WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2013

Yep, it's Tuesday all right.. I finally caught up on all the posts for the last couple of days. WOW, to all with challenges, stay the course and be kind to yourselves. You all are aweome women an all of us learn from each other.
They are forcassting snow here tomorrow so will get out and enjoy today. One thing about here, is snow today gone in a couple of hours and the sun back out shinning. It truely does make one feel better.

Still haven't found my stride yet in planning menus and eating in a timely fashion. I tend to wait to long and then get to hungry and just eat what is available. SO for today, I am planning the old chicken breast and brussel sprouts. If you have't tried brussel sprouts sliced lenght ways in a salad or still fried, you don't know what you aremissing. YUM-O!!

Going to the club house to try out the tread mill today. I have no excuses any longer about no reason to excercise. They have a nice indoor pool here and excercise equipment. So I'm off to get that in for the day.

Wishing and praying for all with health concerns for good outcomes.
Dixie in AZ

Laura: I agree with you totally on the tax issue. Luckily DH assembles it and sends it off to the accountant. I’d like to know more about the book Strong Women Stay Thin. Is it a “how to” stay thin book, an exercise book, or????

Jodios: I look up calorie burn on MPF. They have information just as they do for food. It may not be as detailed as your monitor, but it works for me.:bigsmile:

Dixie in AZ: I enjoy hearing about your AZ community and would love to know more. I’ll be curious about how summers are. I’m a shade flower. LOL. My cousin is staying in a Senior Community in the Mesa area and seems to love it. He and his wife are currently snowbirds and spend a generous part of the year here. (Grand kids are a big draw.)

Jane: I’m sorry for your friend whose insurance is being denied. It has to really add stress to a bad situation. She has my prayers.:flowerforyou:

It is absolutely gorgeous outside here right now. DH doesn’t feel like getting outside and I’m bored with walking, but I think I’ll take the dog for a walk anyway. It will do both of us good. It is bordering on sinful to waste a sunny day sitting inside when you have a chance to enjoy the sunshine.:flowerforyou:

Katla in sunny NW Oregon

Jane - wow, 109 years old and a cancer survivor. I'm impressed.

jmkmomm - how do you make your salmon burgers?

We left for FL yesterday around 9:30, got here about 7:30. Vince went to the condo to open it and turn on the breakers, only he couldn't get in. His key turned about 1/2 way but not the rest. Neither would my key. Neither would the key that the people who run the condo have. So..we called a locksmith. By the time he got it opened, it was about an hour later. Fortunately, there's nothing wrong with the lock, where it goes into the doorframe Vince filed down. Now it works just fine. Ran to WalMart to get milk and a few other things, didn't get home until midnight.

Went to WinnDixie and got their store card. I THINK I can add that to my Fuel Rewards card. We shall see. Then I went to the Y, seems that this cardio class they have is really a zumba class and I didn't like it last year so I did incline intervals on their treadmill. Different program. Then went to Publix, got veggies. They have these sugar snap peas, asparagus, and peas in small bags. Yes, they are more expensive. But I can't take home frozen peas so 2 servings is just enough. Got some frozen dinners, found these veggie burgers that I want to try along with these spinach cakes that I'd like to try. waaaa...Publix didn't have the Arctic Zero. Well, maybe another Publix will have it.

Liz - your chicken spinach salad sounds great. Would you share the recipe? How did you like the movie?

On the way down here Clyde got stuck under the seat. Unfortunately, I was in front of Vince when he had to pull over. He's thinking that he'll look into renting an RV and towing my car next time we come down. This way, we'll both be in the car. To me, unfortunately, that will mean that I can't listen to my audiobooks.

ohiomom - the procedure is a piece of cake compared to the prep. How'd it go?

grandmallie - wishing you all the best. Say, would having some (like tsp) of apple cider vinegar help? That always squelches any cravings I have.

