WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2013

Life has been so busy (in the best possible way) that I haven’t had any time to read the posts on this thread or post myself. I’m about to go back and read where I left off in May and what has already been posted for June and respond as much as time permits. Oh my gosh, I just got to June and there are already 8 pages!!!

Barbie – as always thanks for keeping this thread going!!!!!

May Goals:
Focus on mixing up my exercise (can't wait to the trails dry up so I can bike ride along the river again) YES – I think riding my bike has really helped get the weight off and I’m trying lots of new activities including Piloxing
Exercise hard (e.g. 375-400+ calories) 5 days/week plus a day of yoga and one rest day Mostly Yes – don’t always burn quite so many calories especially on strength training days but have been very consistent with exercise
Keep adding in new veggies
check out Renny's veggie challenge Yes – did Renny’s challenge
Clean up my house of all the clutter (DS girlfriend coming to stay with us the 1st weekend in June so that will be an incentive) Mostly yes – house is mostly de-cluttered but still have more to do
Get back to jewelry making Nope – need to put back on for June
Drink more water or iced green tea (hoping the weather stays warm) Yes – drinking lots more water – again I think a major factor in hitting my goal

June Goals:
Maintain even on vacation by logging and exercising so stick to my overall calories
Continue to try new healthy foods and do the next challenge Renny throws out there
Finish de-cluttering the house
Get back to jewelry making
Practice piano
Drink lots of water

I had a wonderful b-day celebration. So enjoyed the weekend visit with my DS and his GF. They are so happy in love, it just makes my heart sing. DD is enjoying her internship and seeing old friends. DH is almost done with the school year and has summer fever. Life is so good.

Heather – a friend just got back from Scotland and brought me a Hairy bikers baking cookbook. Nothing “dieter” in there but the recipes do look good. I’m going to have to get my hands on that book at some point…everything you describe from it sounds wonderful. Your vacation sounded wonderful. I did up my calories based on my BMR and it worked. How is it working out for you?

Grandmallie – thanks for posting your picture. I always like putting a face on my VitF pals

Michele – I tried the Jari Love Ripped to the Core DVD as you always talk about her DVD’s and I loved it! I was sore the day after. I borrowed it from the library but I think I’m going to have to buy it for myself.

New Luna – I like Rodney Yee and Kathryn Buddig for beginning yoga DVD’s. If you go to yogajournal.com they have lots of video’s at different levels you can try out (all of them are free). Youtube has a ton as well its just not all are very good.

Joy – glad you are finally feeling better and congrats on the weight loss. Kayaking is a blast. You will get a workout in your upper body too

Liz – hope you had a wonderful birthday lunch with your sister. So glad that your dGS’s won

Lucy – sorry about the bad weather for your mini vaca but it sounds like you still had fun. I’ve also moved to a more relaxed way of thinking about my weight now that I’m in maintenance. I may go up a bit but worth it to enjoy myself and then I just buckle down and take it back off (working so far)

Katia – congrats on the smaller pants! I agree with the other posts on your arms – need to do strength training with dumb bells. Plies are great for inner thighs ( you can so plies while you bicept curl, tricept dip and shoulder press)

Barbie – I put in a peony last year and it was beautiful. Now my DD is bugging me to put in more of them

Kathy – congrats on the smaller clothes. I just got Aasics and love them…first time in a long time I don’t have pain in my right foot

Brooke – good to see you back and I’m happy that it seems you are in a more positive place…as always love the quotes

Mary C. – praying as requested…I’m with jb on taking care of you and letting go of stress and fear. I would add trust the love you share with your DH

Jo – glad the cows didn’t catch you

Tammy – good to see you back

Joyce – doing the happy dance for you

Oh no – out of time and still not caught up - only got to page 5!

Welcome to all the newbies – you found a great thread.

Have a great day, Jodios in N. IL

Finally got a chance to sit down with a cup of tea. The doctor was pleased with my blood sugar numbers, so I no longer have to fast for my A1C test.:happy: I do have an infection, so that is why my tooth was hurting, I got some antibiotics and the tooth feels better already. My meals have been all crazy today, I didn't get to eat breakfast until noon. I was ready to eat the desk. But all in all an ok day.

