WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY

Hi everyone,
It’s not a bad day here, the sun is shining. I got on the scales this morning and they were not looking good! I was up a pound for the first time in months. I knew I would be and I’m just glad it was only a pound. For the past week I have eaten a load of rubbish – crisps, pizza, biscuits etc – and also drank way over my usual allowance of wine. Never mind I am determined to get back on track so I am not going to change my ticker this week. I will do it next week if that pound is still there.

Justahorsen – I find that I nibble less if I keep busy in the evenings.

Suezzque – I like the idea of posting a motivational picture on the fridge. I will have to try it.

BarbieCat1 – your trips sound great.

Robin – your camping trip sounds like it will be great fun.

Kackie – enjoy your trip.

Laura – you must be excited, having your son home and the possibility of a new grandchild in the same weekend.

Jackie – hope P & O give you a discount on your cruise. It is really annoying when that happens. We have been thinking about doing a cruise next year. We’re thinking of doing Alaska from Vancouver and then we could combine it with a trip to Calgary to see my sister and her husband. Maybe we’ll wait and see if we can get a good deal

Linda – hope you enjoyed your day with your family. It is good to spend time together.

Kathy – it sounds like you are having fun with Isaac. It reminds me of a t-shirt I saw in Canada last year “If I’d known Grandchildren were this much fun I’d have had them years ago”. They are lucky to have you to give them a break. It can be so tiring with a newborn.

We are watching the football (well DH is) and Germany are leading 1-0 at the moment and it's half time but it could still go either way. DH is educating me in the finer points of football :yawn: . I think I might go for a walk.

Have a good day

So DH just had to try the "double down" from KFC. Oh my what a fat and sodium fest:sick: . He enjoyed it.:sad: I had a small popcorn chicken and a handfull of fries. so not worth the 474 calories or 950mg of sodium:grumble: but what's a girl gonna do?.:blushing: We never have fast food so this was a freak occurance. Lots of water today:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: .

We were out at the Indian reservation at boom city to pick up fireworks for the 4th. DH is such a kid in the candy store and I just cringe, I hate the dangerous aspect of this crap but he is a boy:indifferent: and I have to deal with that. :frown: I just hope nothing blows up, off or gets burned down. :smokin:

Have a great Saturday all.

SuzyQ - hope everything goes your way, will keep my eyes, legs, fingers, and whatever else I can crossed for you.

I completely forgot that the one branch of the Y is closed 7/1 to 7/5 for cleaning and repairs. I was anticipating working on the StairMaster. Interestingly, they're the only one that has that. Oh, the other branches have the other kind of Stairmaster -- the kind you propel yourself. But this one is like a moving set of stairs. I like it much better, I think you get a much better workout. So....I had to change to going to the Y near me and doing 30 min of HIIT on the elliptical and then walking on the treadmill for 30 min @4mph 1% incline. Tomorrow (Sat) - yoga, but first the farmer's market where I want to get some corn on the cob to have when Jessica and her bf come, we'll have a mini-cookout.

Denise (smelliott) - before I forget, have a great trip to Canada!

Welcome justahorsin! You've found the best thread around! You're asking the wrong person about keeping from munching in the pm, that's one of my weaknesses. I have found that if I drink a lot (usually around 24oz) and then do something other than being in the kitchen (like watching TV or reading a book), that gets my mind off wanting to graze. Also, doing some sort of craft, be it crochet, x-stitch or whatever, keeps me from eating because I'm afraid that whatever I have in my hand might get the yarn/cloth dirty and I know who'll have to wash it.

BC1 "real men don't read instructions" and they also "don't ask for directions"....lol Thanks for the info about the Road Scholars. Don't be surprised if I ask you again about it. I'm hoping that we'll be able to go see Bryan when he's in Reunion. That would be awesome!

Esther - I am so with you on the carbs. If you'd let me, I'd sit down with a loaf of bread and slather on the butter. I did find that the apple cider vinegar really worked. Only then I backslided. In a way, I feel like an alcoholic who got clean then went off the wagon, now has to get back on.

