WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY

Rose; Connor is adorable. Congratulations!

This is Alexander William my new great nephew, he was born on my birthday!
Nine and one half pounds and 22 inches long.

Donna - I'm on facebook -- Michele LeGrand

Congratulations Rose!!!!!

Poor PJ is getting weaker. When Vince got up this a.m. (Wed), he said to me that he was afraid to look for PJ, afraid that he'd gone off during the night and passed. I did go downstairs and he's sitting on the home theater seating. But he is getting weaker and weaker.

Mary - Ouch!!!! But glad you're not seriously hurt. Continue to heal

OK, I can't help it, I stress bake. I made these brownies from scratch the other day (I would much rather make something from scratch than open a box), I cut them up to give some to dd to take to TN when she goes tomorrow. Of course, I had to taste one.

mimi - I was so thrilled when ds told me he would be in Charlotte for the summer. He's actually on the same continent as me. Heck, he's even in the same time zone!!!! Just wish it was longer than until August. On the bright side, tho, dh has a VERY limited palate of things he'll eat. ds doesn't so I'm thrilled that I can finally have some decent vegetables and not be the only one who'll eat them (like green beans, peas, sweet potatoes, cheddar cheese, etc)

Loki likes his yogurt. Vince usually gives him some of his, he (Vince) ONLY likes the Yoplait Light Thick and Creamy Key Lime. That's the only one. At least it doesn't have the aspertame but sucralose in it. Maybe not the best, but could be worse. Me? I'm liking the greek yogurt. I buy the plain, then add a few strawberries and a tsp of honey for sweetness, blend that together and to me it's yummy. I usually give Loki some of my egg (Vince won't eat them)

You know, I think part of the reason Vince was so adament about giving Sassy the chemo was because he told me his parents took their dog to a certain doctor for years. They didn't put their dog to sleep until the dog no longer had his tail up. To me, he must have been in excruciating pain. Dogs want so much to please their masters, that no matter how much pain they are in, they will try their hardest to wag their tail when their owner comes. So not to raise its tail, to me, means it was in real real pain. But I do think that now Vince realizes just how hard it was (emotionally).

You know, I love my children dearly. Jessica and Bryan are here right now. Honestly, I've gotten to where whatever I make, I have to double the recipe. But the absolute worst part, to me, seems to be that whenever I think I'm done with the dishes, I look in the sink, and there are more there. Of course, when I was their age, I probably did the exact same thing to my father, "oh, it's home, I can just leave the dishes in the sink". Yes, they live on their own. Oh well, it won't be for very long

Thank you everyone for your good thoughts.

Michele

:flowerforyou: Good evening all. Just stopped by to do the HAPPY DANCE…..What a week a new grandbaby and lost 3 lbs. Earlier in the week my scale at home said I lost 4 but that was after an ummmmmmm evacuation. I don’t care I’ll take the 3lbs. :happy: I will tell you that gardening is even better exercise and burns more fat than my Leslie Sansone DVDs. Stopped by the hospital on the way home so hubby could see baby Conner. Can’t wait for him to get home so I can really get to know him.
Thank you to everyone for your congrats.
:noway: Mary-OUCH… hope you are feeling better soon
Barb- you are such a good daughter to your parents and sister to our MFP family. Your stories are a bright spot in my day.
:drinker: Birdie-congratulations on another pound
Jeannie-so sorry about Scott. My prayers are with you and your family.
:happy: Doobiedoo-I have been looking for Oat Fit by Better Oats to no avail. I wonder if I could order it on line?
Alice-happy belated birthday.
:happy: Barbie-hope you’re enjoying your trip and come home safe.
Donna- I am on face book Rosemary Wood and so sorry about princess, I feel the pain
Michelle- so sorry about P.J.
:embarassed: I am so sorry if I missed anyone.
:drinker: Welcome to our newbies, you are going to love it here. I am going to celebrate my one year anniversary next month, In the last 11 months I have lost 46lbs, gained back 18 and have lost 13 lbs of that again. It is an uphill battle but you will get alot of love and support on this thread. :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: It is getting very late and I have to get up early.
Love (((Hugs))) and Prayers, Rose

Another busy day with the grandkids. I do count my blessings, being able to spend so much time with them but, wow, I’m glad I don’t have to do it full time! I’m especially glad I can pitch in just now as DD has her hands full with work. With the economy taking a bite out of her DH’s paycheck, she’s glad to have the work (she designs houses and remodels, so having the work is a semi-miracle).

