WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL

Good evening everyone

:frown: I've had a bad weekend, I've gone over on my calories both days. :sad: I ate far too much Sunday Dinner today and felt bloated all afternoon. I'll have to slow down (I don't know why I eat fast!) :embarassed: and then stop when I realise I am getting full. instead of eating quickly and then feeling too full. I am sure the scales will be up on my weigh in tomorrow. :sad:

:flowerforyou: RebelRenny I am sorry to hear about your FIL.

:flowerforyou: Jackie, sorry your shoulder is still giving you trouble but glad to hear that your mum is eating at last.

Think I'll get my trampoline out and do a mini workout before it gets too late! Read Mimi's post about exercising if going over calories, and although I have put the dog walks down and got extra calories for these, I think a bit of bouncing will do me more good,.

:drinker: Here's to another week of choosing health options - I'll try harder this week.

:drinker: BFN

Viv

Hello All,

So much for planning. Went to church on Sat. night so I could be lazy today and watch the NASCAR race at one of my favorite tracks, Texas Motor Speedway. The weatherman had other ideas. Rain cancelled another race on Saturday, and today, we are watching a pre-race show that is about finished with its second hour and so far no start time. With rain showers, 90% humidity, they don't appear to even be running the truck mounted track dryers.

For those unfamiliar, they drive around pickups with giant "blowdryers" mounted on them to dry the track after a rain. The operative word is AFTER. At the rate they are going, I am afraid this race is not going to be run today.

Last night after church I visited my parents and did after dinner kitchen cleanup and ate some leftover carrots, and beef. While there, a nearby friend called to say she couldn't get her laptop online. Since we had that thunderstorm, anything is possible.

Once I arrived at her house, the problem turned out to be where the laptop was located in relation to the wireless router. She was at the opposite end of her family room from where she had previously connected. The router is in a room above where she was, with the router in a corner. Once I moved her laptop back to the sofa where it had worked before, everything was fine.

She rewarded my troubleshooting skills with a glass of Shiraz!! Told her she can have trouble anytime if that is my reward!!:laugh:

I came home while it was still light enough for the doggies to get in the rest of their walk, so we took a tour around the condo property and I ended up talking to a neighbor who just returned from a trip to the East Coast. She and her brother and SIL did a driving tour of historic places. They went to Gettysburg and a lot of other places and drove around for 3 weeks. She complained her knees were still bothering her from all the walking.

I suggested if we went out and had a glass of wine, her knees wouldn't bother her as much. She protested, but I pointed out she didn't drink with her knees!!:noway: :laugh: :laugh: Her daughter agreed, so I took the doggies home and returned a bit later with my car and we went to Applebee's.

As we were getting ready to leave, a guy sitting next to us in the bar was delivered a HUGE round tulip glass with a straw in it, and what looked like a large ice cream sundae. I commented that it looked so dangerous that one could gain weight just looking at it!! It was something called a "mudslide" and by the description, one of them, in addition to blowing calories for the WEEK, would put a normal person under the table due to the multiple types of alcohol it contains. I did NOT order one!!!:laugh: :laugh:

My neighbor and I had a good visit, and she kept telling me how good I looked. We were sitting outside on a bench so she could smoke a cigarette before we got in my car, and I told her that I wasn't going to "preach" to her about smoking, because she already knew how good it was NOT for her, but instead I preached the "gospel according to MFP." She had already commented on more than one occasion that she would like to lose, and it would definitely be good for her as she has knee and back issues. I suggested that she just start by registering on the site and logging her food for a few weeks to see a real picture of what she was eating, and then start making small changes. I hope she does it, but I am not holding my breath.

Well, my afternoon is shaping up to be different than I had planned. The race still shows no signs of starting.

BTW, Kathy pjmsmom--Congrats on stopping smoking. I know that is very hard. I wish you continued success.

So long for now.

Barb

on the opinion poll I started dying my blond hair red when I was 29 I kept it up until I was 40 and then I started dying it blond (my natural color) I still do and I still will for a long time. to come. I know that I have one gray streak and a few other grays but I have been dying my hair way before I got gray so I don't really know how gray I am.

Yesterday I spent the day gardening at my dad's (87yrs old) place and helping his girlfriend (69 yrs olds and his significant other) It was a long hard day with too much wine and good food. installing a concrete bench, attacking scotch broom and dividing iris. in mostly drizzle type weather. Today I did some gardening and lawn maintenance on my place. It was a rare incredibly beautiful sunny day up here. I am still tired though and trying really hard to eat right today to make up for yesterday. I managed over 6000 calories burned last week and today starts a new week. I am aiming for 6000 calories again. I like the way I feel when I work out so hard. On my Saturday weigh in ( I weigh everyday just to see whats up) I had beat my May 1 goal. I hope I can improve on that the rest of this month.