Jackie - I had to smile when you mentioned how you thought it was thundering only to find that dh had fallen asleep. What a hoot!

Jessica is coming here with her bf late tonight, we've invited some friends over for dinner tomorrow. ds has to work. Thank goodness I love to cook, trying to make something that everyone can have! I'm making this terriyaki chicken for me (and anyone else), Ken likes his beef so I got some beef tenderloin -- had to cut it up. I made a macaroni salad since Lynette likes that. I'm getting some fresh veggies for me. Got some corn on the cob for everyone. I'll make rice but plain so Vince will eat it (wild grain), made a banana chocolate cake and didn't put any icing on it since Jess' bf doesn't like icing (Ken is allergic to chocolate), made a key lime pie since Vince likes that, made an apple crisp for me. Like I said, thank goodness I like to cook! Oops, gotta make iced tea.

General Tso's tofu -- sounds heavenly. Wish someplace around here would have that.

Whenever I go to a ballpark, or really any park for that matter, I always take my own food. Even if the signs say "no outside food allowed", I just take my big pocketbook.

After this weekend, I really have to get serious about losing weight. I go for my annual physical at the end of July, and I would prefer not to be the same weight that I was last year

Doesn't it just feel great to be 20 lbs thinniner, Rebel. So glad you had such a great birthday and vacation!

Michele

Hello Everyone,

First time on the pc all day. Was planning to walk this morning, but my neighbor called and asked me to breakfast. I went, and then I HAD to walk!!:laugh: :laugh: He found a new place, since our old favorite recently closed, and the new place has better breakfasts and costs LESS:noway: --a good thing!!:bigsmile: When I talked to the owner this morning, she said they don't salt ANYTHING unless the customer asks them to. They do their own home made soup, and don't salt that either. I think I have found a new favorite place!! I had bacon and eggs, and since I knew the hash browns weren't full of salt, I had those too, and two pieces of whole wheat toast.

So, as I said, I HAD to walk. And I did. First I did about a mile and a half with the doggies, and then I did about 6.5 miles by myself on the walking trail near my home. It was a perfect day, sunny, but not too warm, and enough white puffy clouds so that one didn't get overheated, and NO chance of rain. This is a big improvement, considering that two days ago we had 1.27 inches of rain in 24 hours, the wettest July day in a LONG time. I wouldn't say it has rained alot lately, BUT, I saw THREE slugs today, and they usually are not around in July!!

Tomorrow we are having salmon fillet, fresh asparagus, scalloped potatoes, salad, and I am making a dessert with a bunch of fresh local strawberries that I bought today. I plan to combine Greek yogurt, with some cool whip, and a little fat free cream cheese, and layer it with strawberries and blueberries. It sounded so good, I couldn't wait, so tonight I had Greek yogurt mixed with sugar free cool whip, along with a cup of raspberries, and it was yummy. After burning over 800 calories, I have still have about 900 available to eat, and I am not hungry. I will probably have something else before I go to bed, but I forgot how much walking kills my appetite. I'm glad something does!!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Pepper and Bradley are trying to occupy the same space next to me in the chair, and it appears Pepper is about to give up and relocate the the ottoman--yup, there he goes!:bigsmile: Now I have a little more room to wiggle into my chair.

It was very nice out today, as I said, not too hot. I am feeling quite sleepy, so I think I might turn in early so I can get a head start tomorrow. For some reason, I forgot that today is Saturday, and I planned to go to church tonight, but I figured out at 5:15p that it was Saturday, and since I was still on the walking trail, and the last service starts at 5:30p, I am reverting to "plan B"--get up and go to an early service so I can come back and work on that dessert.

Rebel-Great summer pic. Glad you have enjoyed your vacation.

Linda-Sorry Chloe took a tumble. I hope she will still want to bike with you in the future.

