WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2013
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Renny: you can *so* do this half marathon - and if you start now (healing your back, of course), you will do it, finish it and you'll think: "crazy? maybe, but I did it!"
I've been using the Galloway run/walk method for half marathons and just did a marathon in March with it. He advocates "running injury free", and ... it's worked for me. http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training/half_marathon.html
The best part about using this - during the marathon in March, I cannot tell you how many people were following this method. I'd hear people's timer's beeping - we'd pass each other and say: "Galloway?" "yeah - what's your interval?" "I'm at 3/1" "I'm doing 5/1", "I'm doing 4/45". It was great! I was injured last year and did my first post-injury half using 2/1, and finished just 2 minutes slower than my sister who doesn't use intervals at all.
No matter how you train, you can definitely do this, and I say "yes way, you can do it!"
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Hi, this is my first time with this group,,, I am still fairly new to mfp, I really got on this site to count calories but love the support I get ,,,it is truly a bonus,,,I have been able to keep a stronger focus and I know mfp friends are the reason
I met my weight goal for May so I'm very pleased,, I treated myself to a new pair of gym shoes,,I'm so excited, I have really been increasing my walking for cardio about 3.5 mph
My goal for June is Walk 60 minutes at least 6 days a week ????
I want to continue healthy eating 6 days out of 7 ???? (try for every day)
Drink 6-8 glasses of water every day ????
Use kettle bell and/or hand weights 3 times a week ????
In the end , I also want to be done at least 5 lbs (7 or 8 would be really nice)
I just got a new DVD for kettle bell that a friend on mfp suggested, and today I ordered body for life for women,, another friend suggested it helped them with weight training
Thanks for putting this thread together,,,iM really glad to be part of it
Alice in Illinois0 -
Just saw this topic and think it's great. I turned 50 in October. A friend sent me the link to myfitnesspal. I am up and down with weight. Sometimes the sweet tooth gets me in trouble - either I gain or stay the same. I exercise with multiple programs. Wii (walk it out, fit-plus, or wii sports), I also walk outside, at lunch, after work and on weekends. I am trying to run again. I would like to get back into Zumba again. Never really was a distance runner. Developed a bit of exercise induced asthma but inhaler helps before exercise. I would like to be able to run a mile without being tired. Currently, I can run about 1/4 mile. I do not exercise everyday, but try to get in at least 3 times a week. I would like my base weight (what I weigh in the morning to be 2-3 pounds less than I am now and would like to tone up the belly. I guess we all want improvement in someway. For years, I had no ambition to stick with exercise and diet changes, but in the last several years, I have been able to stick to it fairly well. Mostly drink water. Was a die-hard Pepsi drinker for years. I still drink it, but I limit it now.
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I turn 50 on 6/10. I hope it's okay to join today. My June goals:
-drink 64+ oz water daily
-walk 10500 steps a day on average. I hit 10000 pretty regularly. Going into summer I won't be working all day just 1/2 days so getting in the steps will be more of a challenge.
-strength training 3 days/wk and cardio 2-3 days/wk
-write my dad 1x/wk. Since I am working all summer (I usually have 5 weeks off), I won't be travelling to see him. He is in a nursing home in GA. He doesn't answer his phone there - he tells my stepmom not to answer it might be a bill collector. So writing him is my way of staying in touch. She reads letters to him and they discuss them. She says it brings him happiness.
-log my food 5 of 7 days. I am very bad at logging consistently.0 -
Good morning ladies.worked on the yard a bit yesterday and did somegrocery shopping. I also spent a lot of time playing with the boys. Ritter has so much bounce and he loves to chase his tail. It makes me smile. I am not doing so good on the steps and the water over the weekend. I do great during the work week. I am going to have to work on that. so now its off to the dreadmill..
Katla - I do pushups and tricep dips for my arms. You can start pushups by modifying them. I started against a wall and then down to a table (kitchen counter) and then on my knees on the floor and then full pushups. baby steps to building muscle that burns the fat. I do tricep dips any where I can put my arms on something behind me and I dip down. dip as low as you can comfortably.
