the calorie burn! Yee Ha!

    Laura- :flowerforyou: cant wait to see you back on MFP posting soon. You must have had a marvelous time with all the family over the holidays and plus you had a 5lb bonus loss!

    DeeDee-:flowerforyou: oh the pink hair is gone? I bet your DGD’S thought that was really cool!

    Michele:flowerforyou: Sending Diana an email is a good way to communicate, as she can translate it to her native tongue! Hope all is ok with your heel?

    Katla-:flowerforyou: I live in Portland for awhile. I don’t know so much about the ducks, but I did work the sports arena with Portland pro basketball team. It was a fun job! Glad that MFP is helping you and your DH also!

    Amanda:flowerforyou: -how all was well with the MD check up! Take care of that back and knee too!

    LindaC-:flowerforyou: congrats on the NSV and the cheat macaroons! Way to go , love your new attitude!

    AuntieBK-:flowerforyou: thank you so much for the article! So glad to have you back posting!

    RJAdams:flowerforyou: -Hope you are feeling better. I have had many toxic bosses too! So frustrating!!Praying that you find a new position, or God gives your boss a loving heart! So, glad that rainbow cloaked worked. I am laughing all the way at your story. Good think she did go home! Shame on her!!!

    Rebel-:flowerforyou: thank you for the quote from Theodore Roosevelt! Love it!

    Colleen-:flowerforyou: love your attitude about your Dad! So much caring is missing in the world right now!

    M-:flowerforyou: such awesome news about you tiniest pants! That must feel so good! Hope you are not getting sick!

    Yardtigress:flowerforyou: -congrats on the first year of retirement!

    Viv-:flowerforyou: Christmas cake, is that a special cake or just a cake that was baked for the holidays?

    Suebdew:flowerforyou: -how do you like your Nike Fit?? Looking to buy something myself, but have not decided yet! Hope you are feeling better!

    Kate(junekaatz):flowerforyou: -I love everything you told Robin about her boss. I could have used that strategy on many bosses! Thank you for that information!

    Carojrrn-:flowerforyou: hope you are feeling better soon about DD. I still have teenagers, so I have not experienced those feeling s yet. Good luck with the work biggest loser program! WTG!

    Nancy-:flowerforyou: let us know how the new book is after you read it! Would it be a good book to buy?

    Glenda-:flowerforyou: we have missed your regular posting over the holidays. Looking forward to you being back posting soon!

    Bj-:flowerforyou: southwestern Ontario- the holidays are done, but we will still have situations like that all year long. Just remember that it is practice, not perfection. How would you compare last year 2011 holiday time to 2012 holiday time as with eating?

    LillieMaesMom -:flowerforyou: our mind likes to play mental games with us and food all the time. We have to remember that “we control the food, the food doesn’t control us!) This is what many of us are working towards!

    Cheryl-:flowerforyou: good luck with the weigh in tomorrow! Be kind to yourself if you don’t see the numbers that you want to see! Cheryl, very interesting info on your sleep cycle. Do you actually get out of bed awake or ? How can the fitbit really monitor your sleep? Just curious Cheryl, just try to remember that the scale is just a scale and it is just a number! Your weight could have been up for many reasons other than true weight gain! Be kind to yourself. I know it is hard to see a number other than what you don’t want to see, but you are so much more than a number on the scale!! Hugs

    Meg-:flowerforyou: hoping that you will be feeling better soon and all went well at the doctors!

    Janie-:flowerforyou: love the new picture! Thank you for the info from your class! Don’t get stuck on the goal, focus on walking down the path! Love it!

    Kathy- :flowerforyou: so glad to see you back on track and posting. One day at a time, one step at a time!

    Karen from Michigan:flowerforyou: - congrats on the progress you are making, little steps will be a mile then miles one day. Keep up the good work. Congrats on the laser procedure. They are not cheap and so nice to have the work done!

    Welcome to all the new ladies, sorry I could not mention all of you, but I will eventually get to know you and be making comments with you too!:flowerforyou:
    LindaS- AKA Sundanceb- Southern California:heart:
  • suebdew
    suebdew Posts: 1,298 Member
    Been a pretty nice day. We got all the decorations down, packed away and most of the rooms ready to clean tomorrow. It was sunny outside so DH and I walked down to the river for a few minutes. I think my cold is getting better. I also watch Dr Oz but sometimes just peruse the subject and delete if I'm not interested. If we took everything he recommends we'd gain weight from all the suppplements:ohwell:
    Got ready to work on my Wii this afternoon and nothing worked. I haven't used it since the Grandkids were here for Thanksgiving. Had to synch everything. By the time I got everything ready it was suppertime. I did do 31 minutes of exercise after dishes were done.
    Hope you ladies are staying strong in your minds and hearts. See ya tomorrow.
    SuebDew
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,252 Member
    :flowerforyou: When I started weight training I read two good books that helped me…..”Strong Women Stay Young” and “The New Rules of Lifting for Women”……as the result of reading these books I got some hand weights and ankle weights and created an at home training session for myself…..I use the heaviest weights I can with fewer repetitions and have a day’s rest in between to allow the muscles some recovery time. I learned to plan my routine well so I can do it in under an hour. Because I’m home I can watch TV with Jake so I am entertained and don’t feel that I’m abandoning my husband to work out (I already leave him for hours of dog walking and line dancing).