It’s so nice to relax in the evening reading all your posts. There’s nothing I’d rather be doing, especially, heaven forefend, supervising the munchkins or even interacting with adults. Sometimes it’s really nice to be single!

I visited our FreshMex fast food restaurant tonight. I haven't been for about 6 months. It used to be great, lots of really fresh, homemade Mexican food for a reasonable price. Maybe, after eating healthy foods for 4 months, my perception has changed or maybe the food has changed. I had a burrito bowl with their chile verde. It was super fatty. The radishes (they usually have fresh ones) looked like they had been sitting in the water too long. The only really good thing was the green sauce. Boy, do I feel cheated! Tomorrow, it's back to my wraps. Much more reliable.

Barb, that’s good news about your mom. I read a book called Strong Women Stay Young. There are several other “Strong Women…” books by the same author. She’s a prof at Tufts and makes a very good, well-supported case for the difference strength training can make even in the frail elderly. Getting in the water with your mom sounds like it could be nice for you too.

BirdieM, congrats on the pound! That’s great progress, especially when you’re so close to your goal. Thanks for your MFP/MFP post. You made me smile.

VickiM, another new baby on the way. Very exciting. I saw your goal of working up to an hour of exercise a day. That’s a great goal. I’m at half an hour most days, which is up a lot for me. Next month I’ll get in your groove with an hour a day. Inspiring!

Kackie, one pound more and you’ll be half way to your goal. WTG!

Laura, you have your hands full. I’ll be thinking of you and your DH and all the challenges. Moving your mom has got to be a hard place to be in.

Ainslieglen, I’m so happy for you, seeing your older son and #1 grandson. 4 years is a very long time. I’m smiling just thinking about you seeing them.

Terri, all the exercise will stand you in good stead. It’s hard when you can’t plan what you’re going to eat. Try to make good choices when you do go out. And, if you have a setback for the week, just jump back on board next week. That’s really what it’s all about, isn’t it? Being able to be “normal” with how we think about eating and compensating when we overeat. Even my skinny friends do that!

MacMadame, I’m glad you’re doing better and that the eyes are healing.

Mary, I got scared silly after reading all the posts cautioning you about the head injury. Egads. They were right! I’m glad to hear you’re feeling better.

Alice, Alexander William is a hunk! Just beautiful.

Michelle, you remind me of another plus about being single – I can choose my own menu! After, let’s see, 30 years of being single, I’ve grown to like the freedom. But the companionship you have in a good marriage is an appealing tradeoff

Just checking in. Hello to mimi, rebel, mary, barbie, and others.
May is a very very busy month for me. Worked the last three nights!
As for MFP, I'm just trying to stay even. (Actually scale showed I had lost a half pound this morning but I refuse to post any number that doesn't last for at least 2-3 days.) Soooo busy.
Bye for now.
Randy

Good morning everyone! I am going to start out by saying that I was a bad girl lastnight.:noway: I ate an angus burger and had a handful of chips and dip for a late dinner! I hate to say it, but it was soooooo good:laugh: The first thing I did this morning was jump on the scale and to my surprise, it treated me nice, not too nice, but nice. I was down a half of a pound. :drinker: Tomorrow is my weigh in day so I am going to excercise my butt off ( no pun intended) today. :bigsmile:

I hope my HRM arrives today. I don't know why I am so excited about it, I guess I want to make sure I don't kill myself trying to do this zumba stuff. I wish I could do that like it is supposed to be done, but I don't see that ever happening :laugh:

Well you ladies have a great day and congratulations on the new babies, they are both adorable :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Michelle - I am sorry about PJ also.

So I have had a rough weight week so far TOM puffed me up. As of this morning I am back to last weeks weight so hopefully I will lose something tomorrow. I am really enjoying working out. I am sure that I am over doing it but I really like it I am averaging about 1300 calories burned a day. this is based on my HRM. Before when I was using machines, MFP and Wii estimates I would be burning around 1900 cals per day. I burn so much less than those things say I do. But I am feeling so strong. yesterday I was able to jog for 25 minutes on the tread without a walk break. I slowed it down a bit from before. I was not enjoying the running anymore and I realized that running at 5.5 was tiring me out to quickly so I slowed down to a jog at 4.5 and was able to really go. Tomorrow I aim for 30 minutes.

