WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2013

Made it to the gym this am to make up for skipping treadmill and yoga yesterday.........did the eliptical and bike to change it up a bit. Then a bunch of running around for one of my volunteer gigs, grocery store, and home by 1:30 for a late lunch. Caught up on phone calls and here I am......wheeeeeeeeeeee.......

Carol: MFP put me at 1200 but this seems to be a MAJOR bone of contention on the other boards. So, basically I've eaten from roughly 900 (very, very rarely) to 1400 (also rarely); I'm at 90 days (today!!) and down 16 lbs.........so I'd say you're not doing badly at all from my viewpoint. You might try a kettlebell workout, I do one of my husband's occ.; that will really get you sweating and it's an at home workout. I don't count exercise cals. at all (just steps on the ped.) as I'm not doing anything major. The wheatberry rec. looks interesting; I have been buying wheatberry bread at Trader Joe's for the past year and love it.

DeeDee: my daughter has a gorgeous dress from White House/Black Market, believe she got it for a college dance, happy shopping!

jb:enjoyed your "running " blog......WTG and keep it up.....

bye for now,
yanniejannie, mid-Atlantic

I went with the RECOMMENDED weight loss on the MFP @ 1 lb per week. It gave e the 1450 calories per day.

Lea in SC

I has been a really good day for me today. Well it started with me choking on a pill which was so bitter and it took a long time to get that taste out but other than that it has been really, really good. We knew it was going to be busy and it was. We went walking at the mall. As I have said before my husband has been more mellow since his heart attack and the medicine he is on. Sometimes I can walk with him and sometimes I can't. He can have such a bitter attitude against life. I just tell him to walk ahead. But today we just had very pleasant conversation while we walked and II walked a full mile without stopping. It was so nice. Then we went shopping for MIL in nursing home. She can thnk up some weird shopping trips for us and it takes us forever to get it done. Then it was time for my annual appointment for my neurologist. I have really been looking forward to this one. She has told me to lose weight every single time she sees me and then says I know I have to tell you this but yet I know you aren't doing it. Well this time she could really tell and very pleased I had lost 38 pounds since Nov 1!!!!! Plus she was having a really bad day in the office and it perked her up. My MIL wants a hanging plant in her room, it has to be artificial. It has been impossible to find. So we finally went to Michaels and found some stuff to make one ourselves

Well we are still having strange weather here in southeastern SD. It is now snowing again but earlier this afternoon the ice was melting and falling off the trees. The city was warning people to stay in if possible to avoid getting hurt with falling ice. Some have had broken windshields from this. I had to get out this morning because I had a colonoscopy scheduled and after doing that prep I was not going to cancel and have to repeat it. So my DH and I shoveled snow and I got some exercise in before going. I also had to hold up our cable line while DH backed the car out of the garage. The line came down in the storm and was laying on the ground in front of the garage. I still cannot get my truck out so he will take me to work tomorrow. The colonoscopy went well but will not find out results of biopsies for a few days. The nurse said she was surprised that more people did not cancel their procedures but I am sure they felt the same way I did. " Not doing that prep again".

To whoever recently had the colon exam your idea of using it for a jump start is really good. I have been on a plateau for quite a while and this seems like a good way to start making the weight move again. Thanks.

Hope lots of you are having warm spring sunshine. Send some my way if you can. Healing angels to all who need them and congratulations to all those who are celebrating sucesses. Sue in SD

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Just drop in to say hello very tired today. We took our participants bowling today. I work both groups our morning (day) and afterschool so I truly spent the day bowling. I know not a bad way to make a living and I am not complaining. Just truth is I am exhausted.

Wishing everyone a good evening.

Liz

Carol (cooky) -For some reason I couldn't open the Wheatberry Salad recipe message or your reply to my message to you(and I haven't been able to open your comment on Women 50+ either, it just freezes and won't open the form). It's so weird, I can look at your profile and send you a message but I can't open your e-mail messages to me or open the forum page 4 at all, it just blanks out that whole page. Super strange (and I've logged out and back in). I'm going to delete you and then send a new request and see if that works :grumble: :frown: :grumble:

Thank you for your kindness in trying to send it. Didn't want you to think me rude for not replying!

Brooke

trying to exorcise the computer gremlins :ohwell:

I'm not sure if my posts are showing up so I will try to post this again and
Brooke, hopefully you will find it either here or in another message I sent a few minutes ago.
Sorry I don't have time to comment tonight, must get some sleep or I will be brain dead at work tomorrow! Yikes that won't be a good thing!
Take Care Dear Friends
Carol in WNY
For Brooke, and whom ever wants it.

