WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY

Welcome, Fancy!

I went to Jekyll Island yesterday and walked for an hour. The temp was extremely HOT, but I walked in the edge of the surf and felt wonderful.:happy:

:flowerforyou: after my detour from my familiar eating yesterday, it was such a joy to open my food diary this morning to a blank page and know that regardless of yesterday's trek into bread and cheese land, I could return to the familiar today:bigsmile:
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Good one Barbie. I liked the blank page today. :flowerforyou:

Rebel

I am a newbie to this site. I have read the posts and it is amazing how motivating all of you are. I am 53 years old. I quit smoking 14 months ago. Today my goal is to eat healthier, exercise at least 3 times per week, and continue losing weight.

2201953 (Maxine), it’s funny how definitions of healthy eating vary. You might want to open up your food log and ask for suggestions. I don’t expect this is you…but….there was one gal (a young one too) on MFP who hadn’t lost weight in several months and was complaining about it because she was “eating so healthily.” Ohmigosh. I looked at her food log and all I saw was soda, fried food, cheese, candy etc. Nary a veggie or a fruit. No kidding. I don’t know how she got the idea that as healthy. This was an extreme case…the most extreme one I know of…but the point works. So many people on here have such good ideas and ways of eating. I’ve learned a lot from them.

BC1, congrats on the weight loss. It’s always nice to “see” it even though you know it’s happening. I’m right with you on the sugar thing. Even a little bit sets up the craving. I get mad about the “diet” foods that are actually high in sugar and perpetuate the craving for more, more, more. The food industry isn’t mad though. They’re happy as clams.

Great link, btw. Very interesting reading. I also recommend a good and very simple book about food: Food Rules – An Eater’s Manual by Michael Pollan. It’s about $7 on Amazon. You can read it in a couple of hours. I love some of the rules. And they’re easy to remember and you’ll get a laugh out of some of them. Here are a few:

"Don't eat anything your great grandmother wouldn't recognize as food." (Think yogurt in a tube!)

"Don't eat anything that won't eventually rot...As a rule, things like Twinkies that never go bad aren't food."

“Avoid food products that contain ingredients a third-grader can’t pronounce,”

"Don't buy food where you buy your gasoline. In the U.S., 20% of food is eaten in the car."

"Don't eat breakfast cereals that change the color of the milk."

An amazing documentary video you can also get on Amazon ($10) is Food Inc. I’ve heard several people say (and it’s true for me too) that seeing it changed the way they think about food. It’s objective, informative, entertaining (in parts), and pretty much incredible. Well worth watching.

EastIndian, happy birthday! You’re giving yourself the BEST birthday present by getting the old you back.

Erica, eating in a healthy way has lifted my mood a lot. It may not be a “cure,” but it can be a support. I’ve been depressed too and spent many hours talking to counselors. I thought Prozac was great (those were the old days) until it turned out I was allergic to it and all SSRI’s (fever and rash – real allergies). My moods evened out after menopause (the one consolation – a big one – about getting older) so I figure hormones were a big culprit. I still tended to be down though. Since I started eating in a healthy way, my moods have been much better. I’m starting to consider myself an “up” person. That’s a never-before-in-my-life-and-I’m-62 kind of thing! I hope you’ll have a similar experience.

Welcome to all the new folks. I think word has gotten out that this is the best thread on MFP. Maybe anywhere. But, then, I’m prejudiced!

:flowerforyou: A very good evening ......I hope you're having a great Weekend so far.

We've had a little sunshine, a lot of wind and a little rain. no wall to wall sunshine!!

:grumble: The scales were the same this morning ....again. Looking again on the bright side ..I haven't gained. Something's got to give soon ...surely. I have duly logged everything down ...even to the one chocolate I pinched from the fridge!!

I managed to gain some calories from a bit of gardening. DH did the main hedge trimming and I went along with the shears to tidy it up and to show him the bits he missed!! :laugh: We have a small secluded garden ...the reason why we bought the bungalow.... but the shrubbery has a tendency to take over. It's at least six foot thick to the boundary fences and a real hideaway for all the birds etc.
:happy: I think we won back a foot of space today! We found some of the garden lights that tried so hard to glimmer through the undergrowth and two footballs the grandkids had given up on.

My Dad's comfortable today .... still a weakness in both legs and still having tests. He is not a good patient, I think!! The nursing staff will have their work cut out!! #2 son who lives in the south of England will be able to visit him Monday ...we're tied up here with mum and will have to find repite care if we need to go down.:grumble: Again sister and brother are not in the country .

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: A big hello to all the "Newbies" ....welcome to this great site. Support from such great ladies ......much better than all the clubs.
Mind you I think you only get out of it what you put in ...so Log and post...log and post!!

It's cheerio from me now. Pills to push and a very confused mum to settle in her bed! :yawn: Each day is like groundhog day!!

Take care and have a good Sunday
Jackie

PS
My hubby and I were having one of those conversation's last night I told him;
"I don't want to be kept alive by a machine and fluids" .
Do you know what he did
Got up off of his seat, unplugged my computer and took my glass of wine off of me!!!!
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Amanda,

Tell your hubby that on your next birthday, you want the diamonds on the collar of the new doggie that you are going to pick out as your birthday present. One of the best things I did for myself, while married, was insist it was time for a pet. I no longer have the husband (for reasons unrelated to pets), but I now have three little pesties :noway: that I wouldn't be without. Though I admit, there are times I wonder what I got myself into!!:laugh:

This morning, for instance, made me wonder. It was time for Mai Li and Bradley to go back to the vet for a checkup. Mai Li has been acting much happier and didn't seem to have any trouble moving around, which means her back is not giving her as much trouble, so I foolishly thought that getting her to agree to be picked up and placed in the car would not be a problem this time. So much for thinkin'.:ohwell: She did her usual, sit down next to the car with her backside underneath the floorboard so I can't get hold of her. I still have all my fingers and both arms because I have learned that if she does this, it is NOT a good idea to try and ignore the obvious and pick her up anyway!!!:noway:

Fortunately, "momma" has her number--she lives for doggie treats. So I removed the other two from the car and put them back in the house, as THEY live for doggie treats too!!:laugh: Then I put her favorite chicken flavored "pill pocket" (sans pill) on the front seat. As soon as her nose began working overtime and she stretched toward the seat, I grabbed her and she was in the car before she knew what happened.!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: Then I went back to the house and got the other two, and away we went.

Unfortunately, her shenanigans made us late to the appointment, so she ended up being left as a "drop off" case, and will spend a few hours at the clinic while they work her in amongst the other patients. Bradley has gained about a quarter of a pound, so he is doing ok, and didn't have to stay for further examination. Pepper, who just came along for the ride, distinguished himself by taking a wiz inside the clinic office--not 5 minutes after he had "gone" outside.:frown:

While I was at the clinic, there was a sweet little guy about the size of Pepper laying in his momma's arms in a blankie. He had been attacked by a coyote, and they almost lost him. He had been in the clinic for a few days and was now going home. He looked so forlorn, shaved in several places, stitches. Poor baby. I really felt for him and his human family.

To those with parents who cry "wolf." I have the opposite problem. They tend to not tell me things that I should know sooner rather than later. A couple of lectures later and they are getting better at it. My mom is the worst. When she took that fall in December, it was as she was getting ready for us to go to a Christmas party. Neither she or my dad said a word about it. I picked them up, and when we arrived and she went to get out of the car, she seemed to be having trouble getting out of the seat. When I asked if she was alright, only THEN did I find out about the fall!! She insisted she was going to be okay, but by the end of the night, she could barely walk to the car, and in the end, it took about two months to recover, and about 4 doctor visits in the process.

I came home this morning from the vets and got on the phone to try and find a blueberry pie.:huh: I definitely DON'T need one!!:noway: :bigsmile: However, the son of a friend of mine is having his 16th birthday on Monday, and he informed us last night, he doesn't want birthday cake--he wants a blueberry pie. It took a few calls, but I found one. I have never baked a pie in my life, and this isn't the time to start, so thanks to Fred Meyer's bakery, we have it covered.

I probably should not do it, but there is an "International Food Festival" today in my town, and I never miss a chance to broaden my cultural horizons. I am going to see if I can accomplish with without broadening my "posterior horizons":laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I am going to call it "lunch."

BFN

Barb

EDIT: While I was busy writing the above novella, more posts came underneath Mimi's, so

Amanda, take care of that bump on the head, and in future, keep your head ABOVE the table--it's safer!!:flowerforyou:

Also, I forgot earlier Kackie, you asked:

ANYONE have a way to copy and paste for our newbies? I can't seem to get the hang of that???

Assuming you are using a windows based pc, to copy, place your curser one end of the words you want to copy, and holding it down, slide to the other end, and the words you want to copy will be highlighted. Then using your RIGHT mouse button, with the cursor on top of some portion of the highlighted material, click once. A menu will come up and one of the options is "copy." Using the LEFT mouse button, click on the word "copy." Now you are ready to past the copied material where you want it. Go to that point and click your left mouse button, so the cursor will be blinking in the spot where the material will be placed. Now right click again, and once again the menu will appear. This time using the left mouse button, choose "paste" and the material you have copied will be placed. This works in word processing programs as well as posts on the web.

Now if it turns out what you were really asking was how to show quotes in a post, let me know and I will post some instructions for that next time.

Kackie making your food diary public doesn't change any of your alert settings. go to settings on the food tab and scroll down to the sharing setting. by making it public, when people click on your profile one of the options they have is to view your diary.

Jackie: Your husband is a Quick Wit!!! I am still laughing!!!

Weaklink: I use a MAC so the copy paste isn't the same. I tried the instructions that I googled to do it, but still didn't work. For copy /pasting quotes on this site to post, I would like to know...I'm sure someone has mentioned it before but I guess I didn't pay enough attention.

Barbiecat: Thanks for putting the Gut N Butt out for the newbies. I do think they are great little simple exercises that anyone can do.

Big Thunderstorm heading our way. I love a good storm after a hot day. Take care, all! Kackie

Oh no. I just got invited to a bonfire tonight. I k now there will be drinking and I have just start afresh Thursday with following my diet and cutting out alcohol. I suppose I could just drink diet coke in a glass and no one would be the wiser.

I feel like staying home so I won't be tempted. Then I wil just feel worse for missing the fun.

I have almost no willpower!!!!!

smwert