    :flowerforyou: On the subject of calories, I found that it’s important to make the calories as nutritious as possible. If you consume only 1200 calories a day and 40% of those calories come from wine, butter, salad dressing, and cookies, then you really aren’t giving your body sufficient nutrition. With all the exercise I do, I want to be very careful to keep my body well fueled.

    :flowerforyou: I taught two line dance classes today and it was awesome and exciting. My word for 2013 is “stretch” and teaching line dance is about stretching my skills to new levels.

    :flowerforyou: I’m going to an all day meeting tomorrow that requires leaving the house at 6:30 so it will be a challenge to walk the dogs before leaving and get enough walking during the day. I'll be going to bed soon so I can get up early enough:yawn: :yawn: :yawn:

    :heart: Barbie from NW Washington


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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,557 Member
    Welcome everyone who is new. I know right now that there will be too many to mention individually. You'll love it here, everyone is so caring and supportive with such great ideas.

    dmendel - log in here and you'll find that even without thinking about it, you'll be sticking to your "resolution" and making a life change. We're here for you any time of the day or night. You're posting perfectly well.

    Deb - a scrapbook is a fantastic idea. Thanks so much, I would never in a million years have thought of it. The nice thing is that a person doesn't have to read or understand English to look at pictures

    Well, that darned Wii character said "that's overweight" again. I told you that it wouldn't last more than one day! On the positive, it didn't look like it was very much into the "overweight" zone.

    Did an hour of a bosu workout today. I needed to see if this DVD was OK. I thought the write up said that it was only 30 minutes so I was surprised when it was an hour long. I did take it easy, tho with my foot. I do go to see the MD today at 1:45. I'm hoping that he'll just tell me to rest it. Yoga tomorrow. Oh, does the lemon in the hot water for your sinuses (is that what it's for?) have to be fresh lemon juice?

    Deb - when we went to Olive Garden, I ordered my salad without dressing but they brought me a salad with dressing. I know that this probably embarassed Vince, but that's not my worry. I sent it baack asking for no dressing,. I didn't realize that they put crutons on it too so I asked if I could have it without the crutons. They didn't have a problem with it. Really, I didn't need to order the salad. For one thing, it was just iceburg lettuce -- not much nutritionally. And the chicken and broccoli really filled me up along with the soup. You know, I did find the soup to be a bit on the salty side. But part of that is probably because I'm used to not having much salt so I'm more sensitive to it. It's probably a prepared soup, but I am going to ask them if perhaps they make it. I doubt it, tho. Thanks for telling me about the website. I'll have to check it out. Maybe I could make one up for her for Valentine's day?

    Eileen - I never knew what "bump" was an anchronym for. I just always thought it was a random word that people used to get the post in their "recent topics" list. How scary someone broke into your school! Glad things weren't real bad.

    Lucy4TDieting - when Vince retired, we looked on the Internet. Hickory NC's last hurricane was over 20 years ago (Hurricane Hugo). I know a lot of people retire to the outer banks, but we didn't want to have to rebuild our house every few years. There is a change of seasons here. When it snows, the snows usually melts within a day or two. We're about an hour or so away from Charlotte (depends on which part of Charlotte you go to, could be more, could be less)

    Marita - I hear ya, I don't like the "ohhhh" from the Wii, either. LOL about you giving her the bird. Probably makes you feel better if anything.

    We have a Newcomer board meeting today at 10. I do want to go because there are things about the next general meeting that I need to get clarification on (along with Vince)

    Judy - I feel so much better now, too. Now that the holidays are over and all that holiday eating. Getting back to a semi-normal routine, that feels so good

    Liz - what are you doing on the Wii? I usually take the body test each day (why, I really don't know) but like doing some of the training games, balance games and even aerobics. I didn't think the toning stuff was good because they'd work one body part but not the opposing muscle group. I don't know enough about yoga to say if it's a good workout or not.

    Amanda - good luck at the doctor's. Let us know his findings, OK?