Wheat Berry Salad‏
1 cup hard wheat berries
1-2 dried bay leaves
10 cups water
4 tablespoons olive oil
1-2 cloves garlic, finely minced
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1 teaspoon brown sugar ( I use Turbinado )
salt and pepper
1/2 cup artichoke hearts (bottled or frozen), chopped ( I use the marinated jar type )
1/2 cup chopped roasted red peppers
1/2 cup chopped green peppers
1/2 cup shredded purple cabbage
1/2 cup chopped red onion
1/4 cup chopped celery
Place the wheat berries, bay leaf, and water in a large pot. Salt the water generously. Bring to a boil. Then reduce heat to medium. Place a lid on the pot and crack the lid open to let steam escape. Let the wheat berries boil for about 1 1/2 hours or till done. Keep checking and add more water as needed. After an hour of cooking, start checking the wheat berries for doneness. Remove from heat when wheat berries are done to your liking. Drain and set aside.
In the same pot, heat olive oil. Add the minced garlic and let it sizzle for about 20 seconds. Turn off heat and let the oil cool a little. Then stir in white wine vinegar, brown sugar, salt and pepper. Add cooked wheat berries to pot and mix well. Then add all other ingredients and mix well. Refrigerate and serve cold.
Makes 4 servings

:flowerforyou: Thanks for all the good wishes that I feel better. DD has been looking after me, making me cups of tea etc bless her. For some reason DH has never been good with the sympathy :ohwell: I thought it was because he's not well himself, but then remembered even before he was diagnosed with Narcolepsy, he never gave me sympathy if I said I felt unwell. Don't get me wrong, if I was really really ill he'd be okay, but with the colds and day to day niggles he's like aw shame, make me a cup of tea :bigsmile: MEN!!!

:sick: Still feeling a bit grotty this morning, but at least I have the day off work to rest up. I swapped my day off so that I could go to Grandsons birthday party, he's having it at one of those laser quest places. I'll see how I feel around lunchtime to see if I go or not. Don't particularly want to infect all the 8 year olds with my germs, but I've been looking forward to going.

:flowerforyou: Barbie had to smile at your comment "your body needs at least 1200 calories of nutrition

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not 750 calories of nutrition and the rest alcohol and sugar" :laugh: so this is where I'm going wrong! Seriously though I think I need to pay more attention to my nutrition.

I was going to reply to more people, but I can't stop coughing, so will go an get some water. Just opened the blinds to find it is raining, the forecast for the weekend was sunny! Apparently spring is starting this weekend and it will be quite hot :noway: :
We shall see, not sure I believe them.

Today will be a challenge, when I am at home I tend to be a bit picky with food, I don't want to undo my good work, so I will have to be strong and keep out of the biscuit jar, and if I do go to the party, make sure I eat a healthy meal before I go.

Where's the cough mixture!

Have a good Friday everyone.

Viv UK

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Viv Hope you continue to feel better:flowerforyou: , and keep your hands out of the biscuit jar !!!

Amanda Communting problems...grrr:grumble: , hope the day improves!

Carol The salad sounds wonderful! Thanks for the recipe!

Jb Love the puppy pic! The little black one looks just like the dog my mom had...I miss them both!

Barbie "dancing in my dreams", I actually think that sounds lovely!

The shopping trip was so nice yesterday and everything my daughter put on looked fabulous on her:smokin: , of course she`s tall (lucky), and has long legs (lucky), and she`s a size 6 (even luckier). She got a very nice wardrobe, they had lots of things on sale! I actually bought a great long skirt and shirt for myself, hmmm...now I need a new cute pair of shoes:bigsmile: . I just may pop into my friends shoe store today !

Michele Let`s go shopping:bigsmile: !!!

I have been up since 4:30 this morning:noway: , we had a little thunderstorm and it woke me up and my first thought was "I need coffee". So I`ve been on the computer getting some work done and now I`m done for the day:happy: ! I think I see new shoes in my near future...yay!

Have a great day ladies!!! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee in NC where spring has sprung!

Shorts and tees yesterday, pants and sweaters today. That’s how we roll in PA. Temps dropped about 20 – 30 degrees overnight and now I’m hunkered down. Made it easier to work out today, but I really need to do more stretching – I can tell now it’s just a muscle in my back that’s cramped up on the left side, and it needs to be stretched out. The good news is I still have my flexibility, but I’m not as mobile as I was before and want to get back there. It feels good to be adding weights back in to my workout – I really enjoy cardio but need the weights too (as my arms are telling me even two days later lol).

Grandmallie, I’m sorry to hear you’re under the weather. I hope you feel better soon.

DeeDee, shopping sounds like it was loads of fun for everyone. I love shoes – who doesn’t? When DD and I went into a DSW for the first time we both gasped and said it was like entering the magic kingdom. :bigsmile: You’re getting the bad weather that rolled through the south yesterday – I hope you’re safe today. I don’t expect they’re going to get a lot of golf in today – DH will be happy he didn’t miss a lot.

