WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2013

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  • PositivePower
    PositivePower Posts: 976 Member
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    :flowerforyou: Hope you are having a good week so far!!! My sales meeting was OK...we had to sample 5 ravioli and campare to another so 10..I just had bites..sausage tortellini, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes..homemade tamales for lunch and then they passed out M & Ms another line we rep..I didn't have any...got home 10 mins before my gym class..so missed it :cry:

    It's all good...working from home today and going to 430 class:bigsmile: filling the fridge with veggies and focusing on the basics...exercise - water- veggies - fruit - whole grains etc.

    :bigsmile: Michelle -Don't be soooo hard on yourself about your Zumba skills!!! I have been to lots of classes and still dance like a white girl. I drug one of my gym friends to Zumba on Fri and she walked out after 30 mins! Yes I know the MELT book is coming out next week I pre ordered. In looking at the website I saw that Sue will be at my gym in Feb!!!!!!!! She is teaching a class and having a book signing!!! I am so excited... I will keep everyone up to date on the benefits I find :wink:

    Tammy & Shrimp - Welcome! Good job Shrimp going to the gym and working off your stress

    Lucy ~ Thanks for your post to Lentigogirl about the gain.... I have gained I can't say it...............it kills me...10# since September and haven't changed my weigh and therefore haven't had a loss in months!!! Thank God because of all the exercise I do I am not seeing a huge change...clothes still fit:smile: I guess I should fess up and celebrate lossing again. WOW have fun in Mexico!! 2 weeks AMAZING

    Well Girls I guess I should open my work computer and get busy! I am challenging myself to get back to my first of the year procrastination resolution...and pick something to get done I have been putting off.

    Have a GOOD DAY!!!!!!!!! GOOD CHOICES :bigsmile:
    Judy - So Cal
  • janemartin02
    janemartin02 Posts: 2,653 Member
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    Happy Ties.Had a sleepover with Violet.Didn`t get a lot of sleep,but lots of snuggles.
    Love grandma time.
    Have a great day!!
    HUGS
    jane
  • jb_2011
    jb_2011 Posts: 1,029 Member
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    jb - I just read your poem after I posted. That is great - :smile: thanks for sharing. We all need that encouragement to keep on!
    (did you write it? you always have such creative contributions :smile: )

    g
    Oh, no, I didn't write it. (Author Unknown) Found it online this morning :)
  • megblair1
    megblair1 Posts: 1,222 Member
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    Hi lovely ladies! Hope your Tuesday is going well. I’m getting some things done here…not as much as I want, but getting there. I woke up this morning nauseated and with some GI upset, :sick: so I bought some lactobacillus at Walgreens…Hopefully that will take care of things. I do NOT want the GI infection I had before after antibiotics! BLEH! :sad:

    Most of our Christmas decorations are down except the upstairs, which I’ll finish tonight. I was remoting in to my hardwired computer from my laptop last night working on my book and got a virus. :explode: My entire computer is locked up. It looks very official and says it’s from the FBI (uh huh):smokin: and that I owe a fine of $10,000 to get my computer working again because (it says) I have been surfing child porn (NOT)!!! :noway: I’m glad I realize it’s a virus (or malware), but it does look official with a seal and everything so a lot of people might fall for it. It gives you a handy spot on the page to link to paypal and start making your payments! :angry: OMG Too bad I can’t create my own virus and send it to them! :mad:

    BJ: I have seen that condition in the ED. You can also see it in little old ladies who fall down and can’t get back up so they lay there for sometimes days and that destroys their muscle tissue too.

    Marita: what a funny story. I can just see you two! :laugh:

    Denise: vitamin F is vital to life…F stands for friends. We are all your friends here, so log on frequently.

    Lynn: welcome aboard!

    Renny: glad the site got rid of that spammer. Right now I have zero tolerance for that!!!

    Katla: I have found at the Y that by the end of January, those resolution people are mostly gone.

    Gail: your visit with family sounds like it was great. I have read that the electronic cigarettes are not any better for you than the original.

    Barbie: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!:heart::heart: It’s so nice to hear of people who are as connected as you two are!

    Michele: I have never gone to Aldi, but they are here in Omaha. Since Walmart price matches, I use their “loss leader” specials and get them at walmart. They do have some great produce specials!

