WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2013
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Have a good evening everyone, especially Lin! I have never seen "its been a day" in caps and periods before!
Hopefully tomorrow will be better. I had the first quiet, focussed, clean out my office - shoulda been done months ago - kind of day...
listened to all those interesting and stimulating TED speakers....it felt like a holiday!
Best to all,
BJ, SWOnt, CA0 -
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Last time I ws here I was talking about rainbow cloaks and already we have finished 500 and we're on a new set! It can't have been that long ago can it? Holy smokes!
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Good evening ladies,
had fun bowling, I'm getting better slowly (what was that SNL skit "Every day in every way I'm getting better and better, and darn it, people like me." I might be dating myself here.
I had salmon for dinner, actually it was a very pretty dinner - nice salmon coloured salmon {what else would it be} next to gold spaghetti squash with roast red, yellow and orange peppers on top, flanked by a nice mesclun green salad with grape tomatoes, cucumber, arugula with limonetta olive oil and white balsamic vingar. And it tasted just as good as it looked.
It's still snowing here so tomorrow will be another shovelling day (good for the exercise, not so great for my shoulder, it's still twinging a bit).
I can't believe the post is past 500 already and it's really only been a week. Way too many to respond to sensibly tonight but I did go back and read all the posts. Nice to see so many new posters here.
Off to bed to finish my book. Nightie-night to all.
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Hi, I'm from VIctoria, near the Albury on the border
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hi i'm janice Is so difficult to control my diets ilike food so much smilenise to read your blog it make me feel abit motivi0
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Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:
Another early morning meeting for me:frown: ! I`m still tired from yesterday:sad: ! The electrican finally found the problem yesterday, it wasn`t just a simple connection problem like they told me they thought it was
....some darn critter had chewed through a wire in the attic:mad: ! They replaced it but the camera still has a slight roll in it and they have no clue what that might be:frown: , it`s a lot better than it was but still....and now they tell me my system is outdated:huh: , it`s only about 3 years old...outdated:noway: , for the money I paid for it I thought it would be good for at least 10 years. Of course they want to replace everything for me and add a few more cameras...I`ve not even looked at the quotes they sent me yesterday . On top of that...my brother was off yesterday so he decided to come and check out things while the electrican was here, I didn`t mind that at all, however he decides he should invite his police buddies to come to my house for coffee while he`s here:huh: , I ended up with four police officers in uniform sitting at the breakfast table drinking coffee and laughing and carrying on...I felt somewhat like a maid:grumble: :noway: . There I was with my hair in a ponytail, a ratty sweater on I wear when I go walking, at least I did have some makeup on:embarassed: . It was after 11 am before I finally got everyone out of the house so I could actually fluff my hair and do the things I needed to do, and the day just went down hill from there....ate too many salted cashews and the sodium paid me back with a 2 lb. gain this morning:explode: ! Maybe I should have given the cashews to the police officers for a snack....okay...enough of my rant!
Welcome to all the newbies:flowerforyou: , come in often and chat!
Barbie Yay the bike is ready for you to ride again!!!
Lila I remember that skit:laugh: ! I used to love SNL...now I can`t stay up that long:laugh: ! I liked the one about the baked chicken lips:laugh: , oh that was so looong ago!!!
Kate This thread has just exploded:laugh: , I don`t remember ever getting to 500 posts this soon! I love the cloak, do you maybe have one that makes you invisiable?
Michele If only you lived closer, I could have borrowed some treats to serve the officers:laugh: , they only got coffee.
Well I must run and get my walk:laugh: , before the day gets too busy....
Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!
Hugs,
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Hi All!
Just found this thread after joining myfitnesspal a week ago.
I'm 54 and having a hard time losing the weight. Hormones, ya know!
Anyone else (female) having problems losing weight due to hysterectomy? I'm doing weights and aerobics, along with calorie awareness. Trying to keep my cals at 1200 until I get to my goal weight
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Good morning, ladies!