Barbiecat-Happy Day to you, Jake and "the critters.":flowerforyou:

Denise-If you come to Vancouver BC, you won't be all that far from Barbiecat, and from me and Kathy (pjms)--so maybe we need to plan an MFP "reunion"--(Is it still a reunion if the people have never met before?:noway: )

Amanda-I hope some day you will be able to experience a 4th of July celebration.

The most memorable one for me was 1976. A female friend, (who was dealing with a recent breakup and cancellation of a marriage), and I went to my parents' sailboat, which was moored near where the fireworks display was being set off. We didn't take it out on the water--too many nutcases running around in the dark in powerboats. :ohwell: We made a large quantity of tequila sunrises, and my friend drank most of them. :noway:

When it came time to leave, we were stuck in a monster traffic jam, and when we finally got back to the Vancouver side of the river, we decided to stop for pizza. The place we stopped at apparently had no clue that they were going to be inundated with business after midnight on July 4th, so they only had three people working.

It was obvious to me that we would be there all night and starve to death if something wasn't done, so I suggested to the person working the register, who was also the lone waitress, that if I took orders for her, she could go help make pizzas. She quickly agreed, and I started taking orders. My friend was still pretty loaded from all those sunrises,:drinker: :drinker: so she was no help!!:noway: :noway: I managed to get everybody seated, and would have helped make pizzas too, but no food handler credentials, so they couldn't let me help. We got anything we wanted off the menu FREE!!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and ours was one of the first pizzas served, so it worked out well. As I recall it was a vegetarian, and very good!!

I finally got home about 3 in the morning, after pouring my friend into her apartment. Oh by the way, the fireworks were OUTSTANDING!!!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :explode: :explode: :explode: <closest thing to a firecracker we have in smiley department:bigsmile: )

Not sure if I will be on here tomorrow or not. If my day goes as planned, I will be home by 9p, and watching the televised fireworks display--they still shoot them off of a barge on the river. It used to be billed as "the largest fireworks display west of the Mississippi River," but last year, some the corporate sponsers bailed, and their was a problem with some debt carried over from the prior year's display, so they didn't have a display. There was such a ruckus, they managed to reinstate it for this year.

:drinker: :drinker: :explode: :explode: :explode: :explode: Happy 4th to all!!:explode: :explode: :explode: :drinker: :drinker:
Barb

Happy 4th of July ladies!

It's a bright and slightly breezy day here in London today. The sky is a beautiful blue and the garden is looking quite lush.

DH has gone for a hike but should be back home this afternoon in time to take me to South Kensington where I am meeting up with a friend for coffee. I haven't seen him for a while and we will have loads to catch up on.

I had my morning protein shake for breakfast and added a probiotic drink to it to try and up my protein level as I'm feeling a little below par. I had the beginnings of an asthma attack (just about managed to control it with my inhalers and then used my nebuliser) last night and I tend to feel a bit yucky afterwards for a couple of days. I also don't seem to have much of an appetite, so I'm going to try to make sure that what I do eat is highly nutritious.

Barb, I loved your story of July 4th 1976!

Linda, I hope Chloe is not feeling too badly after her bike ride and that it doesn't put her off future rides.

Rebel, you are looking great! The red dress really suits you.

I am happy to be another pound down (yay!) I need to lose another seven pounds to have a bmi that is overweight rather than obese. It would be great if I can do it before the end of July. My plan was to be at goal by Christmas this year. I really hope that I can do it as I still have another forty pounds to lose. Once I get to 140 pounds, I will re-evaluate the situation and see if I can go lower. I have to be realistic though as I know that I am going to have the dreaded saggy skin.

Part of me really wants to do my Lesley Sansone dvd before I go out this afternoon, but the the other part of me is resisting and telling me to get on the treadmill instead. Perhaps I'll be sensible and not try to push my luck too much, so maybe the treadmill is a better idea.

Well ladies, enjoy your day and (for those in the States) your celebrations! I will definitely spend a fourth of July over there one day.

Bona valetudo melior est quam maximae divitiae xx

Good morning.. Rainy 4th here in South Florida... outdoor plans are falling apart for many. I'm hopeful it'll clear later for fireworks.

