WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2013

Hi, Ladies! Been a crazy few days here. Lots of people sick with the flu, many in the hospital. Also, several cases of RSV in the little ones. Don't think I've ever had so many friends and loved ones sick.

Glad it's the new year with a new start and outlook. Jane, most emotional eating is learned. Years ago, I started heading to the mexican restaurant where I would soothe my stresses with chips and hotsauce. Feels so great until the stuffed feeling hits and I stepped on the scales. Finally quit doing that. Walking, relaxing or chewing carrot sticks are much better ways to cope! MFP is
also great as we share and support each other.

Hope everyone has a great week,
Karen

Hi I'm Ivy. My January goal is to check out mfp and start a food diary. I've accomplished both today, so my next goal is keep a food diary for week without any changes in my eating habits.
Eventually I hope to lose 15 lbs and create a healthier diet (I LOVE chocolate) but at 50, I've got high cholestrol and blood pressure (sigh).
This is a great board and good luck to everyone in accomplishing your goals.

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Here I am late at night again! I lost 1.2 lbs this week. I'm so excited because I've been stuck for a few weeks.
Mary Ann - I did the same thing, wrote on my calendar 1/1/12 my weight. This year, I was exactly the same way. What's going on with that! I did have a major surgery that put me down for 6 weeks but that is no excuse.
Jane in Co - If we could get to the bottom of the emotional eating our weight loss journey would be so much smoother. I eat when I'm happy, I eat when I'm sad, nervous, etc. What I'm hoping is my good eating choices will become a habit and help me in those occasions.
Valorie - good luck with your knee surgery. Do the best you can with your exercises but you do have choices when it comes to food. Also, remember to drink your water!
Katie Lou - Welcome, glad you found the thread. We have about the same amount to lose. I can relate to those 16's need to throw them away
Denise - love your quotes.
Paula - Whenever you feel like you're losing your way, jump on the computer and "talk to us"
Lori - Yea for salmon! You did it. Keep it up.Great loss.
Gail - if salmon works for you tomorrow, I'm buying some. Let us know
It's late and I've had a very busy day. We're still harvesting pecans and I worked outside 4 hours today. Got in over 13,000 steps today. Will be back tomorrow. Let's keep on going!

Liz - that's wonderful that you got 2 of those pounds off. I know you'll get that last one off, too.

Lin - you are a good friend to help your friend the way you do. Not everyone would do something like that.

Positive Power - When I was about 17 or 18, I worked in a fast food place. All that food available to me whenever I worked. And we weren't charged anything to eat it, so eat it I did. To this day, I do not find fast food to be in the least bit appetizing. Even their desserts

Welcome everyone new.

Valerie - good luck to you on with your knee.

Lucy4TDieting - prayers for you and yours. I would say that my exercise secret is 1) force of habit and 2) constantly changing things up so I don't get bored doing the same thing

I was on here too much this morning and almost forgot to do my yoga, so I did a 15 minute DVD (was planning to do a 30 minute one). Then bought gas, then took the extremepump class. When I got there, there was a sign that the instructor was sick and wouldn't have the class. Fortunately, the other gal who subs for her came to the class so she ran it instead. Tomorrow I'll do a 30 minutes to fitness DVD that I got

Meg - glad your coworkers sent you home! That's where you should be, taking care of yourself. I would probably get bored having egg omlets every day. But then again, that's me, always wanting to do something different. lol Cheryl's headless horseman....lol

tammy - I was about to suggest skinnytaste, but I see Meg beat me to it.

Robin - your boss must be one very unhappy person. Hope the new cloak works as well as the last one did.

kackie - you can keep that rum pound cake, thank you very much. So sorry you weren't able to open the pic of the pool. I'm not sure that this'll post the pic. jb - if it doesn't, what am I doing wrong?



azmiz - your goal sounds very doable, very doable

Lori - woohoo on the weight loss. Salmon to the rescue every time it seems...lol Isn't it amazing how we miss something so much when we no longer have it? Well, it'll only be for a short time. I know I'd be lost without the app.

Ivy - I like that you're taking baby steps with your goals. That's the way to do it.

Nancy - when we go to FL in Feb., I'm planning to take some audiobooks with me from the library. I do hope they have "Thinner This Year and "Younger Next Year". Say, I'll call them in advance so they can get them in in case they're at another branch. Who's the author?

Had mahjongg at my house tonight.

Every year the Newcomers has what has been called a gala. Basically, it's had been held at a country club, there was dancing. I was considering running it next year because I wanted to do something different. We've done the same thing at the same place for the past 4 years. Well, the gal who is in charge was here at mahjongg tonight. She wants to do it differently. I'm seriously thinking that I'll be on the committee for one thing because I really want something different and for another thing because it appears that 2 of the ladies who are on the committee are giving her grief that they can't do this week, they can't do that week. It's almost at the point where they can only do it one weekend. I'm thinking that she's going to need backup for doing things differently. Plus, this is exciting me because it's something different.

Well, gotta get ready for tomorrow. Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele in NC

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:flowerforyou: Welcome to all the newcomers:flowerforyou:

You will love this thread; these ladies are supportive and encouraging. I stay away from threads where I feel beat up and don't respond to any comments that do the same. Log your food daily and post when you can to stay in touch, or lurk if you don't have time to post.

And remember that every day is a new day! You can do it :flowerforyou:

Renny
Vancouver Island, BC

Hi Everone, Happy New Year 2013!

A couple of years ago I lost 100 lbs, but 12 crept back on me. Now I've started tracking on MFP, and wow!! This is great! I'm not yet 50 but I will be this year...9 more months of 49. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts, idea, tricks, secrets and those things that didn't go so well!

@wannabethingirl2 Marita -- regular movement


Having enough of constructive fat in my system helps slide things along -- I use coconut oil, olive oil, avocado- eating avocado, yep, there I said it! (for the beneficial fats in them).

a few moments of physical massage can do wonders for me:

Laying on your back
--->bring your hands up your abdomen from the lower right hip to just below the right ribs,
---> across the midriff to your left,
---> down your left front from below your left ribs to your left hip,
---> then across to your right hip. Use the amount of pressure that feels good to you. (light, medium, heavy -- refrain from inducing pain). The object is to love your intestines and their ability to help you release what you don't need in your body.
--->and of course, massaging a bit any bit of your abdomen within that outer circle you just made at your leisure and with loving nuturance toward your excretory system, without it you wouldn't be alive. :bigsmile:


Sitting on the side of the bed, or on the loo: reach back and rub your lower back (what you can comfortably reach with your hands).

Laying on the floor bring your knees up toward your chest (comfortably) and roll from side to side on your hips and lower back.


You don't need to use your hands, and you can get in some gentle massage that also qualifies as mild stretching on the exercise counter by playing with body movement. A few seconds at a time mounts up if you do it a few times a day.

Here's one fun Zen Imagery Exercise from Shizuto Masunaga that helps movement (not only in my body, but within my intestines):

Visual image -- as you begin to awaken, imagine that it is early in spring when everything in nature begins to come alive and animals come out of hibernation, and you are expressing this incipient movement of life with a squirming and wriggling motion of your whole body.

Physical movement -- Start by pressing your heels and shoulders against the bed or floor (arms stretched out comfortably over head, if possible) move your hips side to side. The distance you move them in the beginning is not as important as the fact that you move them. : Do it as many times as you feel comfortable with.

Gotta love the system that lets you release toxins from your body -- it's a cool part of you, and well worth the love!

Rd

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