WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2013

Any cat lovers in our group?

My husband and the cat are fighting (sounds funny, but it is not). I have cats because I can't put a stray out in the cold, not because I want them. Not sure how to get the cat to change his behavior. I know hubby won't change his!

Please send me a PM (private message) if a cat lover or cat person.

Otherwise I am doing OK this week. Just taking one day at a time and planning my food better.

Happy Hump Day to everyone that lives where it is Wednesday right now!

Jeannie

Long time coming. I have been sick and just not feeling like it. but---

As promised. Pictures of the one year old birthday girl and the boys.

editing. too big.

70 Pounds! Thats impressive. What do the Walnuts do to help you lose weight? Just curious. Just starting, AGAIN. Anything to encourage me and keep me on the right track will be appreciated. Carmen

How did February get ahead of me?? Good to see the posts. I will be back very soon!!
Sally

Beautiful day in TX today. Played bridge then came home and hit golf balls. Took a long walk and feel like I had an excellent day. NSV - had key lime pie for dessert at the bridge party and I brought mine home to DH! Yesterday when I was dressing for golf, my slacks were so big I had to go to my "other closet" and find a smaller size. I was so shocked!
Liz - I agree, you need to see a dr about your check pains. So many women think it's heartburn and it could be the heart.
Lori - so glad Caleb is getting better and may be home soon. That is so stressful for the parents and grandparents.
Renny - what a beautiful 1 year old. Bet she is the princess of the house. Dogs are cute too!
LindaC - hope things went well for you at TOPS.
I agree that this web site is so helpful to all of us who are on the journey of a life style change. I'm so glad I found you all and appreciate you all.

Sue in TXFebruary Goals:
1. Get 5 f/v a day
2. Check portion sizes to be sure they are accurate. No more “that’s about a ½ c.”
3. Up exercise to 45 min 5 x a week.
Ok that’s all for today. Happy February Vit F friends.

rinnefun - welcome. You've come to a wonderful group

katla - just for your knowledge, I originally started taking the fosamax for the osteoporosis then I took actonel. Both of these are once/week, you take them before you have breakfast with something like 8oz of water. The difference between these and reclast is that when you take these medications, they need to go thru the stomach and then go into the blood system. Reclast goes directly into the blood system.

Cheryl - it wasn't my friend that petted Barbaro, it was my daughter Jessica! New Bolton is some center.

Linda Sundance - no, I haven't been in touch with Dixie. I, too, wonder how she is

DeeDee - you can bet we'll get together in March! I'm so looking forward to it. You know, the first winter we were down here it snowed one night. The next morning I went out, got the paper, you could still see the grass thru the snow and it wasn't continuing to snow. Well, that day Vince had a MD appt, so he brushed off his car and off he went. He was the only person at the office!!!!! Fortunately, the MD was there but not any other patients or the receptionist! It's truly amazing to me how everyone buys bread and milk like they're going to be snowed in for days and days. The last time it was PREDICTED to snow, Lynette (she grew up around here) had a friend of hers drive her to work (a whole couple of miles) because -- get this -- "he has 4 wheel drive"

LinC - I like Nature's Own 100% whole Wheat bread. It's only 50 calories/slice. Good thoughts for a successful weigh in at TOPS tonight for you. That's so neat that the biggest loser gets fruit

Lori H - if I walked into the NICU and saw them putting a tube down my baby's throat, I would have lost it completely too. So sorry about your dog and glad Caleb is doing better

Vince just found out that his license expired in Dec. I honestly don't understand it, he and I got them at the same time, yet mine doesn't expire until 2015.

Patti from NY - welcome!

