WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2013

I went to yoga this morning and did my best. There were only two students plus the instructor today. She also teaches evening classes, but I prefer to get things moving in the morning. The evening classes interfere with my dinner routine. I have acid reflux issues and can't eat too late without painful consequences.:frown: It isn't a great idea to go to yoga with a full stomach.:noway:

We've been in the process of refinancing our house for months to take advantage of lower interest rates, and were supposed to sign the papers today. The bank made ANOTHER mistake and didn't use the correct legal description of our property. They said to sign it anyway, and we said no. The Notary did her best with an impossible situation and I don't know what will happen next.
:grumble: :explode:

I think I'll spend some time on the bike to burn off frustration. That is sure to improve my mood.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Not a great visit to the doctor today - after three weeks of 'behaving' and , for me, some increase in exercise and activity - I lost a grand total of 300 grams (which means I did not eat breakfast before I went!) So discouraging. I told her that I really cannot eat much better than I am and still have a life and I just don't have more time to exercise! I am trying to get my head around the fact that I already know.....that this lifestyle is better for me - and that I feel better - whether the scale moves or nor. but man, it would be nice if it would move - IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION!!!:noway:

On a brighter note, I am down 8 pounds from this time last year....

Renny - thanks for the perspective....life and death...it makes my complaints trivial.

linda C -a pound a week is a great loss - consistent and healthy - celebrate it!

Cheryl - good work on your goals and good upbeat attitude. And unprotected cookies are always fair game!

There - I feel a little better. be well
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Another interesting day on the thread. You ladies are all so active and fun.:flowerforyou: I joined the Virtual Walk last night and had already gone 5.1 miles. It's really interesting to see all the scenery as you log your miles.
Meg - glad your students were focused. That helps the speaker a lot.What did you do on the Wii to get sore inner thighs? I really need an exercise to work that area.
Gail - I love your term YOYO dinner. I'll tell my DH tonight he is YOYO as I went to Spring Creek BBQ for lunch and will be very calorie lite tonight.
Lila - so glad you had a good report and are healing well. Scotch is quite a good medicine, I've heard.
Linda C - No way, -34!!!! I don't see how you could go outside. Stay warm.
Amanda - that is a long time on antibiotics. Are you eating yogurt or taking pro-botics?
Julie - great NSV for you!
Cheryl - you must have been planning to log your cookies because you counted them.:laugh:
Lucy - hope your meeting was productive and satisfying for you. Perfect time for a vacation.:noway:
Laura - I'm glad you're getting some warmer weather. We had 62 and sun today. Just had to go outside and walk.
Judy - jb's poem was a motivational one (page 11) and Vit F stands for friendships.
Razbet- Welcome and what a great thing to have a DD who is a trainer. Only problem is you can't fire her!
Well I said I'd exercise when I got home from the youth dinner last night and almost chickened out but one of those cookies just appeared in my hand and my mouth so I had to do a 2 mile walk.:blushing: Hope everyone has a great evening. I'm looking forward to playing golf tomorrow for the first time in awhile.
SueBDew in TX

DeeDee - we go down to FL for the race every year. We usually stay about a week or so. Whenever we went down before, I always felt like I needed to get my "fill" of the pool....but I won't feel that way this year. If I don't get my "fill", I'll get it when we get home

Did an hour of yoga today (Wed) then an hour of the deep water class. I just found out that the other gal who was teaching the class isn't teaching it any longer but another gal is. I knew the first gal had some sort of ear problem so I just assumed that the other gal was substituting. Guess not. Tomorrow I'll do Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred DVD. After exercise I did a little food shopping then home and went to senior bowling. Came home and made these apple chippers, only I won't tell Jessica they're apple chippers, I'll just tell her they're chocolate chip cookies. Then made (really, heated up) dinner, I had chicken & bean soup. Now I'm so full! Tomorrow is my day to do volunteer work at the Green Room. Afterwards I'm thinking that I need to go to the BiLo again, I know today I had a valentine's day card in my hand for Bryan, but I don't see it on the receipt so maybe I put it down without even realizing it. Vince will probably start to box up his presents tomorrow. I baked the pie for him, need to get the cookies that I have in the freezer for him so Vince can pack those, too.

