WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2013

Renny: I am with you on the retirement thing. I have about one year to go. When my manager asked me to fill out a self-appraisal for my yearly review I filled in the question about long term goals with "RETIRE". She was amused but I still had to set goals for this next year. Oh well! Sue in SD

Bump to save my place for later.

Katla in NW Oregon

I'll join the newbies too....this is my first post as well. this sounds like it may be a good group for me. I am 53 and been overweight for years... slowly creeping up and not doing too much going down on the scale. Hoping to 'get involved' to help me be more motivated to stick with it... seems i plug along and it is SOOOO much work to lose 1 pound that comes back with one bad day... i know that is a generalization but it really seems to be how it is.
a couple of my friends and i have recently hired a trainer and it is week 3 with very little weight loss (if any after last night :-). I have started incorporating more movement in my day but that seems to be one of my biggest challenges.... i sit all day and then go home and sit.....and i love chocolate. So we are walking twice a week and i am looking into some local classes. But it is hard to take that time for myself.... gets me home late, dinner is late so eating later, less time with my man etc.
food tracking is quite informative although jsut really helps avoid the denial of what i am putting in my mouth. I know what is good and not good but turn a cheek (a rather large cellulite one :-)) as i shove it in regardless....like a very good week and then 3 pieces of pizza last night!

and i don't know how to 'bump' to follow? i dont' see 'bump' anywhere?

Lyndafour, if you post anything you'll find it (as stated above) in Community/My Topics, if you don't have time to post anything but want to "save your place" people simply type "bump" so that becomes their short post/bookmark. Just a shortcut to come back when you have time to read/post.

Hope that helps, and welcome!

Brooke from Colorado

bump

jodios - stay safe

Judy - thanks for the info about the TRX. I wasn't so much that I DIDN'T want to do the search, more that I try to limit the time on the computer (how much is used) since we get a certain amount of time with the JetPack (the old MiFi)

Robin - say it isn't so!!!! Feel better

Last night Vince asked me to go to Walgreens and get him a cough med with an expectorant. Do you know that almost every one had a suppressant AND and an expectorant. But I was able to find one that contained just the expectorant. It was even Walgreen brand!

Jo - sounds like you had a wonderful day. Did the children join in on the swings and everything else?

Meg - congrats on the fabulous loss. The weather here in FL is beautiful. Thank goodness I leave a pair of black and a pair of jean shorts down here. I had to pull out those black shorts today.

Colleen - I open up wordpad, type my response, and then minimize it and read more. then, I just copy and paste it

brooke from CO - not only is shoveling snow good exercise but think of the calories you burn just keeping your body warm. Hey, I look for the positives werever I can. That's how I used to rationalize the good snow does when we lived in PA.

LuAnn - welcome

Did 30 min of yoga, then 45 min of step, then left from the gym to go see my friend. I took some cottage cheese since I'm hungry after exercising so I ate that while I changed. Got to her place about 12. We went to lunch at Duffy's. They had this grilled mahi mahi taco appetizer. Most places the appetizers are all fried so I got those. They were good. I didn't have any of the sauce. When I went to log it in here, I at first was very surprised at how high the calories were, but then it dawned on me that that probably included the sauce which I didn't have. I asked for it on the side, honestly, it wasn't all that good. But the tacos were. They were just the taco shell, strip of mahi mahi, bit of lettuce and bit of salsa. Just had water to drink. You know, it seems that when I'm down here I want to drink more. Mel wanted to give me some chocolates for the ride home, but I refused. Really, just the three small tacos were enough for me. She wanted me to order more, but I was really full. Probably because I wasn't real active. Got home around 6, put a load of laundry in since Vince told me last night that I needed to do some. Made fish for dinner, he's watching the truck race right now. We need to go to WalMart. The laundry detergent bottle leaked once before so we put it in a plastic bag. Well, it leaked again, but I did have enough for that one load of laundry. I'll need more before we leave, I'll need to wash the darks and the sheets.

