WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2013

:flowerforyou: New Fruit/Veggie Challenge is up - check it out for those who are interested in participating.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/877266-fruit-veggie-1-day-challenge-saturday-feb-2-2013

Renny
Vancouver Island, BC

Goals for February

Eat the last of2012 garden veggies
Plan next years garden
Continue to exercise 3x week
'Graduate' from physical therapy - currently 2x week
Eat right and stay well
Bicycle to work at least 1 week when not icky out
Will not murder the hundreds of candy hearts

I am Jo from Colorado - be well - do good deeds! :flowerforyou:

Linda - congrats on running the half marathon. That's awesome!

Laura in CO - hope you had a great lunch with Jane

Janice - alls I can say is that sometimes it takes your body a while to catch up with itself. Don't despair

ohhhh...gotta share. I'm so proud. Jessica just called. She got a promotion and a 7% increase in salary. I don't want to put this on facebook because it will probably make Bryan and Denise feel bad. Bryan has already mentioned how he feels we think he's a failure. But I'm so proud of her for getting this promotion. Don't know all the details. She'll be here this weekend and I'll find out more then.

Did an hour of walking on the treadmill at 3.7mph. Usually I do about 4mph. A week ago I wouldn't even have considered this. Tomorrow I'll go to yoga, then probably take our empty egg cartons to this guy who is at the farmers market but they have it in the parking lot of a Hardware store. It's not a real farmers market, but some of the vendors are there.

Robin - keeping fingers crossed for you!


Barbara in LI, Midge, mimisam (you joined by posting, now this thread will be in your list of "my Topics") - glad you joined us! Same for anyone else new that I may have missed.

barbie - thanks for the book suggestions. I'm going to see which ones our library has, then take some audiobooks out for when we drive to FL.

Mary - happy birthday to your granddaughter!

Jodi - please recommend some good yoga DVD's. I like hatha. I do take classes, but there are times when I can't get to the class and I like to have DVD's to do at home.

Sue in TX - what a start you had to your day, but glad it finished up great.

Jen - I hope your son doesn't get deployed, but as you say...this is part of the commitment. Of course, that doesn't cover a mother's heartstrings.

Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele in COLD NC

Goals for Feb:
get on the treadmill at least 3x's a week for 30 minutes
eat fruit and vegies deligently
try to stay away from "bad" snacks
keeping a smile on my face the whole time :blushing:

I just joined a few weeks ago - still finding my way around - but enjoying the sight and tools so far.
As for G O A L S F O R F E B R U A R Y:
More exercise - 5 days/week do some form of aerobic and strength training
Drink 8 glasses or more of water a day
Continue my healthy eating and daily tracking - it's working!
Do something creative every day - write some lyrics, work on a painting or other art project
Organize my art studio!
Buy that leopard print fabric to cover the chairs in the living room
Make some definitive plans to decorate my bedroom! I deserve it!

Thanks to all of you for sharing your stories and your support -

My name is Lynn Maile Taylor www.lynnandthayne.com (a shameless plug for our music)
I live on the island of Kauai - Hawaii
:flowerforyou: Aloha!

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

The sun is popping up over the horizon this morning and it`s just beautiful , however it is COLD outside, 19 degrees, made for a very fast walk this morning, not as windy as it was yesterday morning, I`m thankful for that!!!!

Welcome to all the newbies:flowerforyou: , keep coming in and chatting, this is a great place for motivation!!!!

Michele Congrats to Jessica!!!! How wonderful for the promotion and raise!!!!

I`ve been trying to see if that groundhog has seen or not seen his shadow this morning , don`t know if its happened yet or not, oh well...spring will be here when it gets here...I`m so ready!!!!

Need to get my shower and get this beautiful day started!!!
Have a wonderful day ladies!!!! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee in very COLD NC

Good morning all you great minded ladies. I was still doing jan. yesterday. and in it all fell only 3 pages back. Did read all the post but wasn't about to try and take notes on them all.

I see some great plans for Feb. and I will join you but need to see how I did for Jan. I have them written in my progress book.

January goals where
Get away from 200 not done .2 to go
Drink more water done.
Exercise more I believe I did more but not enough.

So Feburary
Get away from 200 lbs it's gotta be this month
Put my eight pennies out and count my eight glasses of water.
Go downstairs to exercise machines not to look at them but to use them at least 2xa week
Use the wii 3xweek. And dance zumba, linedance anything to get me move more everyday.
So if I do this something will give. I can and I will. I can't see no obsticles in the way.

So it's on with my day.

Thank you all for being my friends. This vit. F means more than D any day.

To the lady from Sudbury you are close enough to me to feel the cold man was that something this morning.
So fed up of winter. But try and see around the next corner spring is there.