Tigress in GA

Well here I am ready to commit to a renewed energy and determination to get back in my routine. I’m excited because water aerobics is starting tomorrow but I can’t go as that is my golf day. However, I can’t play golf because I have to do fasting blood work first thing in the morning for a Thursday doctor appointment.
I want to say welcome to each and every newbie that has decided to join us on this journey. It really makes it interesting when we have a variety of opinions and people who have been there and done that!
Michele – you ask about ground cover. I love my purple verbena. It lives year round here and blooms all winter. Also another good choice is Asian Jasmine. You can cut it with a weed eater! You cracked me up talking about the naked yoga. Do they really have it? Are you going to try it?
Rory – love your quote re goals. It is so true. I’ve heard that if you don’t have a goal how will you know when you get there!
Have you thought of getting a Nike Fuel bracelet? I love mine and wear it all the time. It got really dirty today as I worked in the yard for 6 hours but I washed it off and it’s good as new.
Ginny – Ft Worth! Wow, we are close, I’m in Granbury. I do the same thing with the 30day shred. Some of these girls put me to shame with doing 1,2 and 3!
Kathy – I’m glad you enjoy water aerobics. I love it and am anxious to get going again.
Joy – we cruise a lot and I usually don’t gain (except for the long flights). We try to make good choices at lunch and breakfast and walk everyday. Sometimes we’ll go to the gym and do weights. The biggest problem for me is the bread sticks. I love them and can’t eat just one. Where are you cruising to. We tried to book on the new Royal Princess but it’s sold out for the one we were interest in.
Brooke – I’ve missed you! You’ll be a blessing to someone everyday with your RAKs. Was it you who said they were getting their house ready to sell?
Marline – you have some awesome goals – good luck.
Amanda – sending prayers and good wishes for your Dad.
Lizzie – I was born in NO but grew up on the Gulf Coast. Welcome.
Liz – sorry you aren’t feeling well. Take care of you.
Joyce – I’m so happy for you. You’re doing it right. Keep on keeping on.
Jb – the picture of your delphiniums is beautiful. I love blue and purple flowers.
Cheryl – thanks for posting the pictures of your girls. That is a beautiful horse.
Well, I was caught up but I bet a lot have posted since I started this. Has anyone heard from Lin C?

Sue in TX

“If it is to be, it’s up to me”.
June resolutions
-get at least 5000 steps EVERY day
-do weight routine 2 x a week (Have the book, the dumbbells and the ankle weights.) Now I’m ready
Focus on water. It’s hot and humid so I need more water.
Log and Post everyday.


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Thanks Barbie...
Joining for June..

Jodi, ON Canada

Granny, Leigh-Ann, Debbie (you've come to a wonderful place), maryespin, katb, Rita, Jean, Laurie, Bev in CO (god luck to you),MoJoPoe, martinsmuze, and anyone else that I may have missed - welcome


LizMil - regarding Bryan and this Spain thing, one thing that I can't help but I do think of is what if Dianna were to get pg and then they get a divorce? I'm SURE she'd want to be by her family and if Bryan wants to see his child he will have to live there. Well...it's his choice, that's all I can say

grandmalle - evidentally there is some sort of gland in the cheek and that is inflamed. Right now Vince has antibiotics and antiinflammatories. Good for you getting to the gym! Poor Oklahoma, my heart goes out to them.

Heather - a kg is 2.2lbs? That means when I'm doing the extremepump class, I have 5.5lbs on each end (total of 11lbs) plus 2.2lbs, so on each end I have 7.7 pounds so in total I'm lifting 15.9 pounds, I didn't realize that. I probably won't go any higher

Cheryl - your daughter is beautiful. Congrats to her

Lizzie - I like it hot, but definitely NOT humid!

Kathy - dancing with ya!

Tammy in VA Beach - there is a product, I got it at CVS, called Ivy Block. You put it on before you go outside, then if you touch poison ivy you don't get the bad itches/scabs/etc. You just have to wash it off as soon as you come into the house. But it really does work.

Vickil - so sorry to hear about your dog. That hurts us so much. They are part of our family, tomorrow will be a hard day for you, I'm so sorry. So sorry to hear about your roof, too (((hugs)))

annabubba - welcome. Your hubby loss is your gain (and ours). brooke - love the quote you gave her.

Kathy - congrats!

Brooke - Next time I'll try roasting those beets in foil. At what temp do you roast them, about 425? My guess is for about 1/2 hour, is that correct?