Robin Bodi and Ritter
PNW (cloudy this morning)
Thanks for the arm workout suggestions,,,, I have really been looking at how to get started with push ups
Alice in illinois0 -
Just had my birthday, need to get back on track. This should help!0
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Well, I've never posted anything before but this group seems to be an awesome place to start. Been doing MFP since March and have lost 10 pounds so far. Never have lost this much weight before. Since my 30's it has all been a very slow gain. I am greatly encouraged by the support and encouragement from the group. I'm grateful to have found a group such as you all to follow along on the journey.0
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I am new to this group...June goals:
Walk 3 times a week.
Visit the gym 1 to 2 times a week. (This will be a challenge, I have not been to the gym in almost a year).
Increase my daily water intake.
Record my food & exercise each day.
Be active and do something fun with my youngest son 3 or more days a week.0 -
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Hi All! I am joining your group. I will post goals later.
Talk with you soon.
Bea0 -
Can't catch up tonight but I did get through page 5! I've been thinking of my June goals and will be back tomorrow to reveal them LOL,
Sue in TX0 -
Daughter of a friend wedding in July. I must lose 15 pounds in the next six weeks.
HOW? I am eating 3 fruits and 5 vegetables every day. Protein from chicken, beef , fish and eggs. 1000 calories total. Drinking 6 glasses of water and doing a 2 mile aerobic walk video every day. Weights every other day. Stay tuned.0 -
:flowerforyou: I’m home from the all day line dance workshop (yesterday 8 AM to 9 PM0……no time to read or post……Brandy and Sasha were glad to see me and insisted on several long walks…..Jake was glad to see me and insisted on lots of attention and snuggling…even Bernie, the cat, was glad to see me and insisted on lots of petting.
:yawn: :yawn: :yawn: Barbie from sunny NW Washington
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After coming off of being ill for almost as long as I have been on "Myfitnesspal", I have set some goals for June.
i am joining the gym tomorrow and will be doing water aerobics 3 times a week. On the days that I don't go to the gym, I will walk on my treadmill with my week-ends free.
i will drink more water trying to reach 8 glasses a day..
I must get offf of DIET COKES, so I plan to drink one a week until I'm off. (going to be hard)
I will eat less meat, I was a vegetarian for awhile, but started eating meat again for my protein was too low.
I will post ( every day) my food and exercise.
We can do this!
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Hello Everyone!
I'm thrilled to find this group! It's very constructive for me to see the kinds of goals that you all are setting for yourselves--some wrt weight, but some more spiritual. I love it. A little about me... I turned 50 in May of 2012, and the year leading up to my big birthday I was determined to get myself into shape... I needed to lose about 20 lbs... and I was highly motivated and I actually surpassed my goal and lost 24 lbs. well before my 50th birthday. I know this is an age-old story, but in the time since I hit my goal weight, I very slowly started gaining it back. The old yo-yo story. I got on the scale last week, and I realized I had gained back 16 lbs... not quite all of what I had lost, but it's very depressing! (The other part of that wake-up call was when I was getting dressed to go to a wedding-- I tried to put on the dress I was planning to wear but discovered I couldn't zip it up! Rats!) So I am once again determined to get my act together and be more healthy again. I've logged in to MFP for 6 straight days and the weight is finally moving in the right direction again. I've been pretty draconian in my eating in the last week (no cheating at all-- nothing processed, no sweets), and I know I will not be able to keep that up indefinitely, but I wanted to jump-start the loss process.
As for goals for the month of June:
1. I want to log into MFP every day, religiously, and continue to track my food and exercise.
2. I want to make myself go to bed earlier and get at least 7 hours of sleep/night. (I tend to stay up way too late at night... night owl syndrome...)
3. And this is embarrassing, but I want to try to limit the time I spend each day on "social media"... I waste entirely too much time on Facebook, it's practically an addiction.
So here goes! (following goal #2 right now and going to bed!)0 -
Oops-- forgot to sign off with my name and where I'm from.
This is Anne in Warwick Township, PA (northern suburb of Philly)0 -
I am new to MFP. I just started on Monday, and am finding the message boards encouraging. I m 51 and still battling the bulge, so I thought this forum might be appropriate form me.
Cheryl
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Thank you for motivation. Looking forward to June!!0
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May goals review-
Clean 2 closets!! -I did get almost finished and donated a lot of clothes a clothing drive
Use the pool at the gym at least 3X a week - Did accomplish this every week but one
Focus on reducing stress and becoming calmer and more tolerant of others! -Stress is not reduced but am much more tolerant
June goals-
Continue water classes at the gym 3X a week
Focus on healthier eating-Sad to say slipped up quite a bit this month with junk food
Sort and toss/donate "stuff", spend at least 30 min. a day on this!