    Liz: I too belong to the Y, but haven’t been in a year or so, since I tore my calf. It’s only about 5 minutes from our house, and it’s a great facility. I keep planning to go back….hmmmmmmmm can you give me a kick in the rear? :tongue: Happy birthday to DH!

    DeeDee: It looks like you are having a better day today! I sure hope so. Hugs don’t wash away!

    OMG: Embracing menopause????? :noway: Not me. I’m kicking and screaming! :bigsmile: I will glady embrace it when my uterus falls out somewhere and I can just walk off and leave it LOL :bigsmile:

    Becky: anything to get your water in!

    Tammy: it’s all about baby steps

    Chris: check out the wii fit; it has tons of different exercises on it

    Nancy: I love to swim. I think I was a dolphin in a previous life! :tongue:

    Lucy: I’m sure someone else has already answered, but the first D is “dear”

    Laura: aint technology grand?:tongue:

    Jb: what a great poem and inspirational too! Thanks for sharing! I did think you wrote it till I read your last post!

    Liz/elizcarman: welcome to our group. Come back often!

    Mashoo6: welcome to you too. Can you add some protein to your lunch and perhaps eat it a bit later in the day?

    Glenda: that’s great motivation to go to class! Our Y did something here (only once) that I thought was great. You paid a fairly hefty price for an aerobics class and each time you came, you got some of that money back, so in the end it was free (which is good since it was free to members to begin with). That was some good motivation!

    JaneHadji: you are right; all the nurses here will tell you that tape (the stronger the better) fixes anything. :laugh: AND the more the better! Have a fun birthday week!

    Annie: welcome back. Your trip sounds amazing!

    LindaS: happy Tuesday!

    Judy sounds like you survived your vendor show pretty well. Good choices!

    janeM: snuggles are always good

    OK ladies I need to get busy now. Enjoy the day and make healthy choices. Take care, meg from Omaha:drinker:
  • bjmcq
    bjmcq Posts: 304 Member
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    Bump for later today! :laugh:

    I posted on the December, start of January blog! Somehow. I missed the continuation thread !! Lol:sad:

    Everyone have a terrific Tuesday! 28 degrees here in Southern Calif this am!:noway:

    Talk with y'all tonight!!!

    Have a nutritious day!:flowerforyou:

    Blessings, lindaS :heart:


    Congrats on terrific milestone! :drinker:
    Funny that the weather is the same here in Southwestern Ontario, 28 degrees F and sunny! Just say'n :laugh:
  • housegirl2
    housegirl2 Posts: 79 Member
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    Trying out my new iphone app pedometer
  • suebdew
    suebdew Posts: 1,330 Member
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    Bump. Back after dinner
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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    We did it! We finally set up the trainer we got so that we can turn one of our recumbent trikes into a stationary exercise machine. I rode for half an hour with enough pressure that I can really feel it in my legs. Yay! I listened to an audio book to keep myself entertained. I long for some sort of TV or computer that will display changing scenery as if I were riding outside somewhere. We got our first recumbent trike after my husband's MS made it too difficult for him to balance on two wheels. It was really hard for me to ride my two wheeler slow enough to stay with him while riding, so we got a second trike for me. The trikes are a real kick to ride and our dog loves to trot along side of one of us when we're out. This trainer will give us another exercise option when the weather isn't good enough for outdoor riding. You should have seen the dog's look of betrayal. I was riding my trike and he wasn't getting to trot along side. He eventually just jumped into my lap. DH took him into the house, and I did my exercise ride. Next thing he'll want is a treadmill so he can "go" too. :laugh: :laugh: This new option will help me wait things out until the Resolution People have gone back to their old habits and the gym isn't over crowded.:wink: It will also give DH a good way to get some cardio exercise.

    Reading posts from this wonderful group of women is a real boon. It is fun to have an international bunch of friends. Who would ever have thought that LA and Ontario, Canada would have the same morning low temperature on January 15? :noway:

    Thanks for the VitaminF.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

    Katla from NW Oregon
  • LinCharpentier
    LinCharpentier Posts: 1,122 Member
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    I'm late with all this late for my vit. F. But I was needed at my sons house sick little grandson. He got that stomach flu with the barfing. Sure hope I don't get it. He was on me a good part of the day. I made sure food was good while there. But then came home and the only thing ready was chinese macaroni pasta not good for diabetics but it's the first in a couple weeks so shouldn't be to bad.
    Need to check my blood sugar 2 hours after eating and I just finished my pear so be 9 and it will be bedtime for me to. Long boring day sitting around with little guy in my arms watching cartoons and kid shows. Had enough of those to last me awhile.

