WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2013

I just updated my profile pic to show dgd Kate and myself a couple of days ago. We had a "grandma" day - pedicures (fingernails painted for her too), thrift shop, sushi, and ice cream. I am a lucky grandma (and she's a lucky granddaughter!)

Susan, you're on a great track. I'm glad the news has been so good.

She who rides horses (sorry, I don't know your name), thanks for the welcome!

Regards,

SMVQ

Grandmallie: Pedaling a bike is easier on the heels and knees than jogging or those awful stair climbers. So is using an elliptical. I’ve grown to seriously dislike treadmills because of the pounding I gave my body when I used one.:grumble:

JB: Beautiful picture of you in the back yard. You look relaxed and happy.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Mimi, Susan and Cheryl: I agree that replying to everyone is not always comfortable, so I don’t reply to every post and I don’t worry about it. I hope to see you here when you’re able to post. I do have problems knowing how to be tactful when a brand new person wants to “friend” me. I often let the friend requests sit awhile because I want to be friends with people who are likely to continue to work at this for the long term. Advice on the subject is welcome.:bigsmile:

Yesterday we worked very hard, and we’re both feeling it today. :grumble: It seems this is destined to be a quiet day for both of us. I might even get out a ball of yarn and knit for a bit. I’ve been having some problems with trigger finger and have given knitting a long rest to see if it would improve on its own. I can't say that I'm back to a good situation. I did check some knitting forums and there were lots of people who continued to knit even after surgery. I’d love to get advice from anyone here who has dealt with this problem.

Have a great day.:flowerforyou:

Katla in NW Oregon

I got in my work out clothes,my water and snack to go to the Y. I was going to ask to work on my upper body today. I can't find my car keys:sad: My husbands keys are here but it doesn't have the house keys on it. I sure hope he has my keys in my pocket. I have looked all over.

Good Monday afternoon,

We had pretty good weather for our Community yard sale. Of course, it’s all about location, location, location, and we are located at the end of the development and up a hill, so we didn’t get as much traffic as those on the street below. We did manage to sell some stuff, though, and got rid of a bookcase that’s been taking up room in our garage among other things, so I’m pretty happy about that. I did not, however, sell any of my pants, so I donated all of them. I am embarrassed to say that I counted 23 pair of jeans and 44 pair of pants & capris.:embarassed: How could I have accumulated all that stuff? Anyway, they’re all gone now and DH is happy. :happy:

We went to the Phillies game on Sunday. The weather started off crappy, but the drizzle cleared up by mid-game and it wasn’t too bad. Unfortunately, I never met up with Jackie as her daughter was sick and she didn’t want her to sit in the rain (I don’t blame her). Too bad though, because they had a walk-off run in the 9th that was pretty exciting!

We went out to dinner last night and now I know why we don’t go out much (except on vacation)……the calories I logged for dinner alone were almost equal to the amount I was supposed to have for the entire day, and because it’s really hard to calculate restaurant calories, it’s still only a guestimate! It’s easy to see how those calories can add up and how I gained the weight in the first place…sigh! We are going on a mini vacation to Ocean City, MD. For Memorial Day weekend, and I know we will be eating out then as well, so I’m trying to stay on track this week and making sure to get in all of my exercise.

M3x43 – Since this seems to be a trial and error program, you have to see what works for you. Accurate logging of food & exercise has a lot to do with the results. I’m sure you’ll figure it out. Good luck!

:laugh: Juanita – Nice suggestions to make a pillow, but with all of my stuff, I’d have to make 100 pillows!

:glasses: Rori – I think even I wouldn’t mind exercise in beautiful Hawaii!

:flowerforyou: Reba – Welcome & keep coming back! Trouble sleeping seems to be a common problem around here. Maybe it’s our age?

:ohwell: Alison – I have more of a problem with snacking at work than at home. I guess sitting on my butt all day in front of a computer doesn’t help!

:drinker: Jodios – I agree with you that water..water..water really does make all the difference. Since I upped my water intake, I feel better and eat less.

:noway: Sue in TX – So glad to hear you were spared the tornadoes. I saw it on the news and couldn’t believe the devastation! I am praying for your town’s recovery.