I’m not even going to try to respond to everyone today – I can’t believe we blew through 500 posts in under nine days. Yesterday flat out sucked. I wasn’t feeling like working out, sort of fluffed my way through 20 minutes of a 30 minute HIIT (Michele, it’s Les Mill’s Combat, he has an HIIT twice a week – combo running, burbees, mountain climbers, shuffles, knee crunches, pushups, and weights), then ate for the rest of the day. I had thought the loss from the week before was catching up with me, but I’ve also been under major stress at work and a little peeved with DH so it was probably a combo of those things. Anyway, feel much better, had a blast with 45 minutes of kickboxing/martial arts, and am ready to rock this day!
A funny note: DH and I were calculating calories last night (he’s back on the wagon – yay!) and even with my poor eating yesterday I was still *only* at 1600 calories for the day. I could eat that much and still lose weight, just a lot more slowly. Silly for me to stress so much about it now.
Lin, yes, absolutely what your dietician said about eating more calories. If you starve your body it will pay you back by being in starvation mode. You must eat and nourish, even if it slows down the loss a bit.
Vitamin F = Friends (I forget who asked)
DeeDee, glad you found the source of your issue. Do you live in an area with a lot of crime – is that why the cameras, etc? I guess with a lot of police officers in the family I can see safety being a primary issue. I hope you feel safe and warm with all your friends, even if they’re a little imposing.
Cecpetzzz – I had a hysterectomy about three years ago – for my birthday :laugh:. I lost 10 lbs on the table due to the removal of a large fibroid coupled with some blood loss but turned around and gained it back plus another 10. After that, my weight more or less stabilized. I’ve since discovered that the only way I can lose weight (and IMO the only way to lose weight period) is by sensible eating coupled with lots of exercise. So, as soon as you can exercise go ahead and start – and don’t be afraid if it’s hard at first – those muscles will come back. In case you’re wondering, I didn’t get the beauty version of the hysterectomy either – I woke up with stitches from my pelvis to my belly button. Boy, was that ugly! Anyway it’s taking some time for the muscles to come back but now my tummy’s flatish and I have definition. It just takes time.
OK, off to the showers and work for me. Have a wonderful day, everyone!
Cheers,
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Afternoon ladies. Just marking my spot before toodling off to the gym.
Have a great day.
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Whew!
I have 15 minutes before I have to get J’boy out of bed and begin the school day – so here we are with a word document beside our blog, and I am ready to rock and roll!
Michelle, your pool looks fantastic. It’s so fun to see a picture of the finished product after hearing all your stories about construction and landscaping. When’s the pool party?
Speaking of cute electricians…I’m married to one.
Not bad, eh? It’s his “side-bar” occupation, most of the time he works as an instrumentation technician, but it sure is handy.
Barbie, I do hope your bike is fixed, it must be terribly frustrating, knowing you could be using it so often but not being able to. Good job keeping out of the way of the fix-it boys.
Lila, your SNL quote cracked me up.:laugh: A classic introvert mantra. Your dinner sounds like a work of art.
My goals for the month have changed since I read “Thinner This Year”. Now my routine will be exercise six times a week: 2 strength training, two interval workouts and two “long-slow” workouts. We shall see how that goes!
Time to rise and shine….
Hasta pronto,
Nancy from SE British Columbia :happy:
January goals:
6 workouts a week
Connect to my family (emails once a week to parents & sisters)
“Connect” is my word for 2013. I will try to make a new connection each month (this is inspired by The Happiness Project)0 -
Good morning everyone. I'm really tired today, another night of not sleeping well. I was just laying there with an empty pit of hunger in my stomach listening to my hubby snore. Finally succumbed to the call of some cinnamon sugar toast. Oh it was good. My sister is coming over this morning to work out with me, which is great because I might wimp out otherwise. We get by with a little help from our friends....or in this case sisters. Sounds like a few others of you are a bit worn out today. Here is to renewed energy for all. On the other hand some of you are really amazing in the workout department. I tell myself a lot of things are to hard for me at my age. But clearly many of you are working out hard. I'm impressed. Must push myself.
Have a good day everyone.:flowerforyou: :smooched: :drinker:
Karen from Mi.0 -
Hi ladies..
Lots of good read and advice thanks for always being such a supportive group. Still cant motivate myself to exercise but I have started with counting my steps, and the verdict is "I definitely need to move more"... I am responsible for my choices and my outcome will be determined by those choices...
