WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2013

TGIF~~Let`s have a great day!!
hugs
jane

Linda C: You are full of good ideas. I love this quote, “See you all lighter.”:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Jacky in Cherry Hill: Congratulations on a very good, wonderful, self-confident day. You deserve to feel good.:bigsmile:

Cris: You join by posting, so you’re in! Welcome. :flowerforyou:

jktwork2: You’ve chosen sensible goals. Good luck for success. Persistence is the key because this has to be a lifestyle change for success to be permanent. Log your calories, water, and exercise! :drinker: :bigsmile: :drinker: :bigsmile:

I just peeked at the weather channel and see that it is snowing in Boston. I hope all of you east coasters are able to snuggle in and watch the snow without experiencing any form of disaster. You’ve had more than your share already.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Katla in NW Oregon

Hi everyone,
We're having a snowy day here in Toronto and I have shovelled our driveway twice now. That is a great way to burn some calories!!! I don't think we will have nearly as much snow as the NE US so good luck to all of you!
My school called a snow day so here I am with the luxury of time and I can actually read some posts and respond!

@Dear linddavis: I am so sorry to hear about your son's friend's Mom. It is a huge blow and the ripple effects are widespread. It certainly can cause one to pause ... I send peaceful thoughts to everyone involved.


@from Jackie in Cherry Hill "I would encourage everyone to take a few minutes in some small way to pamper yourself, even if it's only to exfoliate your face and put a nice moisturizer on it. Took me a long time to recognize for you and your loved ones' sakes, you have to put yourself first at times."
This is still huge for me sometimes and it bears repeating!!! Thanks for the reminder, Jackie. I am going to have a nice epsom salt bath and do some stretching to loosen up my snow shovelling muscles. Funny how when you are thirty you can do all sorts of physical activity with nary a problem and then in your fifties you have to stretch everytime you do a new activity so that you can actually get out of bed the next morning!


Wishing you all a great day - and if it isn't so great, don't panic there is always tomorrow!

Cheers,
Sara in snowy southern Ontario , Canada

Hello all, I've got a request: can you kind ladies message me with your recommendation for a digital scale please? This will be my "reward" for hitting my first 'mini-goal' of 10 pounds lost (next week's weigh-in on really old analog scale). Any input is very appreciated.

Brooke from Colorado

We bought the EatSmart Pro Digital Kitchen Scale, from Amazon. I went to the Amazon site and read reviews. This one had excellent reviews and good customer support. We're happy with it. I have no idea how to message anyone, so I'm posting here.

Did not exercise today. Getting prepared for the oncoming blizzard.Hope to chalk up some calories with shovelling snow later this evening.If there is little accumulation , then I will have to go on the dreaded treadmill. Tomorrow is my wkly weigh-in and I am keeping my fingers crossed. Consumed all my snacks and more for the day already.Have a great weekend everyone!

Hi to all!
I'm Judy from NC, I work in the local schools as a child nutrition manager. I'm 51 and have 2 children (22 and 18).


Good old pre-menopause has made my body change drastically in the past 9 months and I want my old body back!! I have lost 1.5 lbs in the past week (yeah!!) and want to keep the ball rolling.

LOL - oh yeah, can I ever relate!!!! Four years ago at 47 I quit smoking and went from size 8 to 18 in NINE MONTHS - arghhh. It's (almost) all in my belly too - yuck! But since joining MFP five weeks ago I've lost 9 lbs. which has me on track to lose in nine months that which I gained and I WILL DO IT!!!

Welcome Judy,

Brooke from Colorado (who also wants her old body back )

bump for later:drinker:

:flowerforyou: New fruit / veggie challenge is up for tomorrow for those who wish to participate. So stock up on produce and I'll see you there!! http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/885878-fruit-veggie-1-day-challenge-saturday-feb-9-2013

Renny - who took a vacation day today - yay me :bigsmile:
Vancouver Island, BC

Good evening beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

I really don't have a lot of time right now, I have a friend coming for dinner, he's really brave:laugh: !

Lin Yes, I got Champion at Target. Several shirts and a pair of pants, I've worn one of the shirts and I love it, the pants I haven't worn yet because they're thinner than the ones I got at the sports store, and it's so cold right now I need the thicker ones. Everything fit except the jacket and it's too big, I got an x-large and should have gotten the large, hopefully I'll be returning that tomorrow. The prices were really good too! Check them out, you don't want to be tripping over baggy pants!!!!

Lucy I signed up for a 5K at a sports store, it cost me 100.00 and you get 10 weeks of training, twice a week. We are going from walk/run to all run, they swear they can whip me into shape and have me running by April....we'll see:laugh: . Right now I'm doing walk, run, walk,walk,walk, run:embarassed: , and then we get a good workout with sit-ups, push ups etc. etc....it's fun but also a lot of work! And on these cold windy mornings, sometimes I wonder what was I thinking !


Ack....it's 7pm, I've got 30 minutes to make a salad....eeek!

Have a wonderful night every one! Welcome to all the newbies!

Hugs,
DeeDee in windy and very chilly NC

Hi to everyone on this great Friday.Just a note to save my place. Played golf today and had a great time. After that I finished trimming my roses back as they are trying to bud out.
Hope everyone on the East Coast is safe and warm.
BBT
Sue in TX

bump!

I'm new to the group - hiya!

I have done really well with my goals - working out consistently 6 day/wk eating under goal (only slightly usually). January was hellish since despite staying on the straight and narrow for so many months I lost a mere 1 lb. in Jan. I knew/guessed why (upping weights, body recalibrating)but it was still rough. Feb is being kinder, but the loss is 1lb weekly vs the previous 1.25 (but I am really glad for it, don't get me wrong).