I hope you are all doing well. I have been reading daily and posting specific little responsess but there are so many on here I get overwhelmed. Please know that I truly value all of you as my support system and I am here to support you as well. Have a great day.

Hello everyone,

Wow! I can't believe all the posts since the last time I was on. I'm sorry, but I won't be able to catch up with them and will just dive in from here. I hope everyone is doing well and I think of all of you everyday whether I post or not.

I'm dong well with eating and exercise and I hope the scale will finally move again. I've gone back to weighing in just once a week on Wednesday. It seems to work better with my drinking water. <-seems like an odd thing to say, but what ever works works and I know I need to drink lots more water especially now that it is getting warmer outside.

Thanks for all the warm thoughts and kind words about my cousin's son Scott.

Jeannie

Hi everyone....

More of my brother's family arriving today from Colorado! Holy Smoke...it will be a zoo around here. My brother's son,dil and gd live next door, and these are dil's parents and dog. GD spends a lot of time over here once Bill and Lynda get home from work. Then my peace is shattered...lol! Of course, I'd love it if it was my grandchildren! Everything is relative, I guess. The conversations don't really involve me so I get bored:yawn: I want to brag about MY grandkids:bigsmile: Sometimes we (I) are very self centered.:glasses:

Mimi, thank you for your comment about my son and #1 grandson.It meant a lot. You do understand my anticipation!:bigsmile:

I've lost 11.5 pounds since April 18th. I'm blown away by that!! If I add in the 10 pounds I lost before joining mfp, it's a total of 21.5 since mid February. I just don't look different! I guess I'll just have to work hard at losing the other 23 before I see physical progress. However, I FEEL better and stronger, and that's what really counts! Once I get to the goal weight I set, I want to lose another 6 pounds to get to a healthy bmi. I can do it!:flowerforyou:

Have to go get my day underway now. Babysitting dog and cat!! BIG job:bigsmile:

Here's a hug for all of my pals here at mfp ainslieglen

Well I couldn't wait until tomorrow to weigh myself and THANKfully, I was exactly where I was when I left for the Bahamas! That was great news and was my goal. I have really upped my exercise today after reading everyone's posts...wow...some of you are unbelievable! How do you fit in 1000 or more calories burned? I am even retired and can't seem to do that, so I am impressed!
I hope to be as focused as I can be the rest of the month so I can get rid of a few more pounds! All of you certainly help!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Michelle: Thinking of all of you and your PJ....

Rebel: Give yourself a little celebration time with DH...you earned your splurge. But I can relate...my DH traveled all of his career and I ALWAYS did better with my food choices when he was away and struggled with choices when he was home...it is a strange thing that I never quite worked out. At least you won't have to worry about that often. I think I got myself into this "fix" once he retired and I celebrated with him every day!!! That certainly doesn't work! So.....thank goodness for MFP, right?

Jackie: Hang in there. You are a good daughter

Have a good day all!!! Take care, Kackie

Hi Everyone!

Alice,
I don't think I mentioned how cute the new edition to your family is. What a nice birthday present for you.

Terri,
WTG on keeping your eye on the prize and making good choices.

Kathy(pjms..),
I knew there were other singles on here, but just couldn't remember who, when I posted that message to Mimi. I plead failing memory for not realizing it was you.:flowerforyou:

Jackie,
Have a good visit with your friends. Hope your mum gets to come home soon. Maybe you need to light a fire underneath some of the social service people. I realize you have a different system than we do in the States, but I have accomplished a lot in the last two months for both my parents, healthwise, by actively challenging their health care provider. They have a new primary care physician. They both got referred to physical therapy activities so they can learn new exercise techniques to help them maintain or improve their mobility. I am not sure how much "h3ll" you can raise within your system, but it can't hurt to try.

kackie,
Congrats on maintaining your loss despite your vacation. Oh what a feeling!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :drinker:

Renny,
Enjoy your time with your hubby. I know how much you missed him.:flowerforyou:

ainslieglen,
Glad you are enjoying your visit. Sorry you have to wait to brag about grandchildren. Good things take time!!:bigsmile: Hopefully the feline and canine charges you are watching will behave themselves, so your visit doesn't get more exciting than you want. Take care.