Lin - I'm happy you're happy. Was there something special that prompted this? I really don't know what it was, but last night I was really stressing. Maybe it was because I didn't know that 4 new people would be at bunco, so I really didn't know how many to prepare for. But it's all over with now

Tammy in VA Beach - was that the first time your dog had seizures? One of our cats has a seizure disorder, so we have to give him meds twice/day. Glad she's better, it is so scary to watch

M - when you were telling katla about how you'd tease the kids, it reminded me of the show "Gilligan's Island"

Lin in Central Iowa - Congrats on getting closer and closer to wearing that coat. How great is that???

Ellie - welcome back! That's just great that you won your pick, even if it isn't going to be this year.

Deb in Nebraska - I haven't taken a body pump class in so long, the closest thing around here is the extremepump class. How I wish the routine was on uTube!

Meg - I, too, love the idea of paying for a class up front and then getting something back each time you go. The only thing I would think of is "would this cause bookkeeping nightmares?"

Linda C in Northern Ontario - congrats on the loss! Awesome

Meg - there is a zumba class at the Y right after our yoga class. Honestly, I have never in my life seen such rude people. They constantly open the door (like 20 minutes before their class begins) and close it. Then, as soon as our class is over, they rush in and turn on all the lights. I don't like classes that are so packed that you feel uncomfortable. Which is probably one of the reasons I would do the zumba at home

Renny - so sorry about your ex-colleague's hubby. Life sure can be weird, a death and a birth, all at the same time.

They're calling for 1"-2" of snow, and you should see the panic that's surrounding. A friend of mine had her mother bring her eggs so that she'd have something to feed her husband, she also called a friend of hers (because he has a 4 wheel drive) to pick her up and take her to work. Honestly, 1-2" of snows....makes me laugh. I had to stop at the store because I knew I'd picked up this valentines card for Bryan but when I got home yesterday it wasn't in my groceries but I wasn't charged for it either. So I went to the store today after my volunteering at the Green Room. This one lady must have had at least 4 gallons of milk! The lines!!! I find it all highly amusing. The worst part, to me, is that I was planning to go to the Y tomorrow in the a.m. and if there's snow on the ground I may not, but we shall see. In some ways that may be the time to go since there'll probably be no one on the roads. Then I went to CVS to pick up 3 prescriptions for Vince

Gail - great sounding meals. You can come cook for me anytime at all!

Made some more of the spinach cheese muffins that I made the other day. This time I tried adding in some mozzarella cheese. We shall see how it is.

At bunco one of the ladies brought a bag of Dove dark chocolates. I was glad it was dark chocolates, but the funny thing was that as she was leaving, it seemed that she was going to leave the chocolates here. Do you know that all I could think of when I looked at them was "50-some calories". I taped up the bag and gave it back to her to take home with her. Her "thing" was that she wasn't eating anything with wheat, she'd read that it helps lose weight and she thought the info behind it made sense. I didn't say anything, but to me it isn't wheat per se that's the problem, it's the REFINED wheat. Oh well......

LindaC - I sometimes use oats and grind them up finely in the food processor, too.

Julie - great resistance! My girlfriend from Switzerland just sent me a box of Swiss chocolates. One part of me doesn't really care for them, but then there is the other part that is saying "Swiss chocolates...it doesn't get much better than that". I'm thinking that maybe I'll have one for dessert every day until the box is gone. Hopefully, Vince'll have some too so that's that much less for me to have.

Lucy4TDieting - have a wonderful wonderful trip. I'm sure the meeting will go fine, but let us know, OK?

linder - LOVED the slippers, thanks

Robin - glad that cloak is doing multiple jobs for you

Did 50 minutes of the 30 Day Shred DVD (levels 2 + 3). The PLAN is to do some HIIT tomorrow (Fri), but if there's snow on the ground when I get up, I'll do something at home, not sure what yet, but something.

