WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2013

Hello ladies.

Good lord, please remind me that I love my DH in sickness and in health - just so that I don't accidentally smother him in his sleep when he has man-flu!

I need sleep right now, but am in the gallery with a busy work day ahead of me and knowing that when I get home I have hours of Latin translation to wade through. What I would really love is a day spent with the grandtwins followed by a hot bath and bed with a good book.

Not sure what is wrong with me, but feeling fat and frumpy - even though I know my weight hasn't gone up and I'm still well below my target weight. Clearly I'm just going through a phase of dissatisfaction.

I'm going to stop complaining now and get on with some work - otherwise I won't get out of here until midnight!

Have a good day my lovelies.

Love to all.
Amanda x

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

I`m waiting for my brother to come turn my water on, seems he overslept this morning:grumble: ! Of course if I was smart I would know how to do these things and not be dependant on someone else! Time to learn where everything is located! Having no water and a gain on the scale this morning has put me in a terrible mood:devil: . I just want to go back to bed:sad: !

Kate Sending you a hug:flowerforyou: !

Tigress Hope you feel better soon!

LindaC Stay warm!

Lin One more pound to go to hit 100, congrats, you`re doing awesome!!!! I seem to have the same problem you do, the more I exercise the more I gain:huh: , makes no sense to me:sad: !

JaneM Hope Violet is feeling better!

Renny congrats to you!!!!

Amanda Hope DH feels better soon, and you get your visit with the grandtwins!

Welcome to the newbies:flowerforyou: , come in often and chat with us!!!

Well i`m taking my grumpy self off the computer, would hate to have my mood infect anyone on here!!!

Hope you all have a great day! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee...grumpy in NC

Bump til tonight

Hello and happy Thursday :happy: –

Woops,:noway: last checked on on Tuesday and here we are, it’s Thursday. I claim immunity. I’ve been making travel arrangements and studying Spanish! I am going on a trip to Granada, Nicaragua with my wonderful, amazing, entertaining and energetic 85 year-old parents in March. Gotta be on top of the world for that adventure!

I have also been busy reading “graphic novels” for school (it’s so fun being a grade 7 teacher ) because I am putting together a study unit based on this style of graphica. I am learning a whole new vocabulary and a whole new way of “reading”.

Calorie count and exercise go on, but I’ve had to put the computer aside to fit the rest of it in.

Julie, just read your Wed post about gaining weight, even though you are “doing everything right”. Do you also record your measurements? I’ve found that encouraging. I take my bust, under bust, waist & hips once a month. Often when I’ve had a month of no weight loss I still have encouraging changes in my shape. Give it a try!

Mary in Renton, here’s hoping you see blue sky today! :flowerforyou: Think Mexico – the sun must be shining there.

Lori H., your hummus wrap and cooking class both sound like fantastic ideas. I am going to look for the tortilla. Have you ever tried making your own hummus? If you have a food processor it’s easy and you can control the amount of salt & oil that go into the mix.

M in freezing Pennsylvania (you should be skiing) somehow the image or sound of the words “crispy little cubes” related to tofu just made me giggle :laugh: (I’m easy to entertain). I have some tofu in the fridge that needs to be eaten. Tonight we are going to have crispy little cubes!

Tahinni in my grocery story is next to the peanut butter, along side the almond butter. Go figure.

Kate – monkey brain, oh yeah. I know it well. Winter blues too. Just the smell of a flower shop can lift your spirit. :flowerforyou: Exercise helps (but you know that).

Lucy – “embrace the sweat”??? :explode: I’ll be thinking that next time I’m treadmilling! The elliptical and stationary bikes have fans on them, why can’t they come up with something for the treadmill?

Wessecg – I like the idea of floating in a creek with a pina colada. :drinker: We have a place at “the lake”. My sisters and I have spent many happy hours floating with our glasses of wine. Lovely image to replace the winter blues.