:grumble: Michele – I love white pants & since I’m blessed on top, I have no problems there. What I’m struggling with now is the sagging skin that comes with age and weight loss. Exercise helps a bit, but surely not enough. I’ve never heard of kohlrabi before, so thanks for sharing about it.

:frown: CityjaneLondo – Sorry to hear that you had no luck with your neck. That’s one of the areas that bother me most. If you find a solution (other than a face lift), be sure to let us know.

:glasses: Katla – Enjoy your sailing trip on Memorial Day weekend. I hope the weather cooperates.

Joyce – I know I love chocolate myself and could never give it up forever. I just find a way to work it into my calories for the day and try not to make it a regular habit.

DeeDee – Congrats on your one year anniversary with MFP! Your commitment & dedication are an inspiration!

Carol in GA – Sorry to hear about your DH heart attack, but glad you could change your eating habits together.

Connie – Don’t you just hate when you’re stuck in work & the weather outside is beautiful? We haven’t had that problem much here lately. It’s either been cold & sunny or warm & gloomy.

Meg – OMG! I can’t believe that no one noticed your dad was injured! You have every right to complain. Glad he’s on the mend.

:noway: Deb A – I got a couple of strange messages from one man that made me uncomfortable, so I politely responded that I was on this site to lose weight & declined his friend request.

:flowerforyou: Yoyonomore – WOW! Amazing pics! Congrats on your fantastic weight loss! Keep up the good work!

Yanniejannie – I would get that tick checked out too, as they make me nervous. Let us know how you make out. So sorry to hear about your cousin.

:sick: Gail – That episode you had at the gym is pretty scary. You are wise to check it out with your cardiologist. I hope you get a clean bill of health & can continue your exercise regimen.

:huh: Kathy – When my daughter lived in Philly, someone fired shots that ended up in her neighbor’s outside wall. The police didn’t seem too concerned since there were no injuries, so I’m not surprised to hear your experience. I am happy that no one was hurt and hope it was just a one-time thing.

:laugh: Jb – Loved your Monday acronym.

Yardigress – All that yard work is paying off! Congrats on the weight loss.

:happy: SMVQ – Happy Birthday and welcome back! I look forward to getting to know you better. Love your new profile pic.

Susan – Thinking of you and hoping you get a clean bill of health.

Cheryl – Sometimes life gets in the way of our plans, but I’m always happy to hear from you whenever you can get here.

We are all very busy ladies who somehow find a little time to touch base and support one another, and for this I am grateful. Thanks for being here and come back whenever you can.

Welcome to anyone new. If you’ve posted, then you’ve joined! Come back often for support and lots of Vitamin F.

Hugs,
Lucy in DE.:bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: mimi - so happy to see you posting. I don't do much of individual replies either. H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y!!!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

:flowerforyou: Deb (yoyonomore) - Congratulations on the amazing loss. Your hard work has paid off.

:flowerforyou: same goes for Jodio!!

:flowerforyou: Joyce - love your sense of humour

Okay, hit my quota of individual responses.

Today is Victoria Day in Canada - relishing the day off, reading and hanging out with DH on the patio. So nice and peaceful. Gonna be a busy couple of weeks today with DH going away.

Renny
Vancouver Island, BC

So, my day of entertaining is over and the guests are in bed. Time to catch up with everyone.
All the food went down well, got lots of compliments, and I kept to my gross calories. We went for a longish walk to the pub and back which helped with my allowance.
I had done quite well not talking about my diet etc, but this evening DBIL broached the subject and I was off on my favourite topic! :huh: Must have bored them all sick! Oh well, we were all on the floor doing press ups and having hysterics and DBIL has taken an exercise book off with him to read in bed. He has 8 weeks holiday over here and does not want to go home 10 lbs or more heavier.
I have yoga tomorrow morning, so I expect they will go out somewhere and meet me for lunch at the pub where my yoga ladies are going for a half term coffee. It will just be a sandwich I expect.
I feel proud of myself for resisting temptation today, but sometimes I wish I had another topic of conversation. I am obsessed! :laugh:
Now to bed. I hope I sleep tonight as DSIL is in the spare room.:yawn:

Hi,

I just got back from a long weekend in Minnesota. It was fun, but I ate way too much. So now it's back to business.

