WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2013

evening ladies,
well was on my feet alot at work today and the heel really hurts,thank goodness I dont have to go in until noon tomorrow. but will drag my butt to the gym. wish I had more motivation,but wont give up.. I keep pluggin along...
I did go over by 100 cal today with 4

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3 musketeer mini's frozen.. my my they tasted good but wont beat myself up...
I am peruzzing the bathing suits just for ha ha's wont buy anything yet...

Good evening all! I have been very busy with work for quite a while now but have been reading posts daily. I am doing well with food- exercise is getting better. I am using it as a stress release- which I really need right now.:frown: All the stress is work related- nothing bad, just a very busy time of year. I am also a little stressed about big changes in what I will be teaching next year. My choice and very exciting, but it will be challenging. I am very fortunate in that I have a good friend and colleague who wants to work together to plan for next year. We are each teaching some of what the other has taught in the past. It will all be good. Just need to plan ahead!

Sorry I can't write individual responses tonight, but I still have work to do. My thoughts and prayers are with you all. I so appreciate all of your posts. You make me laugh and sometimes cry. I love that I have found a group of women with such positive attitudes and that are going through many of the same experiences I am. Thank you for all of the motivation to stay strong in this journey to get healthier!!

One of these days soon, I will be able to sit down with a cup of coffee and chat!!

Deb A in CNY where today was a beautiful spring day.:happy:

I just realized when I printed out my food log that today is **** 100 ****** DAYS for me with MFP! OK--100 days and (as of this am) the grand total is 18lbs. down. I didn't do measurements to start so I tried to come up with some other differences.........of course clothes fit better and some I haven't been able to wear fit now, my inner legs don't rub when I walk, I can hold a plank longer, I'm biking at harder tension, and I did measure my waist--30". So, all in all, heading in the right direction.

As a child, I grew up what can only be called "painfully thin"........I remember thinking about 100lbs. as a sort of "Holy Grail". I graduated h.s. at 92lbs., eating everything in sight and it continued like that for many years. When I got pg. at 40 (yes,40), I was 112 and gained normally until month 7 when they diagnosed gestational diabetes (127lb.) With the diet, I actually lost 4lbs. by delivery.......I was 123 and my daughter was 7lb 2oz. A week after delivery I was 111lb.; breastfed, and it's been uphill and a battle with weight ever since. I'm not tall (5'3")....... and I'd really like to weigh less than I did at 9 mo. pregnant....not too much to ask, is it? Onward.

Brooke.........loved the quote, the book, and the movie

Mwheat.............gotta try to get in the garden this weekend if possible myself......wisteria is blooming away gloriously right now here

wessecg..........my daughter started when we were home for my mom's funeral; very emotional bittersweet time........major, major congrats to your senior on her college success

Time for hot chocolate and bed soon; welcome new people,
and g'nite,
yanniejannie

I think DH test went OK. When I was working as an RN sometimes it took several hours for the radioactive stuff to get through the arteries of the heart. They only did one scan and sent him home. He tolerated the stress part of it really well. They said they could tell he was a walker.. Now we wait. I have got to find something better at hacienda to eat. It is my husbands favorite place to eat and asking him no to eat there every Tuesday night is out of the question. Because I ahd eaten at the hospital cafeteria today for lunch I had a bowl of soup for supper knowing that I would eat some veggies and apple when I got home. I logged it all in and I am WAY over. My bowl of soup had 2500 mg of sodium in it!:noway: So no telling what I will weigh tomorrow or what my blood sugar will be. My cat is mesmerized right now, husband is to. He has been rubbing her belly for about 1/2 hour. I can't find either my pedometer or cell phone. They were both in my jeans pocket which is now in the washing machine.

Welcome to the new ones here. Jump right in, the water is fine.

Joyce, swimming in sodium in southern Indiana

It's late so no time to respond individually.
I was very good sticking to my new plateau busting plan. So hard today though - I was so hungry, but determined to leave that 320 calories on the table. I worked out hard this morning. It took a lot out of me. I'm just so tired . Everything felt hard - I had no motivation. Definitely effected my attitude - more negative than usual. I think I'll just head off to bed. Tomorrow I'll give myself a bit of a break in the morning and do a yoga practice. I'm subbing for another yoga teacher tomorrow night so I'll burn a few more calories then. I've already planned for a lighter day calorie-wise (salmon, brussel sprouts and Kale for dinner - yum and low cal). Anyway feel like I'm rambling so will sign off. Everyone have a great rest of the day. Jodios

Hello everyone,

I snuck on here yesterday with my new phone by using the MFP app. Not sure how to use my phone just yet, but I did make a comment from my profile page, but it was a pretty depressing message.

Anyway, I just got on today (with my computer) to start the process of getting back in the swing of things here. I am no way near ready to start logging in on my food diary but I did check our page here and thought I'd let you know I'm still around even if it is just in the background.

I still have lots to do in getting my life back together again. So much paperwork, phone calls, lawyers, etc. But I will be back soon. Someday.
Chiclet

Hi everyone, First time posting. I guess I was just so down. Seems every time I try to lose (50lbs total), I hurt my back and can't do anything for a week usually. Today I almost had a daiquiri to ease the pain but decided to take a pain pill instead because I didn't want to add the 3000 calories to my list. Haha. I just have to be careful not to bored eat.

Funny how time gets away from you. I wanted to lose the weight for my daughters graduation and didn't. That was 2 years ago. I decided to lose at least 15lbs it for my son's graduation in a Month and now I can't hardly do anything.

Sorry, I'm just venting. I'll get better and start again, and again. Not going to stop this time.

I just realized when I printed out my food log that today is **** 100 ****** DAYS for me with MFP! OK--100 days and (as of this am) the grand total is 18lbs. down. I didn't do measurements to start so I tried to come up with some other differences.........of course clothes fit better and some I haven't been able to wear fit now, my inner legs don't rub when I walk, I can hold a plank longer, I'm biking at harder tension, and I did measure my waist--30". So, all in all, heading in the right direction.

This may be a dumb question...but in looking over my pages (I use a laptop, not phone apps), I just can't find where it says how many days on MFP! Is that just you counting the days? or am I missing something.... :grumble:

Good morning, wonderful ladies!

Today I am NOT exercising, at least not until the sun comes out. Why? They delivered my mulch and pea gravel yesterday, and me being me I couldn’t WAIT to start pulling up the walkway stones between my garden beds and smoothing everything out with the gravel. Net result: 1/3 of the garden walkways done, one VERY sore lower back. I can see this is something that’s going to have to be taken in stages. I am planning on doing some more today, but it may be along the lines of sprinkling the Preen over the flower beds before putting the mulch down :laugh:. We’re supposed to have either a lovely day (high temp day for the week!) or a rainy one, depending on which weather forecast you follow.

I just did a quick calculation of my BMR just for fun – it’s at around 1350 calories – to try to drop 500 from that is ridiculous but it also shows why I couldn’t lose weight before – I would have starved! What it really tells me is that I need to exercise back another 400 calories a day in order to keep the weight moving off. It’s simple math, really. If I didn’t do any exercise, this is the amount of calories my body burns (and I’ve confirmed that with the HRM as well – I burn about 100 calories/hour in general). If I want to work a 500 calorie deficit I need to actually burn MORE to reach that level and still consume at least 1200 calories/day.

Kate, welcome back! I can’t wait to hear all about Ireland – and pictures!

Outwardlycalm, it’s frustrating to deal with injuries when trying to get fit – but take it one baby step at a time. If you can’t exercise right now, at least eat healthy foods for now, then start walking or some other form of gentle exercise until your body’s ready for more. We’re in your corner!

Sue in TX – great pic! From the cruise?

Jodios, when I get a sec I’m going to check out your plateau busting plan. Your dinner sounds yummy – enjoy!

Michele, I try not to do too much in the garden other than put down mulch and weed. I don’t really like using pesticides, etc., but I can tell you after pulling up all the spring weeds this year (partially my fault for not mulching last year) I’m about ready to go Round-up on the yard! My neighbor last night was telling me I have to put down Preen, and everyone else around here says the same thing, so I might try that. I do fertilize my lawn, but I try to avoid the nature-killers – ahem. Anyway, I don’t mind the mulch movement – it makes me happy to see the birds stealing the mulch shreds to line their nests. Every so often I just have to sweep it back in place. Now that we don’t have dogs I don’t have to worry about it being tracked in the house as much. Sorry, rambling. Thanks for the tip though.

DH bought Dunkin Donuts for the kids this weekend. I admit, I looked, but bless him he bought the kind I don’t like :laugh:. Did you try the chocolate vinegar on the brussel sprouts? I bet they would have been tasty roasted with a glaze made of the vinegar.

Barbie, that list will still be there tomorrow – you’ve not been feeling great and probably just need to rest and take care of yourself. I hope you feel better soon.

Pamelajeanne – welcome! Sometimes when you don’t have massive amounts of weight to lose the weight tends to move more slowly – and your body needs time to adjust to its new “normal.” Having said that, see my paragraph at the start about BMR and exercise. With a bad back it might take some time for you to be able to get to where you can do a lot – but I highly recommend yoga for back injuries, and then go from there.

Sylwheat – welcome and best wishes the surgery goes well. It looks like you’ve been doing great on losing weight so far – keep coming back for help and maybe some motivation.

Kathy, congrats on a productive day! I agree on the kids – my youngest turns 26 this weekend and I called him late the other night to make sure he wasn’t one of the kids killed in the avalanche over the weekend. I’ll never stop worrying about them but him especially.

Eileen – keeping you in my thoughts. You’ve been a great daughter and sister.

Jackie, here’s hoping it’s warm enough to warm up those darned bats!

Mary, congratus on hitting the 20lb gone mark! Your water pitcher idea sounds marvelous – I’m going to have to try that this summer.

Sue in SD, so glad to hear the biopsies were clean! I’m sorry to hear the weather is still stuck in the past – I think we’re all ready for a change now.

Meg, um, yeah, lesson learned :laugh:. I’m with you on the snack thing. I’m going to post a list of healthy snack ideas on the door to my chip cabinet. Not that there are any chips in it at the moment, but I somehow always go there to look – and later on I’m mad when I remember I could have had x, y, or z instead. I even keep a bag of almonds next to the computer, but it takes serious focus for me to remember they’re there. I’m laughing about the cucumbers – my hairdresser is making her first run at gardening this year, and she was so proud of herself as she was telling me about planting the ENTIRE PACKAGE of both zucchini and summer squash. I told her for my next appt she is to bring me two of each plant, keep two for herself and throw the rest out! She’ll thank me later. And lol at the mint – I had the same experience, and that was in AZ where you can’t grow anything!

Lucy, did you by any chance overeat the day before? Sometimes when I eat too much I find I’m starving the next day – I have no idea why that happens. Otherwise yes, it might just be this fickle weather. Or something. Congratulations on the mulch deal – that’s awesome! My neighbor was trying to talk me into hiring her yard crew to do mine, but I’m still determined to do it myself. I would never be all Judgy McJudgy about anyone who gets help though – I’m sure I’ll be there soon enough.

Brooke, I hope the weather-guessers are right. DS is supposed to be flying to FL today, but after the foot of snow they got the other day I’m not sure he’ll be able to get through the tunnel!

Katla, yes, that’s men – ahem. Give them a project and they’ll happily work on it – as soon as you want it be over.

Tammy, glad to hear you’re still logging and exercising. As to your question, for me I find I tend to skip a meal usually when we’re traveling – we might eat a late breakfast and early dinner or an early breakfast and late lunch and light dinner, so it all works out. We also tend to move a lot more while on vacation than at home with all the walking – have a grand time!

Sharon, sending drying thoughts your way.

Deb A, so glad to hear you’re using exercise as a stress release – that’s exactly what it’s good for! Your work sounds busy but good – so glad for that.

Carol in WNY, thanks and same to you!

Yanniejannie, congrats on hitting the 100 day mark! And also on all the positive “gains” you have made – that all sounds terrific. I can remember wanting to weigh what I did at 9mos preggers – whew. I passed that mark last November and now am 10lbs away from pre-preggers – what a glorious day that will be! Wisteria . . . jealous . . .

Joyce in IN, glad to hear DH’s testing went well. Yes, soup is one of those hidden sodium things. You have to be so careful with it. You might also remember that unless the item is pulled directly from a label it’s just a guess as to the calorie content, but still, drink lots of water to flush it all out!

OK, I woke up at 4am wide awake so was able to get all of my responses in before starting work, but now I have to scoot. I spoke to my manager yesterday – they have surgery scheduled in a couple of weeks, and the oncologist says it’s still only a 30 – 40% chance it’s cancer, so I’m really holding onto every shred of hope I can find. I so don’t want her to have to go through this.

Have a wonderful day everyone –

Cheers,

M.