Purchase and use pedometer
Get financial house in order
Joy-Our Party for the Food Pantry raise almost $900 and 4 big barrels of food were filled with donations.
Mary C-I will keep you in my prayers and I hope things get better for you soon :flowerforyou:
Meg--Congrats on getting the garage finished!
Michele-It is very hard not to worry about our sons especially when you don't hear from them! :frown:
Jb- Love the pic of your flowers-truly beautiful!
Joyce-I'll do a happy dance for you in the pool tomorrow :laugh: Congrats-all your hard work is paying off!
Wow, just finished all the reading, can't believe we're on Page 6 already!
Off to bed, didn't realize it was so late.
Nighty Night,
Kathy from IL:drinker:0 -
youcantfoolme - welcome! I like your goal of "live more and stress less"
Vince wasn't feeling all that well, so I slept on the couch in the living room. It's really not a good couch for sleeping on. Anyway, I heard the grandfather clock chime 4 times so I assumed it was 4:00. I went into bed. By the time I woke up it was a quarter to 9! I asked Vince why the alarm didn't go off, he said that I got to bed after the alarm went off. Then he explained that the grandfather clock for some reason sometimes doesn't chime the correct amount of times. So, got up and sprayed the Wet & Forget on the deck. Unfortunately, the sprayer that I got didn't come with the very fine spray so I wound up wasting some of the product. In the end, I got the deck done, concentrating especially on the area where the mold and mildew have grown. We shall see.... All the reviews said it worked really well. Then made banana butterscotch chip cookies for the guys building the pergola. I'm thinking that they probably won't be here more than a few days.
I was just reading in our paper that the unemployment rate for kids 14-29 in the EU is 29% In Spain it's 50% Why would Bryan want to live where the unemployment is so high? Well, it's his decision.
Tomorrow I'll do yoga and then take the extremepump class.
Heather - I am terrible about conversions, do you know off the top of your head how much 2-1/2kg is and how much 1kg is (in pounds)? What a weight loss!
mmtiernan, Carol (you CAN do it!). Mary, Vicki, zenelda, Alice, Lpop, rcb (happy birthday) ,mrsbuntuffler (congrats on the loss), terrimag, beazy, EileenWiggint (15 pounds in six weeks probably is going to be almost impossible, but eat clean and exercise diligently and you'll lose some), AnneOdland, Cheryl and anyone else that I may have missed- welcome!
jb - your delphiniums are just beautiful. Thanks for posting.
marmalade - so sorry you aren't feeling well. Can it be sinuses? I know they are killers for me
Joy - I remember when Bryan started kyaking, the instructor MADE him roll over and then get upright. Admitted they were in the pool at the Y, but the instructor felt that everyone at one time or another would roll into the water so he didn't want the pupils to get scared and to know what to do. Woohoo on him telling you you needed a medium size wetsuit.
Joyce those Capezios are all ready!
Just made some steel cut oats for tomorrow for breakfast. Didn't know what I'd have tonight for dinner so decided I'd have some steel cut oats!
Mary - I'm hoping that dh will see the light
brooke - the reason I boiled the beets is because when they're cooled down, the skins are so easy to take off. How do you roast yours, and how do you take the skins off? I'll have the beets either in a salad or as a side dish. Probably more as a side dish because I probably don't want to get the dressing on the beets.
zelenda - a pedometer can be quite motivating. The problems I've found were that if I didn't get some sort of safety clip, it would fall into the toilet (hence, I got a clip attached to a shoestring-type thing so when it falls off my pants, the clip keeps it from falling into the toilet or someplace else). I also found that it didn't work well for me when I wore it on my jeans (not sure why jeans would affect it). But it can be highly motivating to try to get that number (of steps) up and up.