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(If you read the Golden Sneakers thread, below is a "rerun")

Today started early. I was up at 6a, went to my friend Rosemary's where I made an omelette with veggies and sausage for the three of us (her hubby was there also), and then she and I studied for a couple of hours until she had to go to work. Our good friend Thomy joined us as all three of us are studying for the Wash state insurance license exam.

After I left there, I went to my mom's, just down the street from where I was, to get her grocery list. I came home to check on the doggies, and was surprised to only have Pepper and Mai Li clamoring at the front door when I arrived. Bradley is usually the first one at the door and he is very vocal about letting my know that I should have come home sooner!!:laugh: When he didn't appear, I peeked out on the patio. There he was, having a "sun bath!":noway: Today is the first really nice warm sunny day we have had, and apparently, he decided to enjoy the patio!! He came through the doggie door quickly, and made up for lost time, by giving me the "word" about my transgressions!!:laugh:

I got everybody settled down and then I went shopping for my mom and for the dinner I was supposed to be making tonight for some other friends. After I had everything purchased for a big shrimp vegetable stir fry with noodles, my friend called and cancelled. Her spouse has some serious alcohol-related issues so you never know what condition he will be in by day's end, and she said this was NOT the night for us to get together. Hopefully tomorrow will work better, as I have a pound of shrimp, 2 packages of udon noodles, a bunch asparagus, cauliflower, broccoli, as well as peppers and onions. Even though I LOVE all these things, it would take me several days to eat all of this!!:noway:

Maybe it turned out for the best. I haven't been getting up as early as I did this morning, so along about 5p when I got home, I decided it was "nap time." I laid down for about an hour and a half, and have spent a quiet night watching tv with "the piggies." So maybe the cancelled dinner wasn't all bad. For some reason, I didn't really get too hungry today after our breakfast, which included v8 juice, clementine oranges, and fiber plus muffins, plus the omelette. The only other thing I ate the rest of the day was some Healthy Ones roast beef, while I was shopping. I am finally getting hungry now, so I think I will have some yogurt and maybe a mini-bagel and call it a night.

BFN

Barb

:flowerforyou: Happy Dance it's Friday

Jeannie - yep drinking the water is truly a key I have found that when I don't drink enough hardly anything goes away so Drink, Drink, Drink:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: Water that is!

Jackie - have a good time in Southport:flowerforyou: Listening to the birds do their spring singing...we haven't had that yet:huh: it's been too cold for them to get up early enough to sing and watch a sun rise, maybe next month

Ainslieglen - when you look at your ticker and see how much you have lost it's inspiring:flowerforyou: and you continue to do well even visiting the family!

Kackie- Congrats on staying the same after your Bahamas trip:flowerforyou: I can only hope that I will be the same when I return from Oregon, my last time there in March it took me two weeks to return to what I was before the trip making my loss for March only 2/10 of a pound

Terri- you amaze me with your exercise even while away:drinker: for some reason that's what's first to go when I'm away from home.

Barb- The Shrimp stir fry sounds wonderful and I hope your friend is able to make it:drinker: it's a good thing that both of you are flexable with her situation.

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I talked with Mom yesterday and she is starting to get very forgetful. I was telling her things that I've told her several times, she giving things away that have already been promised to others and forgetting what she's already given me:huh: and it was causing her embarrasment so she cut the call short. I've had to call my cousin and tell him that he can't have the truck that Mom told him to take and I'm going to have to remind her again that when she gets moved we will be putting things in her room that make it feel like it's home for her. I'm sure this would be easier if I lived there because this long distance stuff is for the birds:grumble:

The scale was kind this morning and I have lost another 1.2 lbs. I'm hoping that I will be able to meet my second goal for May but am unsure about that third one, it may have been too much of a stretch:huh:

Everyone have a good Friday, and keep fighting off those pounds with plenty of exercise, water and healthy eating:drinker:

Laura

Good morning all,
Well all the exercise paid off this week. Even though I have been bloated all week with TOM I had a .8 pound loss this week. Better still I am out of the 160's and into the 150's . I haven't been there in years. the weather is supposed to be nice for a few days so I plan to work on the wall alot. Hey it burns close to 300 calories and hour when I do according to my HRM so why not. So I think my plan is to continue the insane exercising (6550 calories burned this week) for another two weeks and then I may change things up. My big five oh is in two weeks and I want to really push up till then. I am sure I will need a change by then to keep the losses going.

