WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2013

Daughter and granddaughter are on their way home to CO. DH and I had a quiet supper and I'm almost falling asleep as I type.:yawn: I LOVED having them here. We had so much fun, but now I need to rest.:yawn:

Katla in NW Oregon

Hopefully tonight is a better night and tomorrow starts a new road. I have already taken my Ambien, of which I hate to take and do so pretty rarely

Morning Ladies!!
well out to the gym early today,dont have to go into work until noon. so load of laundry in dryer,and washer.
My heel is still really bothering me, but now I have a dilemma... Now that we booked the cruise I really want to as Emeril say's kick it up a notch. I want to really get moving and get the weight off.I know I have to do squats and lunges, but with my foot and unfortunatly my left knee, fell over a baby gate 8 yrs ago and lost all feeling and nerves under my left knee. I cannot kneel on the left knee ,so that will be out.
I need some inspiration~ any suggestions?
I tried to do some yoga yesterday, im so glad no one was here except the dogs:noway:
I have learned I have no balance,will have to work on that :laugh: I am thinking of maybe buying and sleeping in a boot for my foot. maybe that will help the heel.
Meg , my daughter is 24 and by then I was married and pregnant with my son. My daughter had done things alot differently.Different generation I guess and still I get blamed for alot:huh:

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Lila LOVE your new haircut!!! You look very sassy:smokin: !

Michele Hope your neck is feeling better today:flowerforyou: ! Enjoy you massage...lucky you!

Robin Sounds like things are looking up at work:bigsmile: !!! Hope your ear clears up soon:flowerforyou: !

Lucy I can get a little dizzy when my ear gets stopped up, usually allergry season, they have me on Nasonex to keep my ears clear, I don`t like it and don`t use it the way I should:frown: , however I think I`ll have to start using it more now! Hope you continue to feel better:flowerforyou: !

Suebdew 72 degrees...lucky you:glasses: !

Lots more to say but no time:sad: ! I actually slept later today than usual, which is good, because I tossed and turned all night, hot/cold, hot/cold....:grumble: !

Hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday!!! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!

Hugs,
DeeDee in NC

'morning! Just a quick check before work.

Michele - to go uphill on the TM I usually start at .5, then may go up to 3 or 4.

For me it depends on my heart rate as I'm supposed to stay within a certain range of my starting heart rate. Yesterday I had a heck of a time getting it to go up at all, which sometimes happens with the beta blocker. (Before they cut the dose in half my heart rate would drop into the low 50s, not good!) BUT, the good news is that yesterday is the 1-year mark from when I passed out on the TM, so life is good! (I promised the Y staff there would be no re-enactment of their CPR skills test.)

After a prolonged time stuck at one weight, I was surprisingly down more than a pound today. We'll see..... but YAY anyway!

Hope everyone has a great day--

Gail, metro Atlanta

:flowerforyou: Lovely Hump Day all you Vit F

No time to read just popping in to mark a spot.

Had a wonderful visit with BIL & SIL at the airport yesterday. Have no idea about the sandwich and salad I had so didn't log it. They came through customs so quickly we were surprised (they were returning home from Costa Rica) until we realized they had no luggage:noway: They only had backpacks. I am sure I could NEVER travel anywhere that lightly...I need ALL my creams to keep the wrinkles at bay to say nothing of the extra clothes I need:blushing:

Since we were home earlier than if I had put in a full day at work I went and did day one of the 30 Day Shred and realized how much I am once again out of shape endurance wise...4 months ago it was easier then today...so I will be back at it again tonight.

Will try to read and catch up with everyone later.

Have a great day...don't forget to drink your water:drinker: log that food and let's keep moving.

Laura80111 in Colorado

Happy hump day~~
Have a great one.
HUGS
jane

I put this on my status but didn't get any responses - so anyone here know?

Does anyone else have problems with the fitbit taking calories away? Sometimes at night I enter my food and it will have given me 500 exercise calories (for example) and I complete my diary under calorie goal. Then I look at it the next day and it will have taken half those exercise calories back and put me over goal for the day. I have it set up not to add negative calories but it does anyway.

Hi! Slightly different issue with fitbit, perhaps someone more expert can answer both...

I am wondering about the fitbit adding exercise calories...which don't seem warranted - to the MFP total....

Mine added 138 calories after a really busy day where I almost reached my walking step goal, but not my burn level, but the next day, which was less than half that daily step/burn it gave me almost the same extra calories to eat.....that is what happens on MFP...but on Fitbit, it keeps reducing the amount of calories, well below the daily 1200... HMMMmmm....It seems like they share numbers but do not really coordinate. Hope this does not confuse your issue....

Mine also does not count my stairs accurately...ususally -3 floors off...
Cheers, BJ

I think that fitbit add calories to MFP based on what it thinks you will end up with but if you don't actually get there it re adjusts at the end of the day. so if you are really active it is going to give more calories thinking you will maintain that level all day but when you don't it readjusts to what you actually burned at the end of the day. I hope this makes some sense.

Hello Ladies!

jmkmomm: I guess I see your gain as not so bad. I think if it were me, I'd be relieved that it was only that much and not more! You'll be back down in no time. I'm sorry though that you felt physically so lousy from it. Unfortunately, I could eat an entire horse made of candy and not have any reaction except more fat and higher weight.

This coming Saturday is our company's 50th Anniversary. I have co-chaired the event for the past year, and boy, am I ready for it to be over. Tonight, however, we have an engagement at the venue to view the new room, complete with cocktails and appetizers. Appetizers are my favorite! I could eat them all night and skip the entree, so I'm really hoping I control myself. I usually control myself far better with others than on my own, so I should be okay. I cannot do the cocktails though, and that should be a-ok.