Opinion poll - When did you start and/or stop dying your hair to hide the gray? Or, when do you plan to let it all go al natural? I've never really dyed my hair and have been very lucky with not going gray too early like many of my cousins did. BUT, now (thanks to Facebook) I just couldn't stand seeing all of them without any gray. So, I dyed my hair yesterday as close to my natural color as I could find and used a brand that will wash out eventually.
.Jeannie

Was a natural blonde until I hit 45 when my hair started getting that mousy dishwater color I'm told all aging blondes eventually are. Couldn't stand it so began getting foiled highlights and lowlights in a effort to look as naturally blonde as possible. Now here I am 5 years later still doing it. I plan to keep on until I get enough wrinkles on my face that going silver makes more sense. I"m guessing around 60. I plan to look as good as possible for as long as possible, but have no desire to look fake. (That's my two cents worth on the hair subject.)

So here is my 2 cents on the hair color question. At about age 30 I discovered I had "chrome" starting above my ears and at my hairline hear forehead. I figured chrome belonged on a car, and since I am not a '54 Buick, I learned some basic info from a friend about how to mix color and away I went. I never bought the pre-packaged stuff, always got the separate haircolor and developer and mixed a batch as needed.

I started out as close to my own color as a could, but as time passed, I decided to lighten and go toward the red spectrum, so that is where I am. It is so close to my own color that it grows out without roots, which is handy. The only thing that has changed over the years is that I now have a couple of splotches that go grey behind my ears. If my hair appeared to be greying out evenly, I might consider changing what I do, but I am still 95% my original color, so why fool with what works.

One thing that is really handy is the "crayon" I discovered that you can buy in a beauty supply to match the color of the product you are using, or close to it. You run warm water over it, and then use it to color in roots--very handy and allows me to go 6 weeks between coloring without looking like it. They have a brand at Sally Beauty Supply that I can't recall the name of, but the one I first tried was made by Kiss.

Doggies and I managed to get a full walk in today. Nice and sunny and 70 degrees--and, No, it didn't rain this time!!! Not here anyway, can't say the same about Texas, as per my earlier post.

So long for now.

Barb

:flowerforyou: The hair color queestion: at 56 my hair is still mostly brown. I tell my children that each time I teach one of them to drive I get a ton more white hairs. With only three more to teach out of 14, Ithink I may get by without any coloring!:ohwell: My mom has beautiful, soft white hair and I will be happy if mine turns out just like hers. Looking forward to a good week...:flowerforyou:

Kackie - I'm with you - 3 pounds by May 1. I'm in.

I really need to see double digits here in the weight loss department. I have a long way to go. I feel so much better already; I'm curious just how great I'll feel when I really get going!! :bigsmile:

I've got the exercise thing going and have pretty much gotten the eating the wrong stuff monster under control. Now it's a matter of not eating too much of a good thing. Should be a piece of cake, oops broccoli, right? :drinker: Sweets has never been a major problem for me. Carbs on the other hand... once I get started on pretzels, chips, popcorn, bread I'm a goner. Fortunately they aren't gotta haves for DH, so I keep most of it out of the house. Just sandwich rounds and whole wheat which I don't have too much trouble with. My baking days are over for a while. My kitchen used to smell like yeast most of the time.

Thought I would drop in with the Hair Dying topic

I am naturally blonde, but over the last few years my hair has gone slightly mousy - it lightens up if I am in sunshine, but I was fed up of the mousyness so I had highlights put it a few years ago and have been hylighting ever since. The last few times I have dyed it at home with a bit of help from a friend and (touch wood) the results have been good.

I'm about due another colour, so I'll be doing that shortly.

Well better get back to work - had a quick peep while I was finishing off my lunch - so far so good with the calories.

Have a good day :drinker:

Viv

Hey everyone!

I'm going to log on again tonite and try to read more posts...I have not even had a chance in 3 days to post anything let alone count calories. I had a ridiculously hard week at work...3 conferences and understaffed at the hotel and I ran my behind off but I made up for it by totally blowing it one day and eating absolutely everything in sight....I mean everything ha! Then next night went out for my daughters birthday......but here I am again ready to feel really healthy today and so happy there is support here to get right back on track! Two months ago I would have just thought "oh forget this...I blew it and whats the use?" Maybe tommorrow I'll weigh in and see what damage I did but today I don't care it just feel good to relax! I'll try to catch up later.