Lila, I was at the gym and came out just after 8 pm to see all that snow. Dang. :grumble: want it on the hills, but not in my rec centre parking lot. I wish DH could come and plough your driveway for you, it’s just a little too far away.

Cleaning house before going away? :noway: Oh yes, me too. For the same reasons as mentioned by Sunshine61250 – If anyone comes into my home I don’t want them to think I am a total slob. Silly, but true. And motivating when it comes to getting the stuff off the floor of my bedroom closet!

Amanda, you do love your DH, and I sure you do. Perhaps it’s the mid-winter “give me a break” feeling you’re suffering from.

Must go and get J’boy ready for the day, pull the lunches out of the fridge, make my “green smoothie” and get things rockin’ for the day. Whoo Haw. This is talking myself into energy – as Barbie says, quoting “The Happiness Project” “act the way you want to feel”. Off we go…

Nancy in SE British Columbia, the beautiful and snowy Creston Valley.


January goals: (mid-month check)

6 workouts a week - missed one last week, but doing OK
Connect to my family (emails once a week to parents & sisters) Yes, actually more than this because we are planning out trip.

“Connect” is my word for 2013. I will try to make a new connection each month (this is inspired by The Happiness Project)

Ahh, January. I suppose we just have to embrace it, don't we. As I enter yet another day, cold fog, damp with rain drops, awfully darned dismal, I remember this is merely a passing season. I allow myself to hop, and skip, and dance with dogs on my way to a smile. Then rest awhile. Positive action is the cure for negative thought. I've been reading posts, and reading quotes. Here are a few in regards to Winter.

"The snow doesn't give a soft white damn whom it touches."
- E. E. Cummings

"One kind word can warm three winter months."
- Japanese proverb

"In a way Winter is the real Spring - the time when the inner things happen, the resurgence of nature."
- Edna O'Brien

Be well, treat yourselves to a smile or two.

jb from wintery Portland

Joy
Did you have flyer's out to invite people to your weight loss meeting.
Maybe try to invite the zumba class.
Linda C from Northern Ontario Canada

The person in charge of the class sends out emails every Monday to remind people. And at today's zumba class there was only me and the lady that is in charge of the weight loss class. It was her first time and she only went because I badgered her into it. This is what she posted online about it: "Loved the zumba - was completely rubbish but enjoyed. In my world the words ENJOY and EXERCISE don't usually appear together!" Hopefully more people will get excited when they see how well we are doing. Gill has lost 16 lbs since Nov and I've lost 8 since January ..... slow but sure right?

To: Sunshine61250
Thanks for the insight on lunches. It's just my husband and I at home too. So I'm still trying to learn to cook for ONLY 2. Although, like you I do use leftovers during the weekdays for quick meals. Have a good day.

Thanks all for the hopes to feel better. I am feeling a little better, and the cats are mad at me. All I did for the last few days was sleep and eat. They got no treats and I didn't play with them. They did keep me warm. I have to go to the store and get some food, and then come home and take a nap. :yawn:

Tigress

Well, I survived grandparents day at preschool:laugh: though if I had to get up and down off the floor too many more times, it was not going to be pretty! i did take consolation in the fact that I was not the last one to complete that maneouvre - not bad for a gal with a hip replacement. The morning of doing the hokey-pokey, painting, reading and snack was delightful. What a privilege to spend time with the three year old!

It is a glorious plus 8 degrees celsius today - the sun is shining and there is hardly a breath of wind, so I just HAD to go for a walk It means I didn't get to the gymn, which is a better burn but did the fresh air and sunshine ever feel good! So good for the spirit!!:smooched:

LindaC - I did look back over my last seven days, at your suggestion, but every one of them was under 1200 calories - the two highest in the 1100 range. So my average is still significantly under 1200. Too low, I know!

Nancy - so how are you enjoying the graphic novels. My son and wife bought one on Israel for me just before my first trip. It is a different style of reading and takes some getting used to. I would like to try one again. Teaching does make you keep up to date on some of these things.:happy:
I have always wanted to learn some Spanish - such a beautiful language! A trip to Nicaraugua would be good motivaation!