We'd been asked out to dinner last night and i was nervous about overeating! Restaurants can trip me up... all those temptations and large servings.. the bread baskets, the creamy this, the "crispy" [read, fried] that ... :noway:

Fortunately our host left the restaurant choice up to us and we chose The Singing Bamboo, for Chinese food. I resisted the fat pills known as fried noodles and said no thanks to the offer of a sugary tropical beverage, opting for jasmine tea. I had a cup of veg soup with little cubes of tofu [very tasty, if salty] and a steamed seafood combo with broccoli with a light broth based sauce. They didn't have brown rice, so I only ate about a half cup of white. I brought half of my entre home for lunch today, and I'll cook some quick brown rice. I feel so virtuous. :blushing:

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" ... Then did an earlyish visit to mum-in-law at the nursing home. She was NOT in a good mood. We wheeled her out into the garden (which normally cheers her up) but she pouted and complained for the entire time we were with her. I always feel impotent when she's like this as there is no way of making her happier..."

tiara... I feel your frustration ! My Mom doesn't get in foul moods, but at 91, it seems she spends an awful lot of time on the phone or in person with me and other family, complaining instead of conversing. It's not pleasant.

I sense many of the elderly who are crotchety complainers subconsciously wish they could turn back the clock to [real or imagined] happier days, so they feel an incurable frustration with their current lot in life, and there may be no long term way of making them happy except with short term distractions. We mustn't beat ourselves up over their moods. Ultimately, I feel we're each responsible for our own happiness and satisfaction.

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Jackie, About a Tens machine... my daughter used one when she suffered from TMJ... expensive little bugger ! But she felt it helped a little. I suggest your DH might confer with at PT ... they can do amazing things for aches and pains and should know all about Tens machines too. Plus, you might look into renting one instead of buying.

Happy 4th to everyone in the USA. BC1

Happy 4th everyone here in the USA.

I just hate it when I get this far behind in reading the posts as I know I will not be able to catch up. I hope everyone is doing OK.

Spinning went better yesterday and now I can feel the pain you know where. But, I will hang in there and keep going to the class. It is a lot of fun to be in a group like that.

We are cooking out early evening then heading to Kirtland AFB to see their fireworks. I hope they are still having them this year and need to check on it some time today.

My other big news from last week is that DD and I went out an bought real sports bras after the first Spinning class. Such a boring life yet busy life I lead when that is big news.

Jeannie

Happy 4th everyone.

I went thru my skinny clothes dream box and was able to wear about half of the stuff.:drinker: :drinker: I also tried on my wedding dress and it looks so good. I wish I looked that good in it last year when I got married. I had to wear a big ol suck'em up to get it zipped and yesterday I had no underwear at all on and it looked awesome. It felt so good and DH got all interested:blushing: if ya know what I mean. I am planning on enjoying my BBQ today and not sweating over it.

I have two very frightend dogs. Cowereing in corners trying to hide because of all the boom boom going on outside (DH isn't helping:grumble: ) This is Bodi's first 4th with us. I hope he survives:laugh:

Have an awesome day!

happy 4th july to all my friends over the water. this is my july wish list . i need to get back exersising its most inportant. . but i feel at a loss as i have to go and see surgeon on the 20th july for my 3rd opperation since christmas you ladies will understand lady bits . i dont seem to be able to focus and i dont think i will till i know what he going to do next .

also i have started looking after a old neighbour who as moved about 10 mins away , i went at christmas when we had all the snow ,and i have kinda got the job now . she said just yesterday she did not need home help because i was doing it all for her lol . she is 90 and alone , so i cant leave her now .
any way my goal is

1 . get to the gym
2 .start swimming again
3. lose 3lb

3lb does not seem a lot to people but for me i dont loose weight easy at all underactive thyroid among many things wrong .
so i would be happy for that . will let you know when i get to the gym its going to happen very soon

:flowerforyou: Hi everyone

Happy 4th July to those in USA :drinker:

I sympathise with those whose doggies are frightened by the noisy fireworks:frown: We have the same thing over here from Haloween to bonfire night with fireworks going off almost every night. We do what Barb advises and put the tv up really loud and try not to make too much fuss. Even so some of the loud bangs make me jump never mind the dogs :explode:

Well tomorrow I am going to Bridlington for 3 days I am really looking forward to it. My dad wants to set off early to miss all the traffic but it only takes just over an hour to get there so we'll be there around 7:30 a.m. :huh: We can't get into the bed and breakfast place until about 10 a.m. so I hope the weather is good then we can have a walk about and take in some sunshine. I think an early night is called for tonight.