    Joyce - it's not a good idea to send your body into starvation mode. Once in a while is OK, but certainly not on any sort of regular basis. What will happen is that your body won't know when it's going to get more calories, so it'll hang on for dear life to what calories it has (and that'll be fat). In the end, you'll only hurt yourself.

    Denise - congrats on making it thur the night! I find that a small piece of chocolate or some yogurt is helpful at night. Not a lot of calories, but enough to squelch those cravings.

    Carolyn - you are NOT a baby feeling sad when your daughter goes back home after a visit. I totally understand how you feel. I haven't seen Bryan in two years, when I do it'll be waterworks time! It's great that she was able to spend the holidays with you. Good luck on your challenge! You know what's right for you (taking baby steps with exercise at first), so go for it! I got a zumba for the Wii, planning to try that Sunday. kathy's right - just because they're an adult doesn't make it any easier. They'll always be our little children. I hear ya loud and clear

    emtjab - sending a virtual Kleenex

    Kathy - congrats on getting dd to join MFP!

    Robin - glad you're having such a great day. You deserve it. Your boss must be one sad person if she needs to make others so sad.

    Jane from CO - safe travels

    Marita - sounds like you have a very good plan.

    jb - I'm sure you can get to 150. It may take time, it takes longer the closer you are to goal, but you can do it. I miss all the wonderful vegetables the summer has to offer

    Geri - so sorry you were sick but am glad you're better now. Next year will be a wonderful Christmas for your grandson, he'll start to sort-of understand what's happening.

    Went to the MD about my ankle. He agreed, he thinks it's probably an inflamed achilles tendon, too. He gave me a topical antiinflammatory to apply 4 times/day. He said that he could prescribe a pill, but honestly, I'm not so crazy about pills so I opted for the topical. He said that it doesn't seem that bad and he would expect it to be better in 2-3 weeks. I put the topical on earlier tonight for the first time, and maybe it's just my imagination, but to me it feels A LITTLE (A TINY BIT) better. Like I said, it may be my imagination. I just didn't want it to get any worse. He did say that I could continue my exercise (thank goodness, believe it or not that was one of my big concerns....would this interfer with my exercise?) but he said to ice it after exercising and to take it easy. I took it easy today, like doing side squats off the side of the bosu felt uncomfortable so I did them REAL slow. I know normally I could go faster and work up more of a sweat, but I wasn't about to injur myself so that I couldn't exercise at all.

    Jen - be sure you get to bed early today since you'll be getting up early tomorrow. I bet the airline screwed up

    Cheryl - hun, don't beat yourself up. We all have times when we gain, we can't constantly be losing. Now a loss will be that much sweeter.

    Then I went to CVS to get batteries. They were on sale, I had a CVS coupon plus a manufacturer coupon. In the end, for 8 batteries I paid 31 cents. Then I went to Target to get more cat litter. It's really not a great sale, however, if you get 2 you get a $5 gift certificate and since I'd already bought some, I bought some more and used a gift certificate and got another one. Then I went to Kohls', found this really nice shirt. I thought it was full price but it was on sale and I had a coupon for $10 off so the shirt essentially cost me 0. Then I needed to stop at a dept store to return a pair of pants and shirt I'd bought that I realized when I got home that I really didn't need.

    Meg - it's a good thing I made a big batch of that virtual chicken soup...so I'm sending some more to you.

    bt and anyone else - you've come to the right place for motivation

    karen - if I don't get my workout in early in the day, it doesn't get done. I try to do it before I think up excuse upon excuse (and I'm very good for excuses)

    Linda in northern Ontario - yes, it's as if the tendon isn't long enough. The only time I really feel any discomfort is when I'm walking (flexing the foot).

    Lin - when I first got my sewing machine years and years ago, MIL helped me figure out how to thread it. To be honest, I'm almost afraid to get a new one because I don't know if I'll be able to figure out how to thread it....lol

    jane - prayers for your friend. That must be so hard for you.

    Lindasundance - that would be too too funny if you made a profile for the puppy. I've made dog biscuits for a friend of ours. The only problem with them was that because they didn't have all those nasty preservatives in them, they didn't last as long as a MilkBone would. I don't know Dianna's email, or for that matter, if she even HAS one. I would think so, but I don't know what it is.

    You know, I didn't get the heartrate monitor for Christmas. It would be great if there was something that tracked your heartrate, your steps and calories burned. Is there? I honestly don't know.

    suebDew - I'm not crazy about suppliments. Even IF Dr. Oz recommends them. To me -- if God didn't make it..do we REALLY need it? He put everything we need here on earth, so why the need to suppliment? Not that I don't do it, I do use a calcium and Vit D suppliment and sometimes a protein suppliment.

    Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

    Michele in NC