For Feb...
- Continue to let myself have small breaks for fun foods (I am a bit too good at times for lasting control)
- Try new fruits and veggies (really liked th spaghetti squash last month!)
- Work on reducing sodium

DeeDee - I swear, if Vince ever knew half of what he was eating, he'd never eat again! For years (yes, years) I've been making these tofu manicotti, I just accidentally-on-purpose neglected to tell Vince they were tofu manicotti, I just called them manicotti. He's eaten them. Right now I have some brownies made for him and I used prune puree in place of the oil, never told him, he and Jessica have been eating them up....lol The inventor of the garlic press deserves a nobel peace, as does the inventor of the food processor. One time I made a chocolate zucchini bread and I accidentally left the zucchini in the food processor too long so it got really ground up, you couldn't see it in the bread. I asked Vince to try "the chocolate bread". He ate the whole thing! Now if he knew that there was zucchini in it -- forget it. So I just had a slip of the mind, you know how age gets us....lol We just got Lexi's teeth cleaned. She needed to have one pulled. But she's fine now.

boohoo - I was planning to use the Stairmaster since I hadn't for a few weeks waiting for my achilles to heal. Well, I figured I'd give it a try today, so I went to the Y where it was AND IT WAS GONE! Seems it broke and it won't be back. Boo hoo. I suggested putting it in the branch that is used the least so that it would last longer but I was told it was going to stay there "so that more members can use it". Not like they can't drive to where it is. Oh well. So I tried some HIIT on the AMT but only did that for 30 minutes, didn't want to put too much stress on the ankle. Then I did another 30 minutes on the AMT doing resistance intervals. Tomorrow I'll do yoga and then stay at the Y to do part of my CPR recert where I do the compressions in front of the guy. I already took the test online. I really don't understand it. Last time I took it I needed to do rescue breathing and compressions -- but this was a lifeguarding class. The time before I only need to do the compressions. So why this time was I being quizzed about the rescue breathing? On my way home I'll probably stop at this one food store. Then I need to be at the church to serve and then Jessica wants to go out to dinner (hmmm...I bet she isn't planning on paying....lol)

Lin in IA - glad you're missing the storm. Anyway, get rid of those pants! Speaking from experience here. I had a pair of exercise pants that I really liked, I hemmed them twice. Finally, it got to the point where they were falling down on me. Gave them to the Salvation Army. It did feel good that they were falling down, tho

Linda - so sorry about your son's best friend's Mom.

Well, exercised, went to Sam's club to get some crab legs for dinner, then came home to give Loki his med, went shopping (found a pair of pants I like also got a sweater that I think I'll return, I'm not real thrilled with it) and then to the Healthy Cooking Demo, came home & had conference call with our financial planner, then went to the vet with Jessica, home to make crab for dinner, then Jess wanted to go to Bed Bath & Beyond and I needed to go to WalMart for a few things. Now I'm home, getting my daily vitamin F. At the cooking demo he made these snickerdoodles and one of the ingredients (replacing some of the oil) was -- get this -- white beans pureed. You really couldn't taste the beans.

LinC - I tell you, raw cookie/cake/brownie/etc. dough is my ultimate downfall. And it really doesn't help much that Vince likes to have something sweet for dessert so I need to make him cakes or fudge or something. I do try to log if I have the tastes.

tammy - you are so so right... a trip to the hairdresser is definitely a necessity of life. I so wish I could find a good nutritionist, maybe I'll talk to the guy who does the cooking demos and see if he can recommend someone. I'm trying to be as good as possible, but that stupid Wii is still saying "that's overweight"

Lucy in DE - initially using weights may not burn as many calories, but you will burn fewer but for a longer period of time so in the end you'll burn as many as if you were doing aerobic activities. Good for you doing weight training! We all need aerobic, weight training, and good nutrition. That's the formula for success

Cris - welcome to a great forum. Check in often and you won't be able to stay away before long (trust me, I know)

jktwork - welcome! Glad you're here

Sara in Ontario - I hear ya about how you have to stretch just to be able to get out of bed the next day. One of the reasons the Newcomers bowling is only every other week is so that we have time to recover....lol But you know what? The senior league bowls every week, and I'm constantly amazed at some of the people on that league. They're MUCH older than I am, but boy are they active!

12774 - tomorrow is my weekly weigh in, also. I'm hoping to at least stay the same.

Brooke from CO - with your determination -- I KNOW you'll do it!

ihalket - welcome! Glad you're better now. Keep coming here and ask any question you may have. Remember "the only dumb question is the question that isn't asked"

Meg - how wonderful of you to volunteer to babysit!

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening

Michele in NC

Bump to save my place.

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Lori H That recipe sounds so good! I`ve copied it and hope to make it soon! I love getting new recipes, I`m not much of a cook and every new recipe helps! thanks for sharing!

Jackie It`s always good to make time for ourselves, I tend to forget to pamper myself sometimes:frown:! Glad you have GREAT hair, it`s amazing what a boost we get with a great hair day!!!!

Michele You sneaky girl:laugh: , getting Vince to eat those veggies!

Karla Hope you have a wonderful vacation!!!

Well I need to get running, yes really running.....homework for today is to run/walk a mile on our own, need to get to the track before it gets too crowded. Tomorrow is rest day...YAY!!!!

Hope everyone has a spectacular Saturday!!! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee in chilly but sunny NC (once again I forgot this)