I hope you all have an absolutely awesome day filled with joy and wonder:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

:flowerforyou: Good Evening Ladies

Well uncle is out of hospital and back home I telephoned him to make sure he had everything he needed but haven't been down today. I'll be going tomorrow and have a quick tidy up and get a bit of shopping for him,

Went on another long dog walk last night and forgot to put my ped on again. The walking challenge starts next week on 20th May, so I'll have to remember to wear it then. I found it a little easier last night than the first time, so a few more longer walks and I should be able to walk miles.:bigsmile:

Although I don't look any slimmer, I do feel better in myself and I'm trying hard to choose healthy options and not snack too much. It's weigh in day tomorrow for me so I hoping my hard work has paid off.

:flowerforyou: BirdieM it is hard to let children make their own mistakes isn't it :frown: , all we can do is be there to help them. I hope your daughter (that's losing her house) is happy in her new place, it's not easy owning a house these days, there's always something that needs doing. Hope she gets settled soon and can put all the worry behind her.

:flowerforyou: Jeannie it's a coincidence that you have just watched Marley and Me - when I got home from work my daughter was watching it, I saw a bit of it but came onto the computer before the end. Daughter has just come in and said it makes her so sad (it's the second time she's watched it) and she wants to hug the dogs because they are so precious.

:flowerforyou: Laura congratulations on your weight loss, you are doing so well . Sorry to hear your mum is getting forgetful and is giving things away, it must be hard for you doing everything long distance.

I'd better go and do the washing up and do a bit of housework - it will be less for me to do tomorrow, must make the most of not going for a dog walk tonight and keep moving :bigsmile: I think it's Barbie that says "If you are moving you're losing. So here's me getting moving

Donna - I get excited when I order new fitness DVD's, so I can understand your excitement over your HRM.
I COMPLETELY forgot the zumba class today. I would like a smaller class, and they have one at 12:10. I looked at the clock at around 12:20 and realized I'd forgotten the class. Wish there was one that was small but earlier in the a.m. That seems to work better for me.

Yesterday I did an hour at 4mph on the treadmill, incline intervals (2 min @ 3%, 6%, 9%, 12%, 3% etc). Today I did Karen Voits Burn & Firm DVD for 45 min. Tomorrow I'm thinking that I'll do the Stairmaster.

Well, PJ seems to be doing better. Jessica has been force feeding him. We also have been giving him an appetite stimulant. I really don't feel good about force feeding him. Now giving him that appetite stimulant I have no problem with, I'm just not comfortable force feeding him. Vince does it mostly.

Well, the vet called, seems that what PJ has isn't an infection so antibiotics are totally ineffective. He has a mass around his intestine. What they don't know is if the cancer has spread into the intestine. So...he's going to have exploratory surgery Mon. If all goes well, it'll be a mass that they can remove.

You know, I have this rash that is SOO itchy. Jackie, you asked about insomniacs. Last night I was up at 3a.m. itching. I really think it's more a heat rash than anything else. When I exercise, sometimes I don't take a shower right afterwards. I remember a few years ago I had this rash right around my waist, where the clothes end. I told the MD that it was a heat rash, she insisted that "no, it's a food allergy", so she put me on Prednisone. The next day we went away on vacation to a much cooler climate. The rash was gone in a day. So I just stopped the Prednisone (I didn't know that you should wean yourself off it!). Lately, I've been walking around with a tube of Lanacane in my pocket. As soon as I start to itch, on it goes!

Did an hour speed intervals on the Stairmaster today, had 144oz. I can't believe how much I sweated!

rjadams - congrats on being in the 150's. Feels good, eh????

oh Birdie - how well I can relate to the heartache of letting your children learn from their mistakes! It hurts to just stand there and know what's going to happen, you can tell them, but it doesn't sink in until they feel the consequences of their actions. I guess the best thing you can do is not say "I told ya", just be there for them.

Yoga tomorrow.

Michele