Took a yoga class, left early because someone was in one of the dressing rooms at the Y. I find that if I get there early enough, I can just spread my things out,. It's a girls/family locker room and very few people go in there, which means I can get changed faster. The only thing is that they don't have a suitspinner in there so I just carry it into the women's locker room where there is one. Only today it was out of order (boo). Tomorrow I'll do a DVD called LaLoFit (weights). Then I'm supposed to volunteer at the green room. I was going to ask Lynette if she wanted to go out to lunch, but Vince needs me to drive him to the DMV. I know that if I were in his position, I wouldn't be happy if he chose having lunch over helping me, so I'll take him. Boy, this is going to be interesting!!!!

jb - I wrote down the nerd workout, not sure when I'll try it, but it's definitely on the agenda.

Laura in CO - yea the scale moved for you! The Wii says mine moved, only in the opposite direction!

You know, last night at Mexican Train some people brought desserts and I really couldn't have cared less for them. Oh, there have been times when I've looked at the desserts but not had any. This time it was different -- I just didn't care for any. This is a good thing. It's amazing how many people really want desserts

Judy - tell me more about the TRX that you got. Sounds very interesting. I, too, look for things that I can use when traveling (not that we do a whole lot of traveling)

Jane in CO - glad you're safe!

Jeannie - cat lover??? We have 4! My daughter gave me a magnet for my car that says "one cat away from being the crazy cat woman". A friend looked at it, then look at me and said "honey, that ship has already sailed"

Nancy in SEBC - do you have some CD's that you're learning Spanish from? If so, which ones are they?

Robin - sorry you aren't feeling well. Beautiful pics. Thanks so much for sharing

Did yoga then the deep water class. Came home and we trimmed the nails on 3 of the cats and gave them their Revolution, then off to senior bowling, came home and made dinner, then Newcomer bowling. Tomorrow is my day to volunteer at the Green Room

Sue in TX - wtg girl on bringing home the pie! And those slacks -- wow!

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele in NC



Feb goal - increase protein

Darn - today I've been logging for over 6 months (183 days!!!). I meant to remember that today was the day. On to my second half a year!!:drinker:

Bump...no time to write tonight. Must get to bed, G'nite all.

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Day 2 of training today, just as my body recovers from being sore...:ohwell: ! I did make it to Target yesterday and found some really nice workout wear, at much better prices than the sports store, and they don`t hug me quite as tight either..Yay!!!! Today we only do one mile and finish up the hour with squats, pushups, sit ups, etc. etc., ouch...my body feels it already:laugh: .

Lori H So sorry to hear about your fur baby:sad: :brokenheart:! Good to hear the sweet little guy is doing better and gets to come home soon! I`m sure I would have totally freaked out about the feeding tube too!

Barbie Your date with Jake sounds wonderful, well except for the vaccination, I know they are neccessary, but not always pleasant! Good for both of you getting it!

Chery Happy 6 months in, time goes by pretty fast! I think I`m close to 265 days, only 100 days to a year , sure would like to see my scale go in the right direction for a change too!

Jb 10 of everything is better than none at all!!! Keep going!!!

Need to get myself ready and get the sweet doggie out for a walk before I head out to train! Hope everyone has a wonderful day today! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee in chilly NC

Darn - today I've been logging for over 6 months (183 days!!!). I meant to remember that today was the day. On to my second half a year!!:drinker:

Happy Half-Year anniversary!

Katla in NW Oregon

Thanks for the inspiration!
Brooke from Colorado

So we start one day at a time. Today is day 1 of this week. Let's see how many good ones I can string.

Linda C In a very very cold Northern Ontario.

Perfect attitude! Can I use it, too?

Katla in NW Oregon--still too dark to check the weather.

Good morning,

Well, at least we are almost to the weekend. I saw DH on computer this morning looking up vacation places for next year. Whoopie!
Although I hate winter, a vacation to someplace warm makes it tolerable. My exercise routine is walking on a treadmill every other day, but I really want to start something new. Maybe tomorrow....any suggestions?:devil:

:embarassed: Jane - I never heard of the trapezial muscle, so I looked it up. I think I have the same problem, but I always thought it was because I can never get comfortable when I sleep and my neck is always sore in the mornings. I am constantly buying new pillows to try and alleviate the problem. The website I looked at suggested that upper body exercise might help, and since I have absolutely NO upper body strength, that made sense to me. Maybe my new exercise should include some upper body work.