Linda C In Northern Ontario brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

This will be my first time posting in this forum. I definetly fit into the + part of the 50!! I live in the panhandle of Florida and am the manager of a special needs adoption program. Barbiecat, I saw your picture of two standard poodles. We have one (used to have 3) and he is a certified pet therapy dog.....I use him in the juvenile court. I am not good about posting on a regular basis as a while back I made a decision to be on the computer less and to move more. For February, my goals are simple...stay focused on making healthy food choices and to exercise (running and yoga) more days than not. We will be on a 7 day cruise in the middle of the month so those goals will be important for me to maintain. I have finally settled into my weight loss program and I don't want to loose the momentum. Good luck to everyone.

Thank you, thank you thank you...this is a wonderful site with so much support and encouragement! I'm glad I stumbled upon this supportive community for ladies my age...you are all awesome! Midge in Florida

Greetings to all. It’s cloudy and cold here in Omaha today. I’m checking in early because I will be busy all day; working til the afternoon, then company for dinner. DD#2 (the good cook) is making dinner for our guests, so that will free me up a bit. I had a pity party last night…bad bar food, but only 1 drink! I even had water at the bar. :drinker: Well I should say bad-for-you-bar food because it was great. I have a weakness for fried mushrooms and cheese sauce. Good thing it plays havoc with my digestive system so I can only stand it once in a blue moon! Otherwise I’m sure they would be on the menu more often!

I have found that if I give myself permission to have the occasional pity party I get over it so much quicker than if I load up on the guilt for both poor eating choices and for being a bummer to be around! They used to last for a week or two, now it’s the occasional day here and there. I don’t think it’s really depression….doesn’t affect me too often and I have been treated for depression before and this doesn’t feel like that did.

OK…today is a new day and I will get some work done and enjoy my friends…..both my virtual friends here and the ones coming over for dinner and games. I think we’ll play the crazy cat lady game. :bigsmile:

Robin: so glad your interviews went well. Seems like this has been frustrating for you so I hope a dream job comes your way.

Laura in Ohio: my inlaws live in Wadsworth, south of Cleveland. Welcome and come back often

BarbaraBBQ: welcome to our group. I hope things are improving after the hurricane. I’m sure eating healthy and exercising were not priorities as you were trying to put your life back together.

Midge: welcome to you too!

Jane: Two days of great choices! Good for you. Celebrate!!!

Tigress: so glad you are feeling better. Your philosophy of grandparenting fits mine! I cant’ wait to have grandkids! LOL

Glenda : enjoy that walk and great weather!

Mimisam: you just joined! Come back often and post so we can get to know you.

Barbie: you are so right about weight loss not being linear and one week not having a direct correlation to the next., Just keep up with your goals and keep on moving! Thanks for your wisdom.

Jodio: a yoga instructor? You should come to my house LOL> I have tried yoga several times and after a few classes, it never fails “You know, this might not be for you…”. :grumble: I am stiff as a board, have tons of muscle spasms on a daily basis that limit my movement, and can’t do any of the poses (“Dog bites woman facing it downwards”….LOL). :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I fall all over the place and knock my yoga neighbors over. :sad: I am a yoga disaster! I did get a wii fit and it has pretty simple yoga and I have been doing that 3 times a week, very poorly, but I do want to be more flexible and have better balance. I do seem to have mastered the warrior pose however although I don’t think it stretches my hip pointers.

DeeDee: I’m so impressed you even remember January goals!!! I read your post and said HMMMMM did I make any goals? Oh, yeah, I did, now what were they? I guess my goal is to remember to show up here!

Suebedew: good for you getting out there to golf. Do you walk or ride? You are another impressive person recapping your goals. I’m going to have to find a way to get them to show up on my homepage on the computer so I can see them every day.

Barbaraaloska: I’m glad to read that some of the “problem children” can grow up to be productive citizens! That gives me hope!

Tammy: I agree! This is the best thread ever!

Jen: hope work straightens out soon. I’ll keep fingers crossed and good thoughts coming your way for DS

Jo: biking to work? Do you have good bike lanes there? We just got our first one downtown and a few people use it. ( I live near Omaha).

Michele: great news about Jessica’s promotion! That’s fabulous. Stay warm!

Lynn: welcome to our group. I grew up in Hawaii…on Ford Island which is in the middle of Pearl Harbor. My dad was in the navy.

Newbies galore: welcome to all of you whose post I didn’t reply to individually. Come back often and let us get to know you.

Mouth: (I think???) congratulations on being a gramma!

Well it’s getting late and I must be productive around here or I’ll feel guilty when DH and DDs 1&2 come home after grocery shopping on a Saturday (ugh) before the superbowl (double ugh). Take care, spread that vitamin F, and keep on plan! Meg :drinker:

About to leave for my 3rd 10K training clinic. Did very well this week "practicing walking" What that means is I walked places and got away from my desk. :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Here is what my goals for January were, which I mostly accomplished:
-post weekly veggie/fruit challenges for my MFP friends
-hit 30 g of fiber each day, which means a lot of fresh fruits and veggies
-not get discouraged if the scale doesn't move
-signed up for the April 28th TC10K and joined the 14 week training program for it
-learn more about healthy eating

For February more of the same, plus
-add 2x/week strength training
-fit in some flexibility training like yoga
-learn more about healthy eating

Love all the posts on this forum from my "Vitamin F" friends. I better get going now.
ttyl.