Judy - that is so nice of you to be helping your coworkers like you are. Good luck on the job interview. The "F" in Vitamin F stands for "friends". Lots and lots of Vitamin F here.

CG - woohoo stopping smoking. That's just wonderful!

razbet - how wonderful to have your own personal trainer!

Liz from CT - another good reason to have others with you while you're doing wall sits, you can gab between youself and the time seems to go by so much faster

mndtowka - I made a deal with Vince, if he got his hair cut I'd grow mine long. I was thinking that if I kept it in a ponytail, eventually he'd just say "oh, I never get to see it anyway". But no deal! Now I'm threatening that if he doesn't keep his hair cut to a decent length, I'll get mine cut. Actually, I HATE it long, it's such a pain when I'm exercising and I have to always put it up when I go in the pool. What a pain in the ......

sueBDew - yup, cookies have a way of somehow magically appearing in your hand. I totally understand

You know, the more I think about it, the more I think I'll do the rebounder DVD that I have tomorrow. Evidentally, it's not supposed to snow all that much, but it as been raining and the temps are going to go lower in the evening, so that'll mean ice and I do not like to drive on ice. I don't really know anyone who does.

Eileen - San Diego - I find that I get colder, too.

Well, hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele in NC

Hello Dear Ladies"

I'm slowly catching up,with everyone! Welcome, new Ladies! This is THE best place for help and support...and friendship!

Karen in MI- my real name is Katharine (Kathy), but our first granddaughter called me Kackie, so my nickname became Kackie.

Lin-THANKS for the welcome back!

Robin-Olivia will be ONE? Wow...time flies! I know you are SO excited to see her. Be sure and post photos!

Have a great evening! Kackie

Bump

Wow. Love seeing all the successes. I need to get going!

Good evening ladies! hope everyone had a great day. I finally managed to get to the gym today. It felt great! I am going to aim for 4 days a week for now. It has gotten too hard to find time to walk outside when it is still daylight. I'm not a big fan of walking alone at night. It won't be much longer before it will stay light later in the evening and I will be able to get back to walks after work. For now the gym will work. It is a bit crowded at the time I can go, but I just zone out and concentrate on my workout.

I love reading all of the posts and would like to respond to all, but work is taking up most of my evenings right now. Maybe I will be able to find some time this weekend. Meanwhile, know that I do read all posts and am wishing you all the best on this journey to better health.

Deb A in CNY

Here's the info I sent along to Colleen about the Virtual Walk Across America that I joined. I think it's been going on for a long time but you can join anytime you care to. Give me a few years---I'll get there!

Following is the web site address and a blurb they wrote about it........

http://exercise.lbl.gov/index.html


Lin in Central Iowa

I joined and I should be in Jamestown by tomorrow. I've got just over four miles to go. I think you're about a hundred miles ahead of me, maybe more. I'm doing a mix of walking and biking.

Hello Ladies,

Today has been a good day overall. Today was day 2 of circuit training.
@Liz. Our has a circuit training. I was afraid of it. When I took the tour of center. I saw it and was afraid of it. She kept saying lot of ladies seem to like starting here. I was like good for them. But I thought because of my ankle problems I couldn't. But I went yesterday tried it and seem ok. Than again today went well. I hope to go again tomorrow. But I am happy that I joined

@Lin thank you for the encouragement.
Safe trip

@M yes its been a long winter so far.

@Meg thank you.

I.have had request for a couple of my recipes promise to have them.up this weekend.

Ok do have a question lately notice feeling so scattered forgetful lately. My memory has always been a strong suite,

Not so I hats it I could and am normally good at Multics tasking. Not so right now. Looking for ways to strengthen my.memory and f paying attention better. Is there anything that I could take to improve my.memory?

Have a good night

Liz