I will try to be good for the 3 days I'm away I'll not have too many ice creams :bigsmile:

:frown: I won't be able to check in with you all until Friday so have a good week ladies - I'll miss you :drinker:

Viv

I love your picture.

I actually have a few minutes here!

Someone (sorry, don't remember who!) asked about my trike--I put a (not-very-good) picture of it on my profile photos page if you want to see it.

It's been an interesting and fun weekend so far. I went to a Rainiers game last night with my brother and my son. I actually caught a foul ball that was hit by Jack Hannahan!. I wasn't able to get it autographed, though, because of the special fireworks display they had after the game. It was a really good show--AND the Rainiers won and I did not have any ballpark food except for some peanuts (unsalted and in the shell). We had a good time.

We are barbequing some ribs and I made a low-fat pasta salad with lots of veggies in it. We also have a veggie tray and the only dessert is a fruit tart from the bakery. We've had it before and its not bad--lots of fresh fruit and I'm not going to worry about the calories much and just have a small piece.

I hope everyone here in the US has a safe and happy holiday and that we all have a great weekend!

tcac - so glad Chloe is OK. What a scare for her AND for you! You know, yesterday I was over on my calories by about 100, I thought for sure the Wii today would show a gain, but it didn't.

I really don't understand it, I logged my food for today here, and I'm already over by 50 calories. For breakfast I had a chicken breast patty (100 cal). For lunch I had grilled tilapia, steamed veges and mixed fruit, then I added what I'll most likely eat for dinner, a terriyaki chicken thigh, someone suggested a breast instead of a thigh so I'm going to try that, corn on the cob, cherry tomatoes, Update: I only had half of the chicken thigh so that brought my calories down. I'm so proud of myself, my daughter had a piece of this iced cookie, she didn't eat it all and I kept resisting it. I did it!!!

Jackie - are you referring to a TENS machine? I used to work for a company that made them. They did work, but the only problem (and they really didn't tell you this) was that over time, you needed to use the machine more and more or at a higher voltage.

Robin - thanks for sharing with us about your wedding dress. That's awesome!

Friends of ours came over today for dinner. Vince grilled beef tenderloin, I had terriyaki chicken (made myself so the sodium wasn't as bad as if I'd bought it) - dark meat that the recipe calls for and also I tried chicken breasts, they were quite good to be honest. Corn on the cob (which I thought could have been better), veggies, I made brown rice but didn't have any, also made macaroni salad but didn't have any, made the key lime pie (didn't eat), had this iced cookie (didn't eat), and this apple crumble which I ate. Also had fresh veggies that I ate, celery, tomatoes, carrots and broccoli. I steamed the broccoli as I've heard that its really better for you to have it steamed, the nutrients are better able to be utilized by the body. Besides, I like it steamed better. Later that night, I had a few mints.

Did an hour on the Wii doing balance games. Tomorrow, I'm going to do a bosu DVD that I have. I had 120oz of water today.

Michele

:flowerforyou: After all the energy expended moving furniture from room to room and cleaning closets and shelves, we are relaxing watching "Independence Day"......it was DH's choice......it's not really my kind of movie (hence I'm posting and watching at the same time:laugh: ) and so far I can't figure out what it has to do with Independence Day.

I love science fiction--and i love this movie. I watched it, too (again).If you wqtched it to the end you found out what it had to do with Independence Day.

Watching Julie and Julia now--such a good movie! Have a good night, all.