DeeDee - it's in the 70's today, sunny, upper 70's. I AM enjoying it, and will be sure to bring some back with me. Hey, there'll probably be extra room since I won't have the vacuums in my car. But then again, I WILL have the things I bought while I am down here. Oh, I'll find someplace to fit it!

Mary TN - I, too, find it so so easy to get off the bandwagon. I find the best thing is for me to get back on asap

I'd left 2 boxes of cereal down here (small boxes). I thought they'd be OK since they were factory sealed. But they weren't as crisp, but I ate them anyway. I left a package of gum down here by accident and it was so terrible I threw it out. Now I left some Altoids here by accident and they were fine. I wonder if it's because they were in a tin? Vince upgraded our MiFi so we now get 4G. I also left a few packages of True Lemon down here, the packages are soggy but the lemon is still powdery. Go figure!

Welcome everyone new!

M - only good thoughts for your mom

brenda - love your pic

Jackie - congrats on the run. You CAN do it.

jmkmomm - congrats on the smaller size clothing. Pretty soon you'll be giving away those jeans because they are too big on you

Would you believe the BANK down here was open yesterday? We were shocked, to put it mildly.

renny - Vince is a CPA, he uses TurboTax, but he STILL has yet to figure out how TT figures out NC taxes.

DeeDee - so sorry you're sick. Get better fast.

barbie - good thoughts to you for the results. Let us know

jane - how horrible, just horrible, for your friend

Need to get off the computer, Vince needs the MiFi. Apologies to anyone I've missed.

Michele from NC but now in sunny FL

Well there about an hour of reading but my fault I slept in this morning. And I'm on Legion soup and sand. tomorrow. So had to get myself over there with the grocery before my helper showed up at 9:30. Got most of the preps done got back home at 12:30.
So hopefully people come out tomorrow even in the storm. Suppose to be real bad tomorrow I thought today was. Lots of snow. Mild weather. But lots of snow.

Yesterday and today good diet wise but no exercise other than being busy.

Katla
The weight I had gained yesterday is gone today. So water retention. Tops tomorrow I want to see a loss.

Meg
I figure I moved enough to get all those cakes and preps done.
Today did another good 2 hours of food prep for soup and sand. tomorrow. So it's another on my feet from 7:30 to about 2:00 with very little breaks.

So that's it for tonight. Got four chicken breast ready for meals. Hubby don't care for chicken. So he had steak with onion, mushroom and fried potatoes. I had 3oz chicken with 1 cup of mush and onion. But started with a nice velvety veg soup. I say velvety because I only used a little 2% milk. So not loaded with calories.

See you all lighter.

HI!Had to share a Violet story,might make me laugh.
So we play beauty shop and take turns fixes each others hair.She is busy brushing,when she says,Grandma,you need to dye your hair there`s some white spots in your hair,out of mouths of babes.
HUGS
jane

Hi all from cold Omaha. The wind chill was -10 this morning. But it was sunny and pretty. It’s not my usual grocery shopping day but we are expecting 10-12 inches of snow on Thursday so everyone is already buying out the grocery stores. I got the last gallon of 1% milk. I’m sure they will get more, but holy cow…the storm is not for 2 more days. People must think we are going to be stranded for a week!

Lucy: your friend is lucky to have you. What a nice thing to do for her. Igot nothing to offer re: the pedometer! I doubt I could get one to work!

Jmkmomm: congrats on that nsv! Those jeans will fit nicely soon.

Gail: I’m with you on those crazy taxes. I would love a flat tax. We have rentals, a business, and foreign investments, so our taxes are really complicated. Maybe that’s why they usually don’t get done til October!

Suebedew: jealous of your golfing!

Renny: I was one of the tax complainers! Perspiring from effort is great, from hot flashes…not so great. I don’t know why they are called “flashes”, mine last for hours.

Liz: hope you got some great sleep!

Gail: I love my job too but I have noticed enjoying home much more lately than in the past.