There were thunderstorms every day that I was there. We very seldom get those here, and I didn't mind. I did have to drive about two hours to the college graduation I was there for. Some of the time I could barely see the road. By the time I got there, the weather had cleared and it was a lovely day.

As a bonus, I got to see my 7 year old grandson in his school spring program. That was fun. There is a 3 year old gs there too that kept me entertained.

Back to school tomorrow...and to catch up on the correcting and lessons that I missed.

Praying for all those affected by the tornadoes in the midwest!!

Eileen near San Diego

OMGoodness! I have just spent the entire evening reading all the posts in an attempt to get caught up. I realize it will be next to impossible to reply to all of them. Life is so crazy busy and this ol' gal is drained.
I see today is my 120 day on MFP, I have logged every day since I started with MFP. I have lost a few pounds and gained some back. I seem to have plateaued and I'm not sure what to do about it, as are many of you from what I just read.
Starting today I am trying to shake things up to see if it helps. It sure does get frustrating!
I am keeping a positive attitude that maybe I just need to shake things up....gosh I hope it works!
I miss chatting with you all and feel so bad that I just haven't the time to post.
Peace ~N~ Hugs
Carol in WNY

Hi all, it's Victoria Day weekend here in Canada so a long weekend. This is the weekend you either do the May Run to the cottage, or you put in the garden. I put in the garden, well, most of it. Spent all of the morning pulling those awful weeds that you want to get out rather than rototill and create a million of them. I have no idea what one of them is, but the tap roots that all the little shoots run from are as big as carrots and about 8 inches underground. OMG I have never seen these things before. Suffice to say I spent 7 hours in the garden today with weeding, then rototilling (I have my own little mini tiller) then working in lime and fertilizer. I ended up a couple of rows in, but most of it will have to be planted tomorrow (if the weather holds). I also repotted a bunch of herbs for the community garden starting up this week.

The bad part of this is I can barely move. My back is killing me and the Voltaren just isn't working on it. I hope I can sleep tonight. I have no idea why I didn't feel this while I was working the garden. Maybe just too focussed.

YoYo - what wonderful photos, you should be so proud of yourself.
DeeDee - so sorry to have missed your 1 year - congratulations and I am so glad you are here with us.
Meg - hope your Dad recovers quickly, scary how these things happen.
Michele - wow, I could never keep up with you with the exercise and the baking and the yardwork, like I said - Wow.
Jodios - congratulations on reaching your goal, how wonderful!

Good night all, time to spend some time flat on my back.

Lila in the fertile Kootenays.

ps. - caring thoughts for all those in the tornado zone. What a scary situation.

Hi sweet ladies,


We were watching and listening to the news carefully as our SIL has alot of family in the Oklahoma City area. Found out tonight, all are alive and ok. Houses damaged, and cars, but all are alive!!!

Read a few posts, but no time to answer now. Will try and take time tomorrow.

Thinking about all those in Oklahoma tonight.

Hugs,
Connie

Your family and others impacted by the tornado are in my prayers. I'm so glad they are alive and well.

morning friends,
second day of no gym...but today will be crazy busy at work have to go in at 9 and will be nonstop until 6pm.
Praying for everyone in Oklahoma,such devestation..God must be very angry for all this wild weather killing and hurting alot of people.
like the old commercial- It's not nice to fool mother nature
Michelle- we take 2 days to drive to florida,we are in North Port which is 2/3 rds of the way down on the gulf side, and we are to old to do it in one shot.
Hope everyones week is going well, and am praying for all the people that are going through times of trouble and to those who are dropping the lbs fast~ bless you~~

:flowerforyou: good morning ,it was so nice to come on and see yous are all still keep this site up, haven't been on in awhile family, life work over whelm me, i am turning sixty on thursday and i need to take back myself and do a little for me ,my weight has been 219 down to 201 i was so close to going under two hundred ugh i am now at 214 ,i am going spend the next couple of days reading post and see how everyone has been and start to log in foods again hope everyone will have a good day debi

Connie - I'm so glad all your SIL's family is ok! My thoughts and prayers are with everyone impacted by the horrific tornados! Just saw on GMA that this same area had this same thing happen to them in 1999 and that it was predicted only 1 in a trillion chance of happening again. How tragic!