Vince decided he wanted to go to the hospital because his mouth was hurting so much. It appears that he has a bit of an infection. We were there for 6 hours! I wolfed down my dinner right before we left (much to Vince's dismay) and only had carrots and tomatoes there. Got to read 3-1/2 magazines, tho. He's supposed to call an ENT tomorrow (not quite sure what that has to do with the cheek), got home had to rush to take a shower and get some other things done. Now just logging on for a bit so I don't get too far behind. Did read about this naked yoga. Sounds interesting. The idea is to get comfortable with your body. One thing she pointed out was that she noticed that almost everyone in the room had rolls of flab.
I was thinking today of that saying that women are like Jesus -- even when he was dead he had to get up and go to work!
Fortunately, they changed the mahjongg from Wednesday evening back to Monday. That's just a little bit better for me.
Katla - what a beautiful story about you and dh!
simeonce - glad you're feeling better, Good luck at the gym
Anne - we used to live in Kennett Square, PA
Michele in NC0 -
Hello Ladies,
Interesting weekend my allergies have been really acting up so been sneezing, coughing, eyes itching etc all weekend. My normal stuff I take just has not been cutting the mustard. So if continues I will need to go to the Doctor.
@Michele -- Hopefully for Bryan this entire Spain adventure will be a learning experience and in time he will understand and make postive choices.
@Kathy Congrats on cleaning two closets.
@Meg great on finishing the garage.
@JB love the pictures of your flowers.
@MaryC hope you feel better soon.
Besides dealing with allergies this weekend we have been doing some deep Spring cleaning.
I always thought of myself as a decent homemaker but seriously shame how bad some of the areas got so dirty. Our home is just a 1,000sq ft. house no dishwasher except my two hands at times keeping up on the basics seems like an accomplishment. Growing up we never had a dishwasher and my mom always managed to keep the house clean. Trying to get a better handle on this. I know even with working fulltime this can be done.
Liz from Idaho0 -
Well, I went on my walk today and somehow turned off the endomondo after only 3 minutes and 38 seconds. :mad: I was so upset and then told myself to get over it! I still got a good workout in and I don't need that to feel the results! It's an absolutely beautiful (but windy) day here in Norway today and it's just put me in such a great mood! Funny how sunshine can do that to you.
Joyce – I have my dancing shoes out for you in Norway! Congrats!
Gail – Sweating sure seems like it should count as calorie burn to me!
Drkatiebug – I think when I win my bed with my son in July (he has to buy me whatever hubby wants at Victoria’s Secret) I’ll see if they will fit me for a new bra. It’s been a LONG time since I was fitted and it seems like it time to do it again. Thanks for the reminder.
Connie – congrats on the weight loss! Maybe your ticker will show it today.
Patti – everyone is entitled to a day of being cranky and unmotivated. Just remember to make it only a day. Today is a brand new day.
Zenelda – WELCOME :flowerforyou:
Meg – Old Chicago Pizza mmmmmm! I’m drooling here!
Renny – don’t beat yourself up!!! Take care of yourself and I have NO doubt you’ll be able to do a ½ marathon in Oct.
Runningcats – I took a look at your link. I have lots of friends that run every week and keep thinking I would like to join them. But when I looked at the 5 k training schedule the second day it says run 10-15 minutes. UGH! I'm not sure I can even do that much to start. I’ve been walking over 4 miles a day and today I tried running between light posts and the most I could do was 5 before I was hurting.
Alice – WELCOME! :flowerforyou:
Lpop50 – WELCOME! :flowerforyou:
Rcb1963 – WELCOME! :flowerforyou:
Roselover58 – WELCOME! :flowerforyou:
Mrsbuntuffler – WELCOME! :flowerforyou:
Terrimag – WELCOME! :flowerforyou:
Bea - WELCOME! :flowerforyou:
Eileen – WELCOME! :flowerforyou: Great idea to get 8 servings of fruits and veggies per day! If you find that eating 1000 calories isn't helping with the weightloss you might want to add more. I was keep it at 1200 and did great for the first week or two. Then I actually started gaining weight (even though I made sure I was NEVER over 1200 calories). After doing research I read that your body thinks it is starving and hoards every bite instead of burning off the fat and that was my problem. I'm now eating quite a bit more and the weight is coming off again. Good luck! And I will stay tuned!
Simeonce – you are SO right! We CAN do this!
Anne - WELCOME! :flowerforyou:
Cheryl – WELCOME! :flowerforyou:
Kathy – GREAT JOB! Hopefully that will really help them out!