Barbie: of course we are all here for you. No wonder you are anxious…wanting you to come in for the results must be a bit scary. I’ll keep my fingers crossed for good news.

Katla: that is a tough choice, isn’t it? Medicines can be so beneficial but always have some side effect or bad effects. The doctors appointment does sound frustrating…what was the point if you got no help?

Amanda: well I hope you enjoyed your little treat last night! I had some coworkers like yours before and found that doing their work just made them lazier. So I got to sending emails with what was agreed and then they had to do it because I just wouldn’t. I think it helped that I cc’d the boss LOL

DeeDee: Oh I’m so sorry you are sick. This winter seems to be hard on everyone! Your tea should help. Of all people I know that we need to rest and take care of ourselves and I am the worst for not doing it. Sending you virtual chicken soup.

Tammy hope you raise a ton of money!

Nancy: you enjoy all those kids and the skiing!

Laura: strong women stay thin? That sounds interesting. So you and Jane must live pretty close. That’s cool that you have met.

Jodios: our dog snores too. So does DH. Then there’s the 18 year old cat who sleeps by my side…snores. Then there’s one of the “kitty snappers” who sleeps at my feet..snores! I spend many evenings sleeping in the recliner downstairs!

Dixie: I bet it is kind of hard to plan meals for just yourself now. Baby steps, baby steps! Sending good wishes your way!

JaneM: that is awful about your friend and not getting benefits. I’ll keep her in my prayers. You are kind to be such a good friend.

Michelle: we have a grocery store here that does the fuel card too only they changed it. Used to be you got money off gas depending on how much you spent. Now it ‘s only for buying certain items, the kind I rarely buy….processed foods, snacks, etc. Never on meat or produce.

LinC: holy cow that’s a lot of cooking! Take it easy! I bet everyone loves the food though.

Ohiomom: glad to hear you survived the colonoscopy! I hope you are all back to normal tomorrow.

Well ladies the site has gone down twice on me tonight so I’ll end here, Take care everyone and stay warm if you are in the cold winter weather! Meg

I want to Thank all of you that were so kind and added me to this group. So many of you took the time to drop me a quick note and I’d love to do the same but there are so many I decided to include you all here in this one post. I had a hard time finding this topic/group this evening so any input as to how I can find it more easily would be appreciated. I am still trying to figure out MFP.
I have struggled with my weight my entire life. I am not a fan of exercising, I love pasta, bread, sweets and cookies, I know, four big NO-NO’s all of which added to my belly bulge ! My goal is to drop 50 to 60 pounds. My usual trend is drop 10 regain 15.
Age, bad left knee, bad right ankle, bad New York weather and no fitness center where I live (Small farming community) limit my exercising which mainly is walking when the body parts and weather allow it. I suppose I could go chase some cows around the fields but jumping cow chips is not my thing! Eww gross! LOL
I’m looking for a support group similar to where I’m at in life as I am not a 20 year old, size 2, physically capable of doing Cross fit , P90X, High intensity aerobics, and or insane Insanity work outs! I am looking for a serious approach that works and is within my physical ability.
I love laughing and having fun and cooking which these days is all on a healthy level. I enjoy sharing new recipes and helping others when ever I can. I still work and don’t always have a lot of computer time but I promise to be supportive to all my fellow weight loss/ healthy life style friends. Lets do this together and May we all reach our goals!
Regards, Carol

Today was a mental disaster for me! Played golf with two very slow ladies and it took us 5 and 1/2 hours. I had taken some snacks but not enough because when I got home I just reverted to old habits and ate whatever I could grab. GRRRRR. Just when I think I've learned something, I find out I haven't.
To all who are ill, get well soon. DH has had a bad cough for 4 weeks now. The dr put him on a z-pack but it didn't do any good. Today they told him to come in for a steroid shot. Hope that helps.
Plan to get up tomorrow and start a new day with a new attitude.
Take care everyone in the bad weather. We're expecting some rain tomorrow and are so thankful as we need it so bad.
Sue in TX

Carol- I also live in central New York(about 30 minutes from Syracuse). The weather has not been the best for being outside, but I cross-country ski and will walk in almost any weather as long as I can do it during the day. Unfortunately I often don't get home from work early enough. I have used Leslie Sansone walk DVDs when the weather is bad. They give you a good workout and you don't need any special equipment.
Small changes can lead to big results in the long run. I hope you can find the right balance that will work for you.