When our area flooded in 2006, it was referred to as a 100 yr flood but lol and behold the exact same thing happened 11 months later in 2007! Even though it seemed devastating at the time, and we had over $37,00 in damage between the 2 floods, (flood ins. covered $33,000), this pales with what the Oklahoma area is dealing with right now!! Thank the Lord, there was no loss of life with either flood! Storms have always terrified me since then esp. since all the problems from our creek haven't been fixed yet but something like this really puts things in perspective. I count my blessings every night before I sleep for what I do have and you all are included in those!!!

On another note, I just wanted to share a quick story. Most of you know that both myself and my DD are on the path to becoming much healthier in our eating habits. My DH however, as you may have seen me comment, is not so much. He does eat most of what I cook with the exception of almost all vegetables. :grumble: He is on both blood pressure and cholesterol meds because he would rather take a pill than make any changes and is also a smoker. I love him to pieces, so I don't want you to think I'm just complaining about him, just a little background for this tale. He comes home last night, after working another 12 hr day, with a box of 6 donuts. As I'm making dinner, they are practically staring me in the face on the counter! :noway: My only remark was why did he see the need to bring these home and I don't want temptation around so I put the box up on top of the fridge. His answer, " They are for when I'm too lazy to fix cereal in the morning before work". Seriously! :noway: :noway: :grumble: I shut my mouth (which wasn't easy for me :laugh: ) and finished dinner so as not to start a big fight. Although, I might have said, "Seriously?", out loud before walking out of the room. He did ask if I was mad when I served dinner so I think I got my feelings known. He got up, saved two, and threw 4 away. He was irritated but not outright mad and after dinner, I did explain that I would like to have him around for a long time after he retires (he's 53) and I just want him to take care of himself. He made excuses but at least I got my point across (hopefully) without nagging or a fight and I was not the total bad guy as I did not pitch the donuts!

I am sooo glad I have this thread to vent on!

Hugs, Kathy :drinker:

Hi, just been reading about the tornadoes on the internet. We missed the news yesterday because of our visitors. As someone else said, it makes you count your blessings and remember that tragedy is just a blink away. Long may those we love stay safe and may we have strength to deal with it when they don't.
I feel so much closer to folks in the USA since I have been interacting with you.
My visitors have gone and we shall see them again at my DSIL's 60th weekend in Devon in June. This Friday we are off to Cornwall for a week and hope the weather will be kind to us. We have invitations to two sets of friends while we are there so won't have time to be bored. Unfortunately DH has the final of his football playoff on the Monday while we are visiting friends so he will have to find a pub that is showing it on the TV! :grumble: I will be at a Victorian Fayre with my friends.:bigsmile:
Tonight I have some nice Chunky Cod that I just have to pop in the oven for twenty minutes. I think I am all cooked out.
When I asked DBIL if he had done any exercises from the book I lent him he said he hadn't, but he had spent the morning reading the book! :laugh:
Look after yourselves.

Good Tuesday Morning, terrific pals...

I am very sorry for the devastation in Ok, and yet relieved that it just missed Norman, a mile or so away, where my two nieces are at OU....whew! Trying to peel my sister from the ceiling....she seems ok today...and we missed most of the action because we were off the news grid...

I have not been around for a few days while I madly prepped our back yard for a baby shower...prepped the food, decorations, yada, yada, and just as I am recovering yesterday, the water broke and a new baby granddaughter was born last night!

She is a miracle (IVF) baby for DD2 and SIL, who have been trying for 7 long and discouraging years....beautiful girl, all the fingers and toes accounted for!

Last time we became grandparents, we were still getting our youngest through grade school! then highschool...now uni. So it will be a different experience....and better I think.

I have another new rule....no cineplex popcorn and now, no party leftovers....too too tempting not to eat healthy food after the feast day has come and gone...

Hope all your days are good from here on in...

Cheers, BJ,

sweltering in broken A/C, where the thunderstorms have not reached yet to cool us down! hoping there are no accompanying tornadoes....we are at the end of the alley!