I had great numbers at the trainer's today, so I'm pretty motivated to not fall off the wagon tonight.

Hope everybody enjoys their evenings and has a "healthy" night!

Oh, and I am an abstainer, until I decide I want "one"--at which point I lapse into moderator (and eat it until it's gone).

Jackie in Cherry Hill outside of Philly

I only have a quick minute before I need to start dinner but I'm so excited I had to share...I took my DD shopping for her b-day at her favorite store: anthropology. She was so excited because this purple lace dress she has had an eye on since last fall was on the sale rack (we only shop the sale rack there ) and she looked fantastic. I tried on several dresses and they all looked good. I had to choose between them. It has been so long since I've been shopping and gotten clothes in these smaller sizes and most importantly felt pretty in them. I felt pretty today. While I'm still not quite to my goal, this experience has proved that all the hard work and sticking with it when I was so frustrated I wanted to quit was worth it

So don't give up - stick with it and you will see improvements and activities like shopping which were so frustrating and depressing can be fun :flowerforyou: :drinker: :bigsmile: Jodios

I’m so glad that you all let me vent here! My hubby has no concept of diets, and it’s good to “talk” with someone who can understand the frustrations. 2 of the 4 lbs. I gained overnight were gone this morning, so that’s a step in the right direction! This Fitbit is already doing it’s job, as it’s motivated me to take a few extra steps today. It’s pretty cool how it can sync to MFP. It’s also reinforcing my belief that MFP gives too many calories for exercise.

Warning: Whining Ahead! I just looked at my calendar, and see that my parents have 13 doctor appointments over the next 4 weeks, with a couple more expected which haven’t been scheduled yet. I also have appointments for my foot, and I’m trying to have a life and a job somewhere in between. I’m planning a 5 day trip to visit my daughter during this period, which really isn’t negotiable since I haven’t seen where she’s living yet and I miss her. My son may need to take a doctor appointment or two. Never mind me – I’m happy to help my parents out, but just start feeling overwhelmed at times. My brother lives in Hawaii, so can’t help.

I have to wonder when enough is enough. My dad has to make the decisions about his treatment, and I think most of it is necessary, but do we really need to put him through testing to find out if he has certain conditions which we wouldn’t be able to treat anyway, given that he couldn’t survive a surgery? And then there are the just-plain-silly things, like them wanting him to have his teeth cleaned – he only has 4 teeth, for goodness sake!

MA – I’ve never heard of a duck popcorn popper. How very cool. I want one!

Barbie – You’re right, of course. Continued healthy eating habits will win in the long run! It’s just so frustrating to see the fluctuations along the way. Sometimes it really helps to be able to vent. :flowerforyou:

Meg – There is definitely a squirrel living in the computer – LOL! I’m challenged at the workings of computers, but am expert at shopping on Ebay and playing games!! :bigsmile: How frustrating about the test proctoring. It would be nice if others respected your time.

Katia – I’m glad you had such a nice visit!

Michele – I hope your neck is better after the massage. I had a 90 minute deep-tissue one yesterday, and my neck/shoulders are greatly improved today.

Lila – How is the haircut??

Laura – Glad you had a good visit! I could never travel anywhere with just a backpack, either. :glasses:

Cheryl – Let us know if you find an answer on the Fitbit. I only got mine yesterday, so I have no idea, but I’d love to learn.

BJ – As I told Cheryl, I only just started with the Fitbit, but I noticed that on MFP it said Fitbit was projecting calories for the entire day based on what I had done so far (this was still morning), so maybe it changes as the actual numbers sync.

Jackie – I hope the anniversary is a smashing success after so much time to get ready for it. I laughed at your abstainer/moderator comment! I can see that we have a lot in common.

Jane in Colorado

Evening Ladies
I have had it... My heel is now just hurting so badly that I will call the dr's office tomorrow and see if they can see me, all I can do is hobble now ,and 1- it looks funny and 2 my gait is off and I dont want to injure myself anywhere else...
I was bad today had frozen marshmallow mini eggs,they tasted great but , I think I stayed within my calorie count.. I am not good with sweets, I really shouldnt even have them in the house...
I have an eye appt tomorrow, and some errands to run, then back home to try and rest the foot. I want to feel good again, be able to go for a nice long walk ,
well enough of my venting Ill stay quiet
Jodie so great to hear about your shopping, I am hopping I will get to that point sometime before the cruise.
The last time I had an experience like that was when I lost the weight the last time, many years ago,I went to a dept store with my daughter she was about 7 and had to get a bathing suit, well I tried on an 8 and it was to big, I ended up getting a size 6 , and there I was balling my eyes out in the store:laugh: happy tears of course...
I am hoping for another moment like that, but will never see size 6

wessecg: I’m not a fitbit user so can’t help with a solution, but I’m sure sympathetic about the problem. How can you make good decisions as you go along without correct information?:noway: Good luck.

Cheryl: I also agree wit Glenda that 25 pounds of loss over a year is terrific. I had 25 pounds of gain almost every school year, and I’m here to tell you that 25 pounds is a LOT. :grumble: Of course you already know that.

Jodios: I’m happy you had a great day with your daughter.

Abstainer vs Moderator: I have to abstain from anything with milk, cream or butter because of lactose intolerance. I also have to abstain from many nuts, plus peppers, and anything that produces acid because of the nasty effects they have in my body. So for everything I Iove and CAN eat without digestive upset, I’m a moderator.

Katla in NW Oregon