Deb A in CNY

Good morning,

Should be in bed asleep. But not my knees have been hurting all day. Every step hurts. Tomorrow must work but will take it easier on workout.

@Barbie its ok to whine here. We are here for each other.
@Carol that's what I like about this thread similar phase of life great support system.

Seems like I struggle lately when finishing work st 6 become so hungry I want to pullout my car in and get a sugary snack. My snack of choice has always been in past salty so surprise by this.

Its 2:35am going to try to get some more sleep. So.will be back later.


Liz from idaho

Saving my place for later. Had to get up in the middle of the night to let the dog out. :grumble:

Katla in the dark in NW Oregon

Good Morning Ladies and if there are Gents out there hidee ho
Well I have been getting up and going to the gym daily but the last couple of days I havent felt 100% I cant put my finger on it, but I still try and do at least an hr at the gym, dont want to lose momentum...
to those who have had a colonoscopy bless you I have had one and the prep by far is worse than the procedure.. i dont have to go back for 4 yrs .
I am still eating 1200 calories, I eat fruit but not alot of veggies,I have to get more of those in me for sure..
I did go to the kidney dr yesterday and numbers are same the disease goes in stages and I am a high 3 there are 5 stages so I am holding my own.. im hoping if my weight continues to drop that by the time I go back I will be able to get off blood pressure meds..
I want to try and find different foods to try, but my DH doesnt like the way I shop, dont worry he gets his food that he likes, but to get things I like cost a bit more and he wants me to be frugal.. so will have to figure all that out..
Im hoping all is well with everyone, and the only thing I am craving right now is dorito's... I know I could have some but having them in the house would be dangerous...

RULE 1: DRINK A GLASS OF WATER BEFORE EACH MEAL: NO EXCUSES
RULE 2: DON'T DRINK YOUR CALORIES
RULE 3: EAT PROTEIN AT EVERY MEAL OR STAY HUNGARY AND GROUCHY
RULE 4: SLASH YOUR INTAKE OF REFINDED FLOURS AND GRANI
RULE 5:EAT 30-50 GRAMS OF FIBER
RULE 6: EAT APPLES AND BERRIES EVERY SINGLE DAY
RULE 7: NO CARBS AFTER LUNCE
RULE 8: LEARN TO READ FOOD LABELS
RULE 9: STOP GUESSING PORTION SIZE
RULE 10: NO ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS
RULE 11: GET RID OF WHITE POTATOES
RULE 12: MAKE ONE DAY A WEEK MEATLESS
RULE 13: GET RID OF FAST FOODS AND FRIED FOODS
RULE 14: EAT A REAL BREAKFAST
RULE 15: MAKE YOUR OWN FOOD
RULE 16: BANISH HIGH SALT FOODS
RULE 17: EAT YOUR VEGGIES, JUST DO IT
RULE 18: GO TO BED HUNGARY
RULE 19: SLEEP RIGHT
RULE 20: EAT SNACKS IN BETWEEN MEALS, DON'T LET YOUR BODY GO INTO STARVE MOOD, IT WILL STORE YOUR FAT IF YOU DO.

I ASO HAD SURGERY AND VERY LIMITED TO WALKING. MY LEFT SIDE IS NUMB FROM THEM DAMMAGING NERVES IN MY BACK. SO I AM GOING TO HAVE TO LOSE WEIGHT WITHOUT MUCH EXERCISE.
LET'S NOT LET FOOD CONTROL US/WE NEED TO CONTROL FOOD. DEEP DOWN THERE IS A REASON WE WOMEN TURN TO FOOD. STRES STRES STRESS!