Renny
Vancouver Island, BC

Bump

Good morning! I am new to MFP. I have been tracking for about 3 weeks and trying to get used to the site but there are things I still don't "get". These may be silly questions but . . . .

Is this a group?
What is a thread? How do you keep being part of the thread? And what does that mean?
Why do some people put "bump"?

I just turned 50 last month and would love to lose 25 lbs. More than that, I want to enter my fifties, FIT and HEALTHY. I have never really had weight issues until the last 5 years or so. Those darn hormones!! My goal for when I started MFP was to track my food daily (that has been pretty successful - even if I go over my calories at least this month I know why and where I went over) and exercise at least 4 times per week (that has gone really well and I am thrilled that it is getting easier and easier - I was pretty much a couch potato before).

My goal for Feb. would be to drink more water. I am a camel!! And I just don't even THINK about drinking water.
My second goal is to stay within my calorie range at least 5 out of 7 days of the week. Until it gets easier and I get used to it.

My name is Michele, from Ontario, Canada. I am a teacher, have a husband and 3 teenagers - life is BUSY!!! Really looking forward to support from the MFP community.

Somehow, I never quite made it to the posts yesterday! I tried a couple of times, but the phone kept ringing each time I started… I did have a really nice lunch with Laura80111 at Red Lobster. We talked and talked, just like we’ve known each other forever.

Yesterday was a milestone, as hubby sold his remaining gas station. Now he’ll only have one business to run, and will hopefully be less stressed all the time. This was one of our goals for this year, and it's good to check it off the list!

Lin – Thanks for the Fitbit information. Which do you think would be better to purchase: the One or the new bracelet type that they have coming out this spring?

Karen – Nice picture of you and your hubby! 5 lbs. is great for your first month… congratulations! It sounds like you’ve made great strides on the exercise front as well. As you said, onward and downward. You can do it!

Lucy – Glad hubby took it so well about the car. Now you’ll have one less thing to worry about! Happy Anniversary!

Jackie – Thank you for posting all of the information about the green smoothies and raw foods. I found it really interesting and will check some of the sites you mentioned. By the way, Carrabbas is my favorite. I love the Chicken Bryan! They do have great nutrition information on their site -- I wish more restaurants were like that.

Robin – I just saw your Thursday post, and I really hope that things were better on Friday. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for your getting a new job soon.

M – Your new gym area sounds like it’s going to be great! Thank you so much for sharing your story, I know that it will inspire many. I could especially relate to the part about feeling sad. You’ve inspired me to see what P90X is, and to look into weights.

Sue – It is fun to meet the people you “know” from on-line, and to exchange stories and tips. Laura is a wonderful woman! Let us know if you get to Denver again, and maybe we can all get together.

DeeDee – Thanks for answering my Fitbit questions. I had really wondered about the weights part. Hubby and son are still at an impasse. Congratulations on more inches lost!! That’s more important than the scale… and it WILL move eventually, too.

Linda C – My pedometer never counted nearly all of my steps, either. It made me so crazy that I stopped using it altogether. I tend to be obsessive about details like that, which is one of the reasons I stopped weighing daily. If I was up a little, I’d be depressed and mess up my eating because “it wasn’t working anyway.” If I was down, I’d think I had a little extra room to eat, and would mess things up that way. Now, I only look at the scale every couple of weeks.

Mouth5667 – Congratulations on becoming a grandmother!!!! :flowerforyou: I’m glad all are safe and well.

Janice – Don’t get discouraged. Those 200s will be gone again soon, as long as you keep at it and don’t let it make you stop. Juicing sounds like a great idea.

Meg – I’m sorry you aren’t feeling up to par again. This has been a rough fall/winter for you health-wise. I hope you’re better soon!

Jane Martin – 2 days is great! Just keep plugging away at it, one day at a time. You WILL be successful!

Michelle – Congratulations to Jessica on her promotion and raise!!

Jane in Colorado

took a great yoga class this morning and feel like all the kinks that built up from cardio and strength training over the last week have been worked out

Michelle - You are so funny. I actually fell out of a headstand once and took out 2 other students - just like dominos!:blushing: As long as you are breathing and moving you are doing yoga. You might want to check out yogajournal.com. They offer free videos at all different levels and many are not very long.

Meg - I'm not sure what level you are at but some of my favorite yoga DVD's are the new one from Kathryn Buddig which has two different practices on it, Rodney Yee offers a number of power yoga DVD's from beginning to intermediate. If you like power yoga the series from Bryan Kest is an oldie but still a goodie. I have a couple of Shiva Rea DVD's that are on the more challenging side and allow you to customize your practice. If you're not familiar with Collage video it is a great place to preview DVD's and if you don't like one you can return it for free.

Have a great day everyone