    Hope you all had a great day.

    Linda in the cold Northern Ontario.
  • jolenec1
    jolenec1 Posts: 110 Member
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    Wow! You girls have been busy bees. I am swamped at work and I think I am so far behind they are going to have to pipe in the sunlight for me to see it. Right now we are in the middle of an ice storm and closed down early at work. Just a little further behind. Oh, well i can use the rest.

    I am working on getting back on track. Seems that I have been letting the job get ahead of what I know to do for myself. That stops this week!! Back to the gym for me.

    Hope everyone is doing well.

    love ya,

    Jolene
  • djhobs
    djhobs Posts: 200 Member
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    :sad: I haven't posted in awhile...busy, busy, busy! I biked and rowed yesterday, today the alarm was set so low in volume that I overslept...so no exercise:sad: ...hopefully tomorrow I will hear the alarm:ohwell: ...the stress level at the new office is still there...new systems, new (and more) steps to follow procedurally and my old boss still thinks he IS my boss and asks me to do things that are not how the NEW office does things...AWKWARD and I seem to be throwing him under the bus frequently...good thing he is in FL for the next week....oh well it will get better...just takes time

    Love the vitamin f and all the support and feedback that is shared on this thread...have a great evening all...hugs and high fives
    :heart:
    Jen
  • c0c0nn0r
    c0c0nn0r Posts: 70
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    Barbie - Happy anniversary and many more

    Jane - Grandma time and snuggles are the best

    Annie - Your vacation makes me long for warm weather

    LinC - Hope your grandson is feeling better soon

    Gardengail - You have been so busy

    Liz - have fun at the Y

    JB - Love the poem

    Linder - 100 miles - fantastic! What is Virtual Walk across America?

    Robin - 20000 steps! great work

    masch006 - when I get that 4 pm I want to binge feeling I try eating an apple

    Nancy - I had 3 daughters and myself in a 1 bathroom home LOL

    Lucy - have fun in mexico

    Meg - Congrats on losing those inches

    Take care everyone and have a great day tomorrow

    Colleen - IL
  • Sasha4427
    Sasha4427 Posts: 196 Member
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    Hi all, it's Tuesday night and I'm off to my book club in about 20 minutes so this will be short. I read everyone's posts and am constantly amazed at the good humour and support everyone on this thread shares.

    Yesterday was the end of a full week of extra work for me, getting together a public presentation and power point about (are you ready for this, it's not for the faint of heart?) SEWER TREATMENT PROCESSES. OMG, I probably know more about sewage than any sane person should know. Anyway, the room wasn't packed, but there was enough interest to at least have made it worthwhile. Now this week I just have to catch back up on the budget changes and get an agenda out for next week's meeting.

    But, tomorrow I'm taking a day off. Final check up after my surgery 8 months ago. And I'm going to have a slow entry day and savour the coffee and watch the birds etc. Something about having it on a work day makes it special, sort of like playing hookey without the fear of being caught being truant - lol.

    Anyway, must rush and have dinner (all left overs tonight) and I know there will be something yummy at the club meeting that I will want to try - I've left enough room for some empty calories.

    Will check in tomorrow morning as part of my lazy morning enjoyment.