Jeannie - I have always been a cat person, but DH is a dog person, and our dog would NEVER tolerate a cat. I do miss having those lovely furry creatures around.

Robin - Such adorable pictures! Granddaughters as so much fun!

:flowerforyou: Sue - Congrats on the smaller pant size.

Barbie - Insurance sucks, doesn't it? My doctor said I should get a Shingles vaccine as the older I get, the more at risk I become. When I inquired at my pharmacy, I was informed that insurance doesn't pay for it, and the cost was over $200.00! How do they make these decisions on what is important and what isn't?

:flowerforyou: Linda - You can do this!

Tammy - I'm sure you'll do a bang-up job with that golf tournament!

:happy: jb - Loved the poem.

Have a wonderful day, and for all you ladies on the east coast....keep dry, the storm is a comin!:noway:

Hugs,
Lucy in Delaware:bigsmile:

We woke up this morning to 5 inches of snow on the ground. It's pretty, but I'm hoping the roads are melted off before I leave for the VA again this afternoon. I seem to live in a snow pocket, so there will probably be less in town than there is here. It's typical Colorado weather here today -- sunny with blue skies, but cold!

Has anyone used VRBO for vacation rentals? We're considering listing our condo there. If you have any experience/comments on it, please message me.

Nancy – Granada sounds wonderful! I’m still working on my beginner Spanish, and have found memrise.com and wordchamp.com to be helpful. There are also some good free courses on i-tunes university on the i-pad. I’ve been looking for a class/conversation group near my home, but have been unable to find one.

Robin – Your granddaughter is really cute!

Sue – Two great NSV’s!!!

Linda C -- .2 is a loss, so good for you! You’ll break 200 next week for sure… I know you can do it!!!

Lucy –I’ve been fighting with the trapezial muscle since last summer. It hurts, doesn’t it? I went the doctor, who simply said that it’s extremely hard to alleviate and gave me some neck exercises to do (stretches in different directions). I switched to a memory foam pillow by Serta that is higher on the top and bottom edges, but scooped in the middle, and it seems to help some. The only thing that truly helped was a deep tissue chair massage I had in Mexico. It took 15 minutes, and I was pain-free for 5 days! Then it came back. Let me know if you come up with anything that helps. I’m sure upper body exercise would be a plus for this.

Jane in Colorado

Okay, I popped in to tell you a funny story on myself to brighten your day. I like to listen to books on CD when I drive. I was on the last CD of a mystery by Stuart Woods, and on my way to work. I knew that I was only around track 2 or 3. Anyway, suddenly when it changed tracks, there was a sentence or so, and then "We hope that you have enjoyed this performance of Severe Clear etc." I was yelling as I drove down the street: "What?? You can't do this to me! You have never left me hanging like this before!" I looked over and noticed that for some unknown reason it had skipped to track 17. So I hit the back button, and it went to track 8. I was befuddled, and wanting my story by then!! I am sure that if there had been a video camera in the car, I could have won "America's Funniest Home Videos" as I continued to hit buttons and argue with the CD player. I kept punching buttons and finally found track 4, so settled for that, even though I was pretty sure that I had missed something. I kept looking over at the stereo, and realized that there were some letters that I had never seen across the top. To my old eyes, it looked like it said "AND". I thought, "AND what? and now it is time to play tricks on a half awake woman on her way to work??" When I got parked at the school, and could look better, I realized that it said "RND." Okay, random? I have driven this vehicle for 8 years and didn't even know that I had a random setting, let alone how to turn it on or off! I finally hit buttons until I got it off, and was able to find track 3 so that after work I can return to my book. The moral of this story? If you know an audio book-aholic, who is technologically challenged, and want to play a good April Fool's joke, sneak in and change their CD player to random! It will make their day! (I have been laughing at myself for several hours now.) Enjoy your day, and remember to laugh!
Mary, from Kansas where something in the air apparently changes settings in your car

bump for later.............at work!