WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST

A very good morning to you all!

I'm just doing a fly by post as I'm going for a stomp in Richmond Park with Aussie. I've already done some gym time, so I'm feeling quite virtuous. Got quite a busy day with my dad and then off to visit mum-in-law. When I was at the home yesterday, I asked her if there was anything she would like me to bring for her today. She asked for a cigarette! I tried to explain to her that she had given up smoking years ago, but was quite adamant that she wanted one. I'm praying that she will have forgotten when I go to see her. Fingers crossed! I am not going to go down the route of smuggling in cigarettes!

This evening we are all going over to DD#2. Originally it was for a barbecue, but the weather is damp to say the least, so we will be eating indoors. I will be taking my own food with me. DD#2 always cooks roast veggies, so that part is sorted. She's not actually a vegetarian, but only eats chicken - and only that occasionally.

I have just had an email from DD#1 which made me laugh. All her life she has been flat chested. So much so that we used to tease her (gently!) and call her a pirate ... because she had a sunken chest. Anyway, as her pregnancy progresses, she has become less flat. Today she wrote to me to say that she is wearing a 36dd bra, and it's too tight for her! I asked her if she ever thought she would have bigger boobs than her mumma! She still has a way to go before the twins are born, so I think she could be sporting an impressive pair of breasts by the time she's done!

Time for me to get out of here, but I will return.

Have a good day.

Amanda x

Just had to drop in before heading out garage sale-ing to say my scale finally budged! First time I've been down a pound I hadn't already lost, reagained, then lost since April. Woohooo! :happy:

I would love to join this thread...I'm 63 and my goal is to lose 81 pounds(whew!) and I know I can do it!!! It really helps to have a support system of like minded people!!

:bigsmile: Happy Dance Friday...I love Fridays!

No time to read this AM, will try and catch up this afternoon after I get off work.

Last night Hubby wanted Sushi...did I say no....of course no:grumble: the only thing I can say is I only had 1 Tablespoon of Soy Sauce deluted with water to dip my Sushi in, only had 8 pieces and did have a large plate of romaine lettuce...the water gain (because I'm sure that's what it is) was only .4 of a pound and I'm sure I can wash that away today:drinker: drinking plenty of water. But I did love the sushi

So last week I was looking at my legs and realizing that they are getting smaller...and they should be after losing 37 lbs off the 4'11" frame and I have bruises large and small on my left leg...couldn't figure out where I got them....then Saturday afternoon changing the sheets on the bed I run into the cedar chest at the end of the