Amanda, I remember how frustrating the tube travel could be – pop-up maintenance or scheduled strikes, it seemed like it was always something. Nothing you can do but go with the flow though. Everyone else is just as late.

Viv, some people lack an empathy gene – my DH most definitely does. I just know not to look to him for that kind of support and it helps. If I need something and ask for it, he’ll totally do it for me, so I try not to be too upset that I have to ask. Be careful about the laser place – if it’s like here in the States they have fog machines that have always kind of bothered me if I had a respiratory thing going on. Hoping you see some warm weather – I know the UK needs it!

JB, making me smile as always.

Oooh, Carol, that looks delicious! I’m going to try that out this weekend. I have a big jar of red wheatberries in my pantry (I like to play with different grains and have a thought to try grinding my own flour sometime too).

Barbie, before I read your last line of the paragraph I was thinking “you’re going to be dancing in your sleep!” :laugh:
Michele, stay safe in this weather!

Liz, lovely to see you :flowerforyou:.

Brooke, love your new meme/pic!

Sue in SD, as I’m sure you know the forecasters are right about the falling ice – and branches too – a lot of times the ice weighs down the tree limbs that are weak and they break off. I’ve seen that damage people and property more than falling ice (unless it’s hail). I hope the test results go well.

Gail and everyone else in the south – I hope you’re all safe! We are having just thunder, wind and rain here but we’re further north. I have a friend in Alabama yesterday who was hunkered down in the afternoon already. Bad storms!

Jmkmomm, I’m so glad you were able to relax and walk with DH and carry on a pleasant conversation. To me, walking should be the time that I’m most able to relax and enjoy – I would be upset if someone was with me who was disagreeable. However, having said that there have been a few times when DH and were in a tiff and would go out for a walk and not speak for the first 10 minutes or so, then one of us would spill and by the time we got back we had everything worked out. Congratulations on the great trip to the neuro! That’s wonderful.

Katla, lol.

Yanniejannie, busy day!

Even though I keep my calories set at 1200, that’s the bare minimum for me. I totally agree with Barbie that every single one of those calories are for pure, whole food, not sugar, white flour or alcohol. I do have wine occasionally, but I make sure I have exercise calories for those days, and at my age and slow metabolism I simply can’t drink a lot (or overindulge in sweets or anything really) without severe consequences to my weight. It’s just not possible anymore. So I’ve embraced this new lifestyle, and it’s treated me well. I don’t get sick much if at all, and any colds are gone in a day or two. Anyway, my brief plug for a healthy lifestyle.

Tari, remember that everything you’re doing is good for you. Regardless of how your body is responding, you are getting healthier.

Robin, still sending positive thoughts for that new job. Your vacation just keeps sounding better and better – how big’s that suitcase?

My cat was very restless last night, couldn’t get settled down and then once he did DH came to bed and it started all over again. Therefore I didn’t really get to sleep before midnight, then up with the birdies (that’s what wakes him up). Anyway I was out of bed by 5am, which is really what works best for me anyway. I used to just use my natural sleep rhythms to get me to sleep and awake, but now I use the alarm cat :bigsmile:.

Have a wonderful day – stay out of the way of the twisters and falling ice!

M.

HELP!!! I followed the 1200 diet and most days were just under the amount of calories allowed. I also walked most days of the week and worked in the garden. I GAINED 1/4 pound this week. So discouraged. :frown:
Sharon from Michigan

Awoke this morning to... shovel show. The only bonus to this is that I have some of my exercise in already.
NSV... wearing my size 10 pants daily now... WOOT!
Come on SPRING!!!

Happy Progress Everyone!!!
:drinker:

HELP!!! I followed the 1200 diet and most days were just under the amount of calories allowed. I also walked most days of the week and worked in the garden. I GAINED 1/4 pound this week. So discouraged. :frown:
Sharon from Michigan

Try your tape measure. Sometimes as we lose the fat but add muscle you will see a weight gain.
Hang in there!

We have a pretty morning and I hope they day is nice enough to lure DH outside for some exercise. He is having success with lowering his blood pressure and that is cheering both of us up. :bigsmile:

We went to the library yesterday and I came home with gardening and recipe books. The garden books included one that is aimed specifically at the Pacific NW, and every page had good ideas for plant choices and design.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: The other two had pretty pictures of gardens, but were not helpful in plant choices. The recipe books were by people whose names I see here on MFP; Jillian MIchaels and Bill Phillips. Both had recipes. Neither had calorie or nutrition information. :grumble: Phillips had pictures of brand name ingredients with every recipe and a bunch of before and after pictures of puff to buff adults at the end of the book. :huh: I didn't see a recipe in either book that I wanted to try.:noway:

Have a good day.:flowerforyou:

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon.