WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2013

Good morning all and welcome newbies!

I read everyone's post but only have time to comment on a few that are tugging at my heart.

@Roeann - condolences on the loss of your husband.
@Joyce - you are grieving a different kind of loss - the loss of your "normal" - big hugs to you. Hang in there and know that we care.
@Exermom - I missed the back story on your son, but it appears that you have been hurt greatly by him. Been there, done that one. Big hugs to you, too.

My goal is to one day be able to respond to more posts as some of you do.

Oh, and one more thing: Sunshine, did I beat you to the board this morning? What time is it in Norway anyway (compared to the east coast of the US)?

OK, I said I wasn't going to post any more before tomorrow night, but I have just had a HUGE NSV. (Huge for me :laugh: )
Some of you will know of my problems buying a new dress for my DSIL's 60th in June. Today I dropped DH off at the cricket and decided to go and check out the dresses at our nearest out of town Marks and Spencers. I had seen a dress on line that I thought would at least be worth trying on and I wanted to find out if British 14 really was my size now.
I picked out 4 dresses and they all fitted beautifully! :drinker: The one I had seen looked fine, but another one looked even better and really classy. It's cream background with black roses. It's a shift style that I haven't worn since my twenties. It fits perfectly, but if I lose 2 or 3 lbs before June 25 it won't do any harm. Hooray! Hooray! I can't tell you how excited I was. I nearly cried in the changing room. The ladies helping must have thought I was crazy as I was babbling about losing 3 stone.:laugh:
The only trouble is that M &S is a very popular brand so I might not be the only one wearing that dress. Anyway, I bought it and DH is going to pay for it as he promised me a dress as a present. Lucky him it's not too expensive! !!!!
Just thought I would share my excitement and, yes, relief, that I have taken the plunge and bought a dress. Bought anything really. I also bought a utility black cardigan for cooler days.
Thanks for listening. X x x x x

Happy sun!!
Welcome any new people.This is an awesome group.
HUGS
jane

afternoon ladies, sorry for the delay!!!
have been running around since 6 am this morning, just sitting down now, I went grocery shopping and did well, I think...came home put it away, and went to the gym...worked hard there, came home and sorted groceries and froze what I needed too.
and to top it off im in those stretchy capri's 2 sizes down from what I was:bigsmile:
haven't eaten alot today but have a boat load of energy....
Hope everyone is enjoying the day :drinker:
I dont know if I have told you all lately but~ even though we haven't met
LOVE YOU ALL !!!

Hi ! I'm new to this. Just started last night. Any help is welcome :drinker:

Happy Sunday everyone,

On my lunch at work and sneaking in while I post what I am eating. Hope everyone is enjoying your day. I am planning my Monday and Tuesday which I will have off and my to-do list is running off the paper :laugh:

Today is weigh in day for me... I gained 4 oz., but that is fine, we will get a pound or more next week. Slow but steady.

Wecome to all the newbies you will love this group!

Roeann : Hugs to you hon regarding hubby. You are not "old" at 60... (I will be 62) 60 is the new 40 LOL. Good for you for your previous 90 pounds lost!

Brooke: Congrats on breaking that plateau!

Mwheatcraft : :laugh: Ok now when somone says NSV I'm just going to :laugh: remembing that word picture of NSV. :flowerforyou:

Gotta go, Phones are crazy.....(just like me).. need to help out the gals here.

Take care and be blessed!
Connie (colograndma)

Just got back from the Y. I am riding the recumbant bike for now and I stick with that. I want to be able to wear the boot cut jeans a little more flattering and my thighs won't cooperate. So I', hoping that will help. Anyway I rode 4 miles and burned about 200 calories. That's a lot more than I was burning when I was walking with my husband, plus it was more pleasant. I think all he knows how to do is grumble.

I haven't been around here since October 2012 and nowI am back because it was homework fo an online class I am taking. I realize how much I have been missing and the weight is still there, but no more has joined it, so that is a step in the right direction. The homework porion is finished, but I want to stick aroun and see what all of yo marvlous folks are doing. The school year where I work wll be ovr oon, so I will have more time visit folks on line and learn from the class I a taking. It will be a good summer.

:flowerforyou: Hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday. I have had a very exhausting weekend.:yawn: Friday drove to Baltimore 2 and a half hours for an AR meeting at Corporate then another hour to go see my mom in Westminster. Had a wonderful dinner at Appleby's, (under 500 calories for chicken with Portabello mushrooms, onion, squash and potatoes, oh so yummy) with DM, DSF, SIL, DN and DN. Then I spent the night at my moms got up had my cheerios, left at 9, drove 3 hours back home, went to Lowes with DH to get pipes to connect septic to our trailer. Drove to my DD to pick up our granddaughter and drove 2 hours to VA to work on our trailer, drove home GD decided to spend the night, she's 3. Got up this morning made breakfast, cleaned up the house, took GD home and drove 2 hours back to VA to do some more work. Then we drove back home had dinner and now I am crashing. I am too exhausted to read all of the messages or to exercise.:yawn: BUT tomorrow is another day . Congratulations to all of our successes and prayers for those struggling with weight loss, health and family issues. Much love and ((((Hugs)))), Rose

Joyce - I'm so glad you feel comfortable confiding in us. Hey, we're all different. Now, I know that I exercise a lot, but for some reason I decided to take today off from exercising. I was going to hula hoop, but I found that in just 15 minutes I was constantly looking at the clock saying "how much longer do I have to go". That isn't the way to approach it, so I just took a day off. You do wonderful with what you can do, I admire that. I don't garden either, I just have a brown thumb (and four other fingers). You are a real inspiration, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart.

jodios - big big congrats to your dh. Dinner sounds so delish. I would have thought that most restaurants would have served the sea bass on a bed of rice, because when they do I usually ask for no rice. Sauteed red cabbage, brussel sprouts and sunflower seeds sounds so appetizing.

dovergopp - welcome! You'll get lots of good ideas and advice here.

liz - did you do the deep water class or was it in the shallow end? I can see where class in the shallow end might bother your ankle, but a class in the deep end shouldn't since you can't touch the bottom of the pool to put any weight on it.

cityjane - happy birthday to you gs. How sweet that you and dh are going to go to the place you met. your post warmed my heart.

brooke - your quote made me smile...thanks

Oh, I forgot to tell you all....Vince FINALLY ordered some river rock. It'll be delievered Thursday. We have to have them put it on the front lawn so I suggested that we put a tarp down first so that the rocks don't get imbedded into the dirt. I think that's what we'll do.

m - have fun at the ballgmame. I'm assuming it's the Phillies. Who are they playing?

I had this recipe for buttermilk biscuits so thought I'd give them a try. Actually, they're only 100 calories each, and I honestly think they taste pretty good. I'm going to give a few to the lady who gets the buttermilk for me. See, the only quantity I can get is a quart which is really a lot to portion out into 1 cup quantities and keep in the freezer. I usually will go thru more during the holidays, but not so much during the year. Anyway, this one store that used to be around here has pint containers of it. She has one of those stores near her so I often ask her to get the buttermilk for me and she brings it to the senior bowling for me.

Took today off from exercising, just think I needed a day off. I'm just afraid that I could easily fall into the trap of doing that every day. However, tomorrow I'm planning to do some yoga and then take the extremepump class.

Speaking of the extremepump class, I don't know if any of you take a body pump class. Anyway, to keep the weights on the bars they have these collars. Well, the weights that our Y got don't have the collars but have these spring squeeze things (how do I describe it?). Well, the extremepump class has a bodypump set of weights, so I borrowed one of their collars to see if it would fit on the bar at the Y. It does. Now I just need to see if I can purchase the collars by themselves or is it the entire set. Also, how many do I need to purchase? I don't mind getting 25 or so, actually I could probably sell them to people A while ago I thought to myself, "gee, if they get the weights, I hope they don't get those clips because they really aren't the best for this Y. There are too many seniors here and squeezing the clips would be hard". Sure enough, one lady who I take yoga with was saying how she likes the pump class but not the clips, she even said if I found that I could buy the collars, she'd buy some from me.

DeeDee - I know this sounds sneaky, but one of my thoughts in giving them the tickets at the wedding is that hopefully at least one of his friends from the US will be there. And if the friend knows that he has them availabale to him, maybe, just maybe, he/she will bug Bryan enough to come here. The THOUGHT (and this is certainly subject to change) is that we'd fly over on the 9th. I'm wearing another long sleeved sweater today. Well, it's supposed to stop raining Tues early in the day...at least that's what weather.com is saying right now. But the way Mother Nature has been acting, anything can happen.

LizMFP - I've been here for a while now and I STILL have trouble getting who's who straight.

ramblinritz - you joined by posting! Stop back often. Which meds are you on?

shirdiana - this is a great group. I know you'll love it. Glad to have ya, warmest welcome

drvvork - I'm guessing that the potassium suppliments didn't affect weight loss, right?

drkatiebug - in a nutshell, basically Bryan is engaged, I met her once about 1-1/2 yrs ago at the place where Jessica rents a room (so I didn't feel that I could be as hospitable as I normally am), he's holding that against me, has asked us for money for the wedding, told us that he no longer wants to have anything to do with us. Guess that just about condenses it. You have no idea how hurt I was when he told us that he wants nothing to do with us any more. I cry just thinking about it. Weddings should be a time of happiness, but I just don't know how I can be happy.

cityjane - how wonderful that you found that dress! Doing a happy dance for you

jb - whenever I have a good amount of protein, I always feel full, too.

chenomi - welcome. Just ask any question you may have.

Thank you, everyone, for your support of my dilemma regarding Bryan. You all are so wonderful! Gail - I'm just afraid that if something like a depression or whatever does happen, Dianna won't even be able to call us. She might even be afraid to call us since we haven't even been able to talk to her. Well, my knees are going to get a good workout, that's for sure!

gail - that chicken parm reminded me that I need to put mozzarella on my shopping list. Thanks. Bet dinner was great.

Liz - 3 pound loss! Congrats!

Robin - that's a wonderful gift. dh is sure a keeper!

mmiller - welcome back! What kind of class were you taking?

Carmen - elcome and thank, Liz for pointing her in our direction. Very impressive weight loss!

Rose - after a day like you had, I'd be crashing, too

Renny =- a good way to end you day, that's for sure!

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele in NC

Had such a busy day so no time to catch up on all the posts...now I'm 7 pages behind
Spring has finally sprung here. After teaching yoga and doing pilates (with weights) I worked out in the garden with DH. We also gave our fur babies a nice walk. I think I deserved that froyo treat:laugh:
Sticking with my new plateau busting plan seems to be paying off...I'm at a new low and only have 2 lbs to go. I drank a ton of water today and ate a lot of protein. I still feel full even tho I should eat another 100 calories or so to hit my new higher calorie target. So nice not to feel like I'm starving so much of the time.
Per my May goals I'm going to do Renny's fruit and veggie challenge - likely tomorrow.

Welcome to all the newbies
cograts to all those with SV and NSV
virtual hugs to those who need one.

Good night, Jodios:laugh: :drinker: :bigsmile:

I am 68. Have been on MFP for almost a year. Have lost to goal and plan on maintaining thru MFP from now on......enjoy watching the progress of my MFP friends and appreciate all of the inspiration, information and support they give. It is amazing to me that this site has helped me more than anything I've ever tried and I hope I can give the same support and encouragement to others.

Thanks everyone for the welcomes. I did well on my first day of my walking challenge 13,000+ steps today. Walked an hour to my moms planted flowers for her for another hour, then played with my brothers girlfriends 18 month old granddaughter for another 30-45 minutes outside in the yard. That little one does like to be outside. Was under calories even with dinner and dessert at my moms(before adding exercise calories) then I needed a snack had almonds and dried cranberries and a cup of totally tea. I did keep it some what healthy. Well with all the exercise today I hope I'm able to move tomorrow it is laundry, cleaning and errand day. Last day off until next Monday so I have to get everything done since I didn't do anything around my house to day. Well better go everyone take care and my all your scales read a little less :::f

Hi, ladies!
So busy with yard work now that spring has finally arrived in Michigan...and so tired and sore from all the yard work. Tomorrow's more of the same plus a mammogram, lucky me. I'd better get to bed.
Sharon