Joyce - can you maybe drop down the weight for a few of the reps the second and third times around?. You do just great with your exercise, I really admire you, you keep going despite the MS. Awesome weight loss

jodios - glad you liked the JL Ripped to the Core DVD. Yes, she does work you, but not a "oh I can't wait until this is over" type of way, more of a "it's over ALREADY" way. I do like the way she shows modifications, too.

meg - yup, naked yoga. It makes some sense in that it forces you to be more comfortable with your body and see that others aren't perfect, either. But it still made me smile. Oh, Vince is feeling better. They recommended this one MD and the first appt. he could get with that doc was June 21! So he's going to see someone else in the practice Wed. morning. Thanks for the smile about your running.

Sue in TX - Purple Verbenia, I'll have to check it out. I don't even think I could get a weed eater in there. It's a strip about 3' wide behind one retaining wall in front of the fence that goes around the pool area. I'm seriously thinking that maybe we should just river rock it. I know, I know, all the area inside the pool will be rocked, but this isn't that much of an area and it would help with the continuity. I don't think Vince wants it, but we need to do something, can't keep putting down weed killer year after year after year. LinC wrote me saying that she's been doing a lot of catering lately and is back on dieticians orders

dianemduvall - kashi Go Light cereal has 13g of protein, eggs, cottage cheese, poultry, there are lots of good breakfast protein-full foods, you'll get there. Welcome. You can always make muffins and add protein powder to them, then freeze the muffins and take one out, microwave it for a quick grab-and-go meal.

Went to play mahjongg tonight

Michele in NC

My favorite thread!!
Thanks Barbie for posting!!
Debbie from SW Washington

Goals for June:
Get back on track on fitness and eating healthy. It was a LONG gloomy winter here.

Walk with or without my dog each day for at least 60 minutes, 5X a week.

Eat cleaner and better portion control.

I haven't been on this thread for awhile..alot going on in my life.

My goals for June:

1. Be consistent with posting
2. Do some exercise everyday
3. Try not to eat after 7 p.m.
4. Slow down and enjoy my friends and family more

Thanks Barbie for keeping this thread going

Colleen (IL)

First, WELCOME to all the newbies; so glad to see you all making yourselves known!

Barbie....thanks as always for continuing this wonderful thread!!!

I had almost 1 1/2hrs. of reading (8 PAGES!!!) to get caught up....probably won't remember much of it.....LOL. I left with DD Sat. am to take her out to her summer job; added the extra day in the middle to get her somewhat familiar with the town and surrounding area. Left my car with her and came home in a rental today.........LONG day, certainly didn't get my steps in. But ate fairly well while away.

Need sleep; so just a very few shout-outs:

Joyce and Kathy: kudos on your losses!!!

Brooke: very sorry to hear that June was not a good month for you; I always look forward to your posts and quotes. Better days ahead

Joy: about the plane fire that detained your Dh...........I was on a flight once between Pittsburgh and Detroit and there was a fire in the kitchen

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I have never been so scared in my life!!! Certainly not what one needs on a plane.

Hellos, hugs, and best wishes to everyone else.

Off to the arms of Morpheus!!!
yanniejannie

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.

Joy: the way I got back into running/training was through walking. When I decided to run, I just did it for a minute at a time. I've read stories on people working up to it by just adding 30 seconds of running for every 10 minutes of walking, and making a goal to increase every week (not even every day!).

Jeff Galloway (Olympian, long-time runner and the guy who believes in injury free running) did his recovery from hip surgery running 5 seconds and walking 55. I think he did his first post-surgery marathon using a 30:30 interval (30 *seconds* of running followed by 30 seconds of walking).

The real key to getting into it is to make a goal you know you can achieve, and work up from there. When you have a good interval you like - stay there till you're ready to move on. Going from walking to 10-15 minutes of running is (IMHO) a sure way to make you hate it and not want to come back. And I think anyone can love running! (Ok, I'm a little over the top with it, I'll admit) :laugh: :happy:

Take your time with it. You can do it!

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Update for June: 1 pound down of the 6 to lose. It took 2 weeks to lose the 1 pound, but it is in the right direction.

I could use some advice for getting through the mood-part of menopause. I can deal with the hot flashes and night sweats, but ...some days I just want to crawl out of my skin. Any advice? Remedies? I can't do hormone replacement, so that's out - but natural remedies are ok.