@Brooke from Colorad, I would make a stop at the Dr's office for a quick weight check or somewhere else with an accurate scale. Then go from there. Adjust whatever scale you want to use with the dr scale. I lived for over 30 years in Colorado. We loved it.

I had my granddaughter for 2 days. She is almost 4. She just got new baby brother and her nose is still a little bent out of shape from the attention now being tipped more toward her brother. So when she is here, my attention is focused on her not so much on me. I didn't get a workout in yesterday at all. But we had fun.

It's supposed to start snowing around 2pm and will make for a crummy commute home...at least it's Hump Day:flowerforyou:

Michele- warm, sun, Flordia....sounds like heaven right now:glasses:

LinC- your dinner sounded wonderful:drinker: :drinker:

Jane-:laugh: gotta love those little ones and their wisdom:laugh:

ohiomom-so glad you survived your colonoscopy:flowerforyou: When I had mine I slept the rest of the day too, just couldn't keep the eyes open...now you don't have to do it again for 5 years and that's a good thing:flowerforyou:

Meg- the storm will be here in Colorado first before it gets to you and I'm just hoping that it has pity on us and waits until the heavy snow comes after I'm home from work...there are too many freeway ramps that go up that I travel and when it snows they get really slippery and I always try to find flater routes to take which takes a lot longer...but shorter than if I get stuck on one of those ramps with a bunch of other people. Glad you were able to get to the store before it was sold out:drinker:

Mary in TN- that sugar demon:explode: can really be a bother...but you will conquer it I'm sure.

Sue in TX- keep logging your food and it will help you when you get those munchies if you log it before you eat it sometimes that helps put the breaks on eating something that you really don't need, especially once you see how many calories you are going to eat....hang in there it just takes practice and time:flowerforyou:

Barbie- we love that you feel you can come and whine here:flowerforyou: guilt free. You are always so full of encouragement that your small bit of whine is nothing. You are in our thoughts and prayers as they run more tests and hoping to find why the results weren't better.

Renny-hoping you find when you awake that your being out of sorts was left behind:flowerforyou:

Liz from ID- hoping your were able to get some sleet:flowerforyou: You know we soooo need our beauty rest, especially at our age

Linda in N Ontario-:drinker: oh wouldn't it be wonderful if your TOPS weigh in is all you are hoping for, you have been working so hard.

grandmallie-so good to hear that your numbers are holding and that the kidney Dr was able to give you a positive report:flowerforyou: In place of buns and bread hubby and I wrap our sandwiches, burgers and hotdogs in lettuce, a bit messy but we love the crunch and the less calories and carbs:happy:

Brooke from Colorado- :noway: a nine pound difference from your old scale:noway: I'm not sure how I would log that. Maybe weigh myself for a week on the new scale and if it keeps showing the same weight or less then I guess I'd post it. Did you throw away your old scale? You could do a side by side comparison or if you can pop in to a doctors office and see what their scale says then weigh yourself at home with the same clothes and take it from there....:ohwell: do your clothes fit different too?

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Snow on the way and I dressed in one of my warmer sweatshirts for work, unfortunately that doesn't keep my hands warm and when I'm working on the computer I have to take breaks to hug my coffee cup to warm my hands but it's a downside of losing weight and if it's between being fat or cold I'm gonna have to go with the cold as I really do like the slimmer person better:blushing:

When everything around you is in chaos and you feel like everything is out of control you know you can control what you eat and as you take control of what you eat you will feel better and can deal with all the rest of the life:flowerforyou:

Everyone have a good day log your food (and if you are having problems eating something you shouldn't...log it before you eat it ...it may change your mind to NOT eat it), drink plenty of water and let's keep moving:drinker:

Laura80111 in Colorado