    Lila
  • ShrimpMe
    ShrimpMe Posts: 84 Member
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    Wow....You ladies are phenomenal!!!!! How you keep up with who's doing what all the while throwing that encouragement and Vit F all around.
    Hope those of you feeling that flu bug get well soon.
    Cold in Indiana where we live full time, feeling winter a little less in our coastal Mississippi where we are part time.
    Someone mentioned 2 left feet and a little Zumba anxiety. Fear not! IMHO it's undoubtably the best exercise there is. My entire class are without right feet. (proud to say I'm likely #1 most uncoordinated participant) lots and lots of good laughs. Just move and you will loose. Bye bye stress!
    Sweet dreams and thanks again for the encouragement!
  • ck_vance1
    ck_vance1 Posts: 24
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    Hi all. I'm new to this, only started 2 weeks ago. I'm from West Virginia and have been watching my calories since the first of October. Had already lost 14 pounds before I found this site. Am losing slowly now. Need some motivation.:cry:
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 16,966 Member
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    :flowerforyou: Thank you for all your anniversary good wishes. We spent most of the day together (except for the long dog walks). We had lunch at our favorite Chinese restaurant and brought home the leftovers for another time. Jake asked if I wanted spring rolls and I declined so he had soup and I didn’t. We spent a good part of the day talking about ideas for a special trip for our 25th Anniversary----might as well get an early start…….the plan so far is to go to Victoria, BC for four days, probably in late December so we can go to Butchart Gardens to see the holiday lights.

    :bigsmile: Welcome to everyone who is new. Don’t be intimidated by the number of wonderful women you’ve just met. We were all new at one time and we just jumped in and shared and read and asked questions. MFP changed my life and being connected with all of you is something I don’t want to be without.

    :heart: Barbie from NW Washington

    My word for for 2013 is “Stretch” inspired by “The Happiness Project”….I will seek opportunities to stretch my body and stretch myself personally by improving skills and trying new things.

    Resolutions for January (with middle of the month progress report)
    *Be agreeable----say OK (successful most of the time and when I goof, I know it immediately)
    * Yoga once a week (added some poses to my day but no formal practice)
    *Walk with hubby once a week (two short walks)
    *Weight training three times a week (5 sessions so far)


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  • texasgal22
    texasgal22 Posts: 407 Member
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    hi all, thought I would give it a try to catch up - I am typing with one contact so I miss the mistakes forgive me! :smile:

    ck_vance1
    motivation happens here - welcome & I sent you a friend request.

    shrimpme
    sounds like you found a great zumba class - me, I have 2 left feet so I know the quirks. :bigsmile:

    sahsha4427
    glad you had a good audience to view all that hard work; hope you enjoyed the empty calories this evening. I've enjoyed way too many empty calories since the holidays.

    Wow, the apple I just ate was really good - there's hope for me. Parenthood is on so I will be distracted. Maybe I'll just come back later. I have much catching up to do but I hope all is well in your hometown.
  • RebelRenny
    RebelRenny Posts: 1,073 Member
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    :smile: I am thinking of signing up for the TC10K on April 28th, walking that is (running is not feasible at this point). Well, actually, I have about 75% decided. Talked to a friend/colleague of mine, who will do it with me. We used to work out together - until I got another job 2 years ago and the work-outs were no longer working out :tongue: . In any event, it would give me a goal to work towards. I do better with goals. :bigsmile: :bigsmile: In addition, I may sign up for a 14 week Saturday morning program so that I am ready for April 28th.

    Heck, now that I have written it down, by golly, I will do it. :laugh: :laugh:

    Thanks for listening. I will let you know how it goes. I better go to the website and sign up! (if I can remember my password)

    ttyl
    Renny
    Vancouver Island, BC
  • exermom
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    Liz - happy birthday to your hubby. Good for you signing up at the Y. I love exercising in the water. It's such a good workout, it can be very low impact or no impact depending on whether you're in the shallow end of the deep end. Actually, I did 50 minutes of a.m. & p.m. walking DVD today. Tomorrow I'll go to yoga and then a deep water class.

    DeeDee - I just got back from playing mahjongg and the UPS truck was pulling out of our development. sure enough, it delivered this leaf brush (for the pool) that Vince ordered. It looks like it has a large bag on it, so it'll hold a lot. I had a feeling that they might not dig

    Becky (shrimpMe) - keep on drinking that water!!!!!

    Tigress - yup, we lived in Stroudsburg for about 12 years. If you wanted to go anywhere, you got to know the back roads REAL WELL.

    Chris - before moving to NC, we lived in Kennett Square, right by Unionville. Another couponer!!! Vince knows that I buy things mainly if it's on sale and if I have a coupon. When the kids were at home and I'd come home with 10 bottles of something they'd say "ma, we know what was on sale and you had a coupon for". If I can get something cheap enough (it's on sale and I can use my coupon), even if I don't use it, I donate it to the soup kitchen. I like the Leslie Sansone walking DVD's. You can see a clip at collagevideo.com but I've found the price at Amazon to be cheaper. So I go to one place to see the clip and the other to buy it.