Love reading the updates from everyone - so inspiring and touching. I walk away from this thread always smiling at what a wonderful world we live in to have some many incredible women around!

Sue from Sunny (and right now incredibly hot) California

I like what Sue RunningCats said about how to start running.
I started with
Jog 3 steps (shuffle, really) and then walk the remainder of 1 minute.
And it wasn't easy!
I had no muscle-tone anywhere, not even legs
I still just do some "wogging" walk-shuffle-jog-shuffle-walk.

I'm a big fan of www.RunInjuryFree.com and www.GymBoss.com

I'll try to read some and write some more.

My June Goal is to hang out with you fabulous women here on Topic.
:-)

Liz

Hi from a lovely sunny morning here in York UK

:ohwell: Can't believe I am so far behind with the posts already, so sorry not to mention any personal issues. I will try to catch up.

:flowerforyou: Yesterday was also sunny and quite hot :glasses: :glasses: It took a bit of getting used to, I still wanted to take my coat into town with me - just in case, but was persuaded to leave it in the car whilst me and mum were shopping :bigsmile: so glad I did it was really hot! Had a lovely day in town, didn't buy anything interesting, only a few bits and pieces from the £1 shop.

:flowerforyou: In the afternoon I had to go to the vets to pick up some new tablets for our old cat. They have reduced his medication after having a blood test last week - I hope he doesn't have any after effects, but reducing it surely shouldn't cause any problems.

:embarassed: I had to go back this morning to add some "empty calories" on my food log for yesterday. I was doing quite well, but for some reason mindless snacking took over after our late dog walk. I really MUST get out of the habit of grabbing a biscuit when I make a cup of tea or coffee .:grumble:

:huh: Look at the time! I need to get ready for work, I'm going to make myself a ham salad to take for lunch today, and I need to get in half an hours exercise, I've found a good routine on line that makes it seem like 5 mins it's fun and time always goes quicker when you are having fun :bigsmile:

Have a fab day everyone

Viv York UK

Good morning ladies.

I'm back at work today. Dad has now agreed to go into sheltered accommodation, so I am trying to get that sorted as quickly as I can. Super stressed and finding it extremely difficult to cope with uncaring siblings. This is having a bad effect on my eating. I can barely manage to get through an apple, let alone a meal!

Anyway, at least the weather is better and the sky in London is actually blue! Remarkable!

I hope you are all doing well and will forgive me for not keeping up with the posts just at the moment, with a little luck normal service will be resumed before too long.

Love to all.
Amanda x

Good afternoon everyone!!! It’s a beautiful day here in Norway again! I did my 4.25 miles in 1 hour 2 minutes so I cut 6 minutes off my time. WOO HOO! Can anyone give me any pointers on how to add a picture? I kept playing around with it yesterday but no luck. :mad:

GaJavaGirl – Welcome! :flowerforyou:

Lebbiediddle - Welcome! :flowerforyou:

Heather – the cauliflower sounds wonderful! I’m going to have to try that!

Wessecg – June is a new month. I’m sure you’ll be able to knock out those 4 lbs once you get back on track.

Lizzie – Welcome Back! And as far as I’m concerned, you can HAVE the hot and humid! We’re supposed to be around 60 degrees here in Norway and it’s perfect as far as I’m concerned!

Kathy – WAY TO GO! Only one more pound! You CAN do it!

Vickil57 – I’m so sorry to hear about Sassy. Dogs are so much a part of the family unit. Hugs. :brokenheart:

maryespin1 – WELCOME! :flowerforyou:

katla – it would taste wonderful in oatmeal too. I put in ¼ cup of Libby’s pumpkin puree for 1 cup of oatmeal. It has 20 calories, 5 carbs, 0 fat, 1 protein, 3 sodium and 2 sugar. YUMMY! Have fun with your granddaughter! I it when I get to babysit ... which isn’t very often since we live so far away.

Brooke – the article! Thanks for sharing it!

Katb1027 – WELCOME! :flowerforyou:

Annabubba – WELCOME! :flowerforyou:

Lucy – Maybe you should start selling pedometers with separate clips! It could make you a millionaire! And I funnel cakes! YUM!!!