Joy - I think if you check the database there is a listing for calories burned doing housework. I am not sure what it is under but I have seen people post it on their diary. It certainly should be loggable exercise, don't you think?!

Time to go do some prep so I can get out of here in good time tomorrow morning. Here is hoping and praying for good roads to travel on!

(oops! the wind is up - got my walk in just in time!!:bigsmile: )

Glenda in the ever changeable south of Alberta:bigsmile:

Got in a 4 mile walk this morning and DH worked with me on my golf swing this afternoon. Would you believe it was 85 degrees today? I know I shouldn’t even mention it as so many of you are having really cold weather. That’s what I love about Texas. (I think that’s a song). Someone ask me where I live in TX, I think it was Sandy. It's 45 miles SW of Fr Worth in a small town named Granbury.

Mary in WA – my DGD goes to school in Seattle and has fallen in love with the city. She thinks she’ll stay there but she’s just a Sophomore so who knows.

Kate – I don’t know what you do as your career but you should be a writer. Maybe spend those long cold days writing a novel. I’d read it! So Sorry you had a fall. Take care of you.

Allison – welcome to the best group on MFP and congrats on losing all that weight. You know you can do it because you’ve been there done that. So, join us on your journey.

Rori in CO foothills – Good luck with your business trip to NYC and AL. We lived in CoSpgs for 9 years and loved it.

Lin in Iowa – My fingers are crossed for your weigh-in tomorrow. You are an inspiration to all of us.

Lila – You had a high and a low. Sounds like my weight loss journey!

Gflenda – enjoy your day at preschool. Hopefully it will be a different unit.

Joy– I also clean my house, empty the dishwasher etc before we leave on a trip same reason as you. What branch of the military was your husband in? Our state senator was the closest person to the crash that survived the 9-11 bombing of the pentagon. Enjoy Rome, hoping for sunny skies for you.

DeeDee –hey, just jump back in bed and get up on the other side. You might have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed. LOL

Got in a 4 mile walk this morning and DH worked with me on my golf swing this afternoon. Would you believe it was 85 degrees today? I know I shouldn’t even mention it as so many of you are having really cold weather. That’s what I love about Texas. (I think that’s a song).


Mary in WA – my DGD goes to school in Seattle and has fallen in love with the city. She thinks she’ll stay there but she’s just a Sophomore so who knows.

Kate – I don’t know what you do as your career but you should be a writer. Maybe spend those long cold days writing a novel. I’d read it! So Sorry you had a fall. Take care of you.

Allison – welcome to the best group on MFP and congrats on losing all that weight. You know you can do it because you’ve been there done that. So, join us on your journey.

Rori in CO foothills – Good luck with your business trip to NYC and AL. We lived in CoSpgs for 9 years and loved it.

Lin in Iowa – My fingers are crossed for your weigh-in tomorrow. You are an inspiration to all of us.

Lila – You had a high and a low. Sounds like my weight loss journey!

Gflenda – enjoy your day at preschool. Hopefully it will be a different unit.

Joy– I also clean my house, empty the dishwasher etc before we leave on a trip same reason as you. What branch of the military was your husband in? Our state senator was the closest person to the crash that survived the 9-11 bombing of the pentagon. Enjoy Rome, hoping for sunny skies for you.

DeeDee –hey, just jump back in bed and get up on the other side. You might have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed. LOL

Linda C – love your words for believe. That’s my word for this year. Hope you got your house work done. We miss you when you’re not here
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Wel off to make dinner. Had a great low cal refried bean soup for lunch. See you tomorrow.

Renny - way to go girl getting at 25% of you goal weight. You can do this, I know you can.