    Lucy in DE - the "d" can stand for "dear" or "d**n" depending on how you're feeling....lol Good luck at your meeting

    We still need to get the "box of boxes" ready to put away. These are the boxes that we use for wrapping Christmas gifts. We also need to put away the box with the cards, etc in it. Otherwise, all the other Christmas decorations are put away.

    jb - thanks for the lovely poem. I enjoyed it

    Liz - so happy you returned. Do it lots so we get to know more about you and you'll get to know us better.

    masch - is there a reason you can't eat dinner early? I've found having something high in protein fills me up. Or airpopped popcorn which makes me want to drink water.

    Glenda - congrats on getting that pass.

    janehadji - I would make only one cake if it were me

    Judy in So Cal - please do keep us updated about the book signing. That is so neat that she'll be at your gym. I remember when Marion Nelson (Strong Women Stay Young) was at our Y.

    Meg - It really burns me up when I see those things like you got where the "official" release tells you that you own a certain amount of money. I just feel so bad for the poor people who get sucked into this (like the elderly). So I'm not the only one who uses WalMart's price matching! One good thing I've found is that sometimes a place will have, say, jello, on sale. Only they won't have the flavor I want/need, but WalMart does. So I take my ad into WalMart and get the flavor I want. I've used Aldi's loss leader specials to get the price at WalMart, too. Only by me their (WM) produce I don't think is very good. Usually I have to go to Aldi anyway since their regular prices for some things are lower than even WM.

    Lin - hope your grandson gets better fast and you don't get sick

    Lila - I can tell you where the sewage comes from.....<smile>

    Warm welcome to everyone who is new

    Renny - good luck on your 10K. What exactly is a TC10K?

    We had bunco here. I don't know what it is, but after everyone left I pigged out. I think part of it was that I wanted to get things out of the house. Fortunately in one way, this one gal and her mother ALWAYS like to take things home, so I gave them lots of things that I really didn't want in the house -- cheeses, someone left some sandwiches, gave them a piece of the cake I made (I finished it up), some of the cookies I made (I finished them up, too). I overdid it today, but that'll change tomorrow. I don't know what it is, but right before people came for some reason I was really stressing out. We had 8 people here today, which was a lot. they asked me to have it next month but I need first to find out when we're leaving for FL. The Daytona is the following weekend.

    Better get to bed. Hope everyone has a great evening.

    Michele in NC
  • DeeDee2211
    DeeDee2211 Posts: 1,133 Member
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    Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

    Renny:smile: Congrats for signing up for the walk!!! I`ll be here cheering you along!!!!

    Baribe:smile: Sounds like a wonderful day with Jake:love: ! Your next anniversary trip sounds fabulous!!!!

    Teri:smile: Do you usually wear just one contact? I did for awhile, the eye with the contact was for seeing distance and the one without was for up close seeing:laugh: . Then I got to where I just couldn`t see well that way and tried bifocal contacts:noway: :grumble: , they bother me a lot, we could never find a happy balance, and I would have to put on reading glasses to see up close. I just decided to wear glasses most of the time:ohwell: . I might one of these days consider having surgery!

    Michele:smile: How long are you getting to stay in Flordia? By chance are you going down to the race? Hopefully you`ll have wonderful warm weather!!!! I`m so ready to see the sun shine here, these rainy days are starting to get me down!!!

    Jb:smile: Loved the poem!!! I really needed to see it too, it was not a good day for me!!!!

    LindaC:smile: Hope grandson is feeling much better!!!! Those times get tiring watching kid shows all day! My youngest granddaughter wants to come spend the night, she`s 6, I`m sure kiddy shows are what we`re going to watch! She`s wild and crazy too, I tire out just watching her expend all that energy:laugh: .

    Lila:smile: Interesting topic you had.....glad you had a good audience! Enjoy your day off!!!

    Welcome all the newbies:flowerforyou: ! Come in often and just start chatting away! This is a fabulous group of women!!!

    Amanda:smile: I just saw on the news a helicopter crashed in London! Hope you were not close by!

    Well time to go get myself ready for this day! Hope everyone has a safe, happy day!!! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!

    Hugs,
    DeeDee in rainy, gloomy NC

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