Speaking of last night: Vince got up and was sitting on the couch. So I went to ask him what's the matter. I honestly thought that maybe he was just hot in the bed so he went into the living room. But no. His asthma started to act up & he couldn't breathe. He doesn't have asthma attacks very often so he didn't think to bring his inhaler with him. So...we went to the hospital where they gave him a nebulizer treatment, tested his blood and took an x-ray. $200 later we were on our way home but he did have a prescription for albuterol. I suggested he just leave the inhaler down here.

Tomorrow is the Nationwide, so we'll be driving up to Daytona early. As usual, I'll watch a few laps and then go shopping.

Oh, while I was visiting my friend, Vince went to a train store in Port Orange (near Daytona). He needs to get 2 new tires, so even tho we have to go up tomorrow and then Sun, we'll have to go up again on Mon. Well, that's OK, I usually have to rush thru the stores on Sat. since only Penney's is open on Sun, now I can take my time in the stores Sat. since the ones I don't hit on Sat I can hit on Mon.

DeeDee - how horrible about your calf! Lady, take care of yourself, ya hear? You gotta get better so that we can get together (I haven't forgotten and if you don't get better fast, the weather will be nice by the time we can get together and you just may be put to work on the landscaping <gonna scare the sickness out of you>)

Lin - glad you take the Vit F more than the metformin. Vit F is very powerful. I'm like you, I will take a pill only if I absolutely must take it. As a matter of fact, when I had the pulled achilles, the MD told me he could prescribe a pill or give me a cream. I opted for the cream. Vince is like your hubby, pills for this, pills for that. His parents were the same way, when my father passed away he was taking only 6 different meds. His mother was taking more than 10.

Not sure what I'll have tomorrow, but we do usually go to Picadilly Cafeteria after the race. I do have some tomatos, snap peas, asparagus, peas, walnuts, raisins, jerky a pear, coleslaw, and celery that I'm taking with me. I'll probably take a water bottle just in case I want something to drink before we go to dinner.

tammy in VA - my kids are amazed at rotary dial phones, and a party line would probably just kill them. when they were little, they'd probably listen in on the conversation....lol I know I used to.

bjmcq - sounds like a wonderful vacation!

Cheryl - I like your determination. That's a great reason to give away our too-big clothes -- not wanting to get them back

M - have a great time in Atlantic City

Judy - I'm on pinterest, but to tell you the truth, I don't know how to use it!!!!! I love to find out.

lua - welcome, come in often

jodios - love your positive attitude. Have a great time with dd

Sue in TX - no, I really didn't look at the denny's menu before I went. I didn't want a big meal so I go the senior meal (stop laughing!), I just got the veggies because that's what I craved.

farasgrandau - welcome, you posted just perfectly. Do it again and tell us more about yourself.

lyndafour - welcome. Isn't it amazing how long it takes to lose weight and how you can put it on in no time at all. I know that happens to me. Popping in here you'll get lots of motivation. Oh, BTW, and I just found this out, "bump" is an acronym for "bring up my post", just means that this thread will be in your list of "my topics"

jmkmomm - I like Denny's too. We had those coupons, too. Vince had an ice cream for dessert, I just had hot tea.

Bridgekiki - welcome.

Well, want to post this before it gets too long. Hope everyone has a great evening. Will watch the truck race on TV then go to WalMart.

Michele from NC

:ohwell: Grandchild birthday party tomorrow at Amazing Jake's in Mesa AZ. I hear it's a great place for kids and adults. :flowerforyou:
The food buffet seems to have salad options, soup options and pizza options. I'm planning on the salad option.:bigsmile:

Have a good weekend everyone. :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: Drink the water please.

Thank you Sue...i don't eat too much salt generally speaking but will definitely load up on the water. have been increasing each week...which also helps gets me out of my chair at work on a regular basis.