Lila - sounds like you're like me in your bowling -- "consistently inconsistent"

Did 50 minutes of Jillian Michael's Shred it With Weights DVD today. I'm still taking it easy with my ankle, but it is getting better. Tomorrow I'll do a downloadable workout for the spin. Then we have the Newcomers board meeting, then I'm supposed to volunteer at the Green Room (theater). Lynette's birthday is tomorrow so after the green room I'll take her some cookies that I made for her. I also made these oat sunflower seed bars (mainly because I wanted to try the recipe) for the board meeeting. A friend of mine sent me chocolates from Switzerland so I'll also take those chocolates to the board meeting then give a few to Lynette assuming that there are some left over. Vince just packed up Bryan's christmas gifts (yes, it takes him a while jto do things), so I'll probably take them to the post office after seeing Lynette.

ohiomom and glenda - nuts are calorie dense and good for you.

I have a load of laundry in the dryer right now. I'll make cookies to take to my hairdresser, I'll need to get my bangs trimmed and they sort-of expect me to make them something. I'll make these banana butterscotch drops. I know that the owner of the salon likes butterscotch and I have bananas that I'd like to use up. Vince is going shooting (at the range) this afternoon, so maybe that's when I'll make them

I, too, keep a separate notepad open and jot things down as I'm reading. Then, at the end of the day I copy and paste it. Works for me. Many times I'll right click and then click on "cut", click on "post reply" and then right click on "paste". Then all's I need to do is "save" my document which is blank at this point except for the page number.

sunshine - I do the exact same thing -- I make a larger portion of things and then freeze individual servings. Same reason -- then I don't have to cook every day. Fortunately, Vince will eat leftovers. Jessica won't <sigh>. That must have been so scary for your husband to be at the Pentagon when the plane hit. I can totally understand your feeling of wanting your house clean in case.

Amanda - hope your hubby feels better. When Vince is sick, you'd think the world was coming to and end. Me? If I'm in bed all day, you KNOW that I'm sick.

Nancy - how wonderful that you're going to Nicaragua. How long will you be gone for? Time will fly by and you'll be going even before you know it.

Tahini in my store is also along with the peanut butter.

Nancy - the treadmills at the Y near us have a place where a fan would be. another gym near me has the same treadmill with the fan.

Vince went shooting then he'll go out with some of the guys and depending on what time they finish up, he'll either come home first or go get his hair cut. I didn't go anywhere today, but got a lot accomplished. Got the dinners for next week decided on and took out of the freezer what needs to defrost and put that in the refrigerator. Decided on which exercises I'd do for the next week. Made a pot of the kale & kidney bean soup. Next time I might wind up using great northern beans only because I have a lot of them in my freezer.

tigress - that's interesting that your cats are mad at you for sleeping so much. I remember FIL was a big napper and one time when he came to stay with us, our cat was in 7th heaven -- he'd found another sleeping soulmate.

Meg - I just added that Crazy Cat Lady game to my wish list at Amazon. My daughter gave me a magnet a while ago that says "one cat away from being the crazy cat lady" and a lady said to me "Michele, that ship has already sailed", that will be something cute to give Vince. If I break a nail at bowling and then have a crummy game, I always blame it on the fact that I have a broken nail.

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening. Gotta go take a shower now.

Michele in NC

I hope that everyone had a good day and thanks for the suggestions on adding calories to my day (can't believe I actually said that but you know what I mean!)

Renny - congrats on getting to 25% of your goal!

Kate - ouch, hope you heal quickly!

Glenda - gotta love the thought of a half cup of ice cream to round out my calories for the day. Best not go down that path, though, or I probably wouldn't stop at a half cup! I am very much a person who has to keep the tempting stuff out of the house or my willpower will go right out the window.

Lucy - I hope that you and your inlaws made it through the day and were able to celebrate your FIL's life and the fact that he is no longer suffering.

Glenda - glad you had a good time at grandparent's school and that you weren't the last person off the floor.:bigsmile: Oh, and thanks for including the reference to the hokey pokey in your post.... I loved that when I was young!

Suebedew - I lived in the DFW area for a few years, during my gradual migration northward (south Texas to San Antonio to Dallas to Ohio). My 19yo DD was born in Arlington and now goes to school in Wichita Falls. Like you DGD, she is a sophomore and thinks she wants to stay after she graduates but we'll see.