Michele – Our instructor talked about what to do if we rolled but didn’t make anyone try it. We asked him to show it to us though. I steel cut oats for breakfast! I make a huge crockpot full every week and then prepackage the servings. Makes it very easy for hubby since he gets up way earlier than I do. Right now I have a batch that I added canned pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice and vanilla. Last batch had frozen dark sweet cherries and some organic almond butter mixed in. YUM! Sometimes I add some organic coconut milk, fresh blueberries and unsweetened coconut …. I think I’ll do that batch next again.
Liz – I hope you feel better soon! :flowerforyou:
Joy (An American living the good life in sunny, beautiful Stavanger, Norway)0 -
Good morning ~ new to this thread.
Hmmm, just noticed my ticker is not up to date . . . actually down 8 pounds not 4. . . wonder why it isn't correct. :ohwell:0 -
Michelle- same sort of thing happened to my DH but started with his ear, then woke up a few days later the whole side of his face was swollen.. took him to the ER- the Dr looked in his ear and said -Oh My~ then had him open his mouth and said OH MY. he had shingles. they kept him for about 36 hrs. and it took a long long time for the pain to go away.. best wishes to Vince..
Welcome to all the new members~ you have found a wonderful wonderful group of ladies.
Barbie- love your signature with the line dancing lady and cat.. that is adorable..
Well I went to the gym this morning early , that is 4 days in row at the gym, I dont do as much ,but at least I am there..
will try and keep myself trucking on the 1200 calories..
This weather in the US is crazy isn't it? I dont know what this world is coming to, such devestation ,and heartbreak..0 -
Good morning all, no tea this morning, I have a doctors appointment, where they will take blood. The scale went in the wrong direction this morning, and I gained half a pound. I'm not going to be upset, it could be any number of things, next week will be better.
Caught one of the cats in the garden this morning, DH is not that good with gates, and the smallest one Max, was sitting in one of the beds. I had to throw on shorts and chase her out.
Tigress in GA0 -
Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:
Welcome to everyone new:flowerforyou: ! Come in often and chat!
Joyce I`m doing a happy dance for you:bigsmile: !!!! Congrats for getting in the 1`s!!!!
As usual, I have no more time this morning:sad: !!! I`ve read all the posts and wishing everyone well!!!
Have a wonderful day!!! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!
Hugs,
DeeDee in rainy NC0 -
GrannyA - WELCOME! :flowerforyou: You are the second person that said the ticker is not working right. I sure hope it get fixed before I weigh in on Thursday!
grandmallie - Great job on the consecutive days at the gym!!!
Tigress - good luck at the doctor!
DeeDee - good morning to you too!
Joy in Stavanger, Norway0 -
Interested in joining the group. Bumping until I have more time to read & set goals (tonight).
Leigh-Ann in Georgia0 -
Joyce,
I’ve been wondering how to add my monthly goals for a long time too, and your post motivated me to try. I decided to try to deal with the “automatic goals” in Microsoft Word since I have no idea how to accomplish it in MPF. I typed my conclusion first as a signature, and then made my reply above it. I wonder if it will work. If it posts correctly, I’ll save it, and use it for all my responses.
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
June goals:
1. Log every bite
2. Move more.
:flowerforyou: I keep a word document on the desktop of my computer with my goals, signature, a quote and a graphic and type my post above it, then copy and paste onto the MFP reply box and add the smiley faces. Barbie from sunny NW Washington
"The reason most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want the MOST for what they want at the MOMENT."
June Resolutions
*dig out the rest of the back yard flower bed that’s full of rocks and terrible dirt
*be agreeable---say “OK”
*strength training once a week
*act the way I want to feel
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I am new to MFP...just started 3 days ago. I've been seraching around the site trying to find where I might fit in. This morning, I found this group...finally! A place for me! I am 60 years old and 40 pounds overweight. Ugh. I want to get fit and healthy once again. Can anyone recommen)d a good in home exercise program for me? There is so much to choose from! :laugh: I definitely need some direction and discipline . I am the kind of person who gets excited about one thing, does it for a bit, then sees something else and says "wait...maybe that's better, hmmmm, maybe I should do THAT instead" so off I go in that direction.
So, we need to set some goals for ourselves for June and post them here, right? Guess I had better think about that and get back to you later.
Debbie Central New York (NOT the city:laugh:0
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