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EVERYTHING YOU DO IS BASED ON THE CHOICES YOU MAKE. IT IS NOT THE WEATHER, THE BUSY LIFE, OR THE JOB, YOU AND ONLY YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY DECISION AND CHOICE YOU MAKE. PERIOD.
make it a great day,
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Hi Shazza, Gold Coast here, hope the heat isn't getting to you too much there !0
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Hi Shazza, Gold Coast here, hope the heat isn't getting to you too much ! Drink lots of water !
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Does anyone know of a yoga DVD for those over 50? Using a chair to help balance.0
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Good morning all,
Forgot to set my alarm last night and got up too late to do my morning walk on the treadmill. Guess I'll have to suck it up and do it tonight after work. @cecpetzzz I had a hysterectomy a few year back and thought my stomach could never get flat again because the muscle had been cut, but I was wrong! Eating right and exercise has helped me to lose the weight I needed to get my stomach muscles back in shape, so success is achievable! Keep at it when you feel up to it, and you will see results. Slow and steady wins the race.
:happy: @mazaron I married a cute electrician too. Just love my handy guy!
Keep on truckin ladies....this is the first day of the rest of our lives!0 -
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Hello cecpetzzz,
I am 58 and had a hysto too but a few years ago now. One bit of advice which I give everyone is don't try eating only 1200 calories as it isn't enough 1200 is the minimum you should have ! I have had doctors, dietitians, my gym and a personal trainer tell me the same thing so must be something too it. I sit on around 1430 calories a day and since eating more I have started losing the weight ! good luck with your weight loss journey
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Any DVDs for yoga over 50?0
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I think this is a good thread for me. At 52, I have been having issues getting rid of my weight because my hormones are whacked out. I kept track of diet and exercise for 3 months and lost a total of 2 pounds
I was very dedicated with my food intake and exercise. I became very discouraged. :sad: Anyone out there having issues like mine? What did you do to fix it? I am determined to make this work this time!! 0 -
So the pool party is on!!!
Soooo, I have finally come up with a New Year's resolution. My official New Year's resolution is ---- My size 10 clothes will always be my "fat" clothes.0 -
It's Hump Day all my Vit F's!:flowerforyou:
I took notes as soon as I saw that we had reached 500 on part one of January but still have a page and half to catch up but no time to type in my responses...maybe later:ohwell:
Today is my weigh in day even though I started back on Monday, the scale was kind and I'm down 2.2 already which only tells me that a lot of my #6 gain was water weight. It also shows me how much it only takes a few days of drinking my 8-10 glasses of water, counting and logging my food with exercise thrown in makes all the difference in the world...don't do it and gain:blushing: do it and lose:bigsmile:
Everyone has to find what works for them as there is NO set of rules for losing and maintaining but you must know your body and I guess over the past year I can say I know mine.
My bookkeeper is coming down the mountain today to see if she can help me with this accounting conversion mess that I'm surrounded by. As I watch the calendar count down it just makes me cringe in horror at all that I'm not getting done as the work piles up...if only we could afford to hire someone else to come in here and help...but alas there isn't any extra money...so I will continue to plug along:ohwell:
Everyone have a good day and if I can before the end of the day I will come back and post my comments.
If you eat it log it, grab a glass of water and drink 8 of them throughout the day and let's get moving to burn those calories:drinker:
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Good Morning Ladies! I can't believe the thread is already into part 2 for January. As I read through the posts I did see some names I can't say I have had the opportunity to get to know yet. That's what is so good about this thread - always something or someone new. Not spending much time here this morning though as I have a webinar coming up. I did want to jump in and keep the water warm
@wessecg, I'd be happy to get back to my size 10 which is a small size for me at 5'6" and I did wear for many years.
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Good morning ladies.
I didn't have the mental energy to don the rainbow cloak this morning so I decided I needed a "me" day. I haven't been home alone in forever. I plan to dreadmill and clean the house and enjoy the dogs with out the DH around.:bigsmile:
Have a wonderful day. I will.
Robin, Bodi and Ritter
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