I know that some of you have much shorter days and worse weather than me but Columbus, Ohio is so dreary and gray for much of the year that I sometimes have to fight off my own mild case of the blahs. Yet another reason that I hope to head back to Texas when we retire in a few years.

Gotta go get a few things done before bed. Night!

I had a different kind of day today. Arranged for a branch "coffee break" as a ruse to invite a new dad receiving our good wishes and congratulations on the birth of his 2nd baby girl, including card and gift certificate. Brought (healthy) muffins...and... ate one.

Then...lunch out, which I had totally forgotten about, but I - after all - had arranged at "Rebar" in Victoria. Had a fantastic warn veggie salad. Are you kidding me? How amazing was that. I just don't know how to log it, but other than that...man was it good. If anyone (Barbiecat?) is ever in Victoria, BC...here is a place for a healthy meal: http://rebarmodernfood.com/

Worked late, then came home to some great home made tomato soup.

End of story for today. Another busy day ahead tomorrow.

Renny
Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

Jumping January, tomorrow is Robbie Burns day, raise the haggis and a good scotch!

I will have to see if someone has listed haggis on the food site...haha ha.....I am not making it for the DH's birthday tomorrow; we will go out, perhaps to a new Thai-Vietnamese place. Perhaps somewhere more traditional...not sure. He is delighted to have lost 12 pounds by tracking his food on MFP...and I am thrilled he is reducing his cholesterol and salt intake, and slowiy working in more veg and water everyday...his commitment makes my cooking 4 veg for dinner much easier....whew! He used to complain about throwing out some unused veg, now we can't keep enough in the house.

DeeDee – I always chuckle when you say you are grumpy, because your posts are always so positive….I hope you don’t get hit by the Arctic cold…they are worried about the south being hit….with good reason. And I always drink buckets of water….:laugh:

Meg - I think there is still a week of cold to come…I don’t even know what a stadium coat is? And I am from a snowbelt! :grumble:

LindaC – I hope you are staying in, and warm! The temps have been so cold, I can’t imagine how hard that makes it just to get normal activities done! I fell off my chair when I heard Detroit shut down the schools due to the cold! Detroit is an hour south of me, and warmer and has less snow than we do…and we have 1 inch! :noway:

Barbie – I agree, the weather may be rainy in NWW, but it is not too cold to go outside….and yet I too am grateful for the wonderful bright sunshine when it is cold…keeps me sane. :happy:

Renny – so glad you suggested the veg-fruit day, I really feel energized and cleansed after those days! I see it is key to the weight loss too! Hope you are enjoying some decent weather there on the Island! Hope the Canucks are winning, we do not get to see them here in Ont very much. :blushing:

Nurse – Your weekend retreat sounds wonderful…peace in the middle of a lake…:flowerforyou:

Wessecg - Have you been able to ride your horse more often? I love the horse pics, the idea of riding a horse every week is so appealing…and better than being stuck at a desk!

Lila – don’t we all have days where the score card begins with a terrific start and goes downhill … I do! Yet somehow the fact that you are even out there bowling seems terrific to me….:happy:

Glenda – I am still attached to my now adult son’s childhood dinosaur collection, with all the wonderful memories of times we spent learning about them, and travelling to museums to see them….and sadly, not one of my grandsons were ever interested! LOTR and Harry Potter ( which we also like) came along. I think dinosaurs were as magical as any wizard…but there you are. Childhood magic lives in different images over time! :laugh:

Sunshine - I hope you are counting your daily cleaning as part of your exercise calories! :laugh:

Amanda- gee, Latin translation is tough first thing in the morning, I don’t think I could do it after a full day of work…and I am wondering if you have to deal with medieval rather than modern Latin? .I hope you get that hot bath and book! :yawn:

Liz – ha! I fell asleep in the chair with my laptop open to close my log, when my DH announced he was going to bed, and he woke me up! So I had to wake up and signoff on the day too…..funny thing was, I though I was in bed….:laugh:

Nancy in BC – love your word for 2013, I am going to have to find one for myself! :drinker:

Laura – my DH was put on a plan to prevent diabetes and heart issues…so I talked him into MFP, and he makes his own decisions, but now eats a plateful of veggies every night! And he rarely makes his full calorie intake, but he feels in control…and he just makes small changes that have allowed him to drop 12 pounds…and we celebrate his low sodium and cholesteral counts! :bigsmile:

JB – love the photos of you, and love the quotes. Most of all, I love Edna O’Brien! I only know her poems, not her novels…..so glad to see her words!

Jane – fell over when you got to the 30 lbs of potatoes and 70 muffins, it all sounds like a workout to me!

Lucy – so sorry about your FIL; yet suffering is so unfair.:brokenheart:

Michelle – I seem to have two very bad knees right now, how would that affect my attempt to start a Gillian Michaels dvd? I bought it to try indoor workouts when it got too cold, but seem to have a fear of doing more damage..:grumble:

Lin – go for it, hope it happens very soon! Congratulations, it seems like a done deal! :drinker:
I tried to buy Fuhrman’s book for my Kindle app, but it never arrived….will have to sort that out when I have time.

I am out of time, sorry that I missed so many of your posts earlier this week, and if I missed someone.

Life is good, I am grateful for your support, experience, and insight! Everyone have a wonderful Friday!

BJ, SWOnt.

Good morning everyone! Today I have a Wii fitness class at the gym on base and then I have physical therapy. The PT is out in town and there is a fitness gym attached so I'm planning to get on the treadmill for a bit afterwords, depending on how much the first class hurts me. :bigsmile:

I did see that cleaning counts as calories! HOORAY! I put down that I cleaned for 2 hours yesterday even though it was more like 8. Hubby came home and I showed him my closet and he was impressed and then said "how about we do this (blah blah blah) .... it will give you more room AND better light. So, of course I said yes, and now my closet is a huge mess again. But .... it will be much better in the long run.

I decided to weigh myself today (even though tomorrow is WI day for me) and I've gained 1/2 lb!!!!! So depressing. But, the dinner we had last night had soy sauce in it. And muscle weighs more than fat. So .... I'm hoping that that will give me the motivation to hit the treadmill after PT today.

And I may not be on much for the next day or two. We have an all day skiing trip planned for tomorrow and on Sunday the driver is picking us up at 4:30 a.m. to take us to the airport. HORRIBLE time to get up, but it puts us in Rome by noon so we'll have a lot of time to spend exploring. As long as our flight actually leaves. I just looked and at 6 a.m. on Sunday it will be snowing here with "near gale force winds". UGH! I HATE flying and that's just not going to be good.

yardtigeress - I hope you continue to feel better. Remember to not overdue!

glendalight - I did find it last night. That's a good thing too because I would have had to make up something to show for all my hard work! :bigsmile:

suebdew - my husband is retired Air Force. :happy:

barbiecat - it took me a while to get use to it ... but the summers more than make up for the winters .... especially since he travels a lot for work during the winters and the Norwegians are VERY pro family during the summer. Work days end at 3:00 p.m. so they have lots of time to be outdoors. They work longer hours in the winter.

exermom - I'm lucky that my hubby loves leftovers .... especially with the price of food here in Norway. Nothing goes to waste. And thanks, it was scary ... I'm lucky that all I have to deal with is my fear of flying .... my family is safe. All 3 of our boys went into the military afterwards and all spent time in Iraq and Afghanistan. I'm very thankful that they have all done their tours and have gotten out and have gone on with their lives.

bjmcq - I've actually had haggis and scotch. I think the scotch helped make it go down.

jodymaryk - thanks! Mexican box mixes and such are none existent here but anything made with fresh items and spices should be found with a little hunting. Your chili verde recipe sounds delish .... I'll try to throw something like that together when we get back from Rome.

Joy