Rita – WELCOME! :flowerforyou:

Jean - WELCOME! :flowerforyou:

Laurie - WELCOME! :flowerforyou:

Bev - WELCOME! :flowerforyou: I am also doing the Fast Metabolism Diet and I it!

Joyce – CONGRATS!!!!!

MoJoPoe – WELCOME! :flowerforyou: I’m with you on the red wine. I it!

Jeri – where in western IL are you from? Home for us is Erie. It’s right outside of Moline.

Jodios – and I see you are from Northern IL! Are you anywhere near South Beloit, IL? That is where my DIL’s parents live.

Tigress – congrats on the great blood sugar numbers!

Meg – seafood lasagna sound yummy! I’ll have to check out the lite recipe. Thanks! I don’t have a pedometer. I have the endomondo app on my phone. I put in my weight and age and it’s works off a GPS signal. It measures hills, time, and speed and then it will even post it to my facebook page so I can compete with my son!

Sue – I’m hoping that with planning we can do much better on this cruise that I have on past cruises. This one is going to be an Arctic Circle cruise. We live in Norway and this way we can hit all of the highlights of the beautiful western coast.

Dianemduvall – WELCOME! :flowerforyou:

Jodi – WELCOME! :flowerforyou:

NewLuna – today is a NEW day! Don’t let yesterday’s bumps ruin today. :flowerforyou:

Colleen – Welcome back! :flowerforyou:

Yanniejannie – thankfully it wasn’t a fire, it was the tires. I must have done a typo. :embarassed: I’m not sure I would EVER get on a plane again if there was a fire on one that I was on!!

Runningcats – thanks for the advice! On today’s walk I would walk between light post to light post and then run between the next two until I just got too tired to do it anymore. I cut 6 minutes off of my fastest walk time and I’ll just keep getting better from here on out. I was having horrible hot flashes, horrible night sweats (I would have to wash the sheets each morning) and I was miserable. My doctor did not want to put me on hormone replacement because I fly so much and she didn’t want the possibility of blood clots. She said that quite a few of her patients had really good luck with Effexor. It’s actually an antidepressant but she said one of her patients just had to smell the bottle when she was having a hot flash to go away. It doesn’t work that way for me, but after 2 weeks on the lowest dosage possible, I haven’t had one hot flash since then!! HOORAY! You might want to ask your doctor if it would work for you.

Phoo513 – WELCOME! :flowerforyou:

Connie – do you have pictures of your jewelry? I would love to see some!

Grandmallie – I bet you’re back down tomorrow! I watched Doctor Oz and he did a show about different headaches and what helps best with the different ones. He said the ones behind the eyes are cluster headaches …. Which is what I get all the time. You might want to check it out online. If you have the same kind, he recommends just a nose spray for them!

Amanda – I hope everything goes great with your dad!

Joy (An American living the good life in Stavanger, Norway)

Good morning, everyone!! Light breeze and no humidity yet here; my birds are in and out the feeder like mad..........just beautiful!

Down a pound this am! I did behave on the eating when gone for those three days; not being able to weigh every am for this daily person is torture. I am now at my lowest point since June, 2007 and 3 1/2lbs from goal! Only lost four lbs. last month but I'll take it and be positively thrilled!!!!

Cityjane: on your b.p. meds.......maybe you can get a partial refill if you don't want waste.......don't know about England but they will do that here

Joy: you probably wrote tire and I was so exhausted last night that I read fire, most likely, my bad

Well.........off to find some trouble to get in to............or, housework, most likely.....
yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic

Good Morning all you lovely Ladies;

Bev in Colorado...you mentioned trying the Fast Metabolism Diet to kick the metabolism going..mine is dying (metabolism)...whatever goes in stays on my body...can you get it online??:huh:

Joyce in Indiana..I thought also that losing weight wasn't going to be this hard :grumble: ..silly me :ohwell: ..I have found it very hard and some tell me the older we get the harder it is to get the weight off..boy that was true for me :blushing:

MoJoPoe...good for you to go out jogging..it is something I have wished I could do because it looks so freeing..like you could run your problems away..but I have Chronic Fatigue & Fibro..just walking is my pace

I haven't done any exercising this week yet...my body is hurting all over so I will wait till the pain gives me a break..then do my video exercising....it is raining spits then drizzles here so no outside trips today..My fibro is in high gear today ...so I will wish everybody a great day..and be back another day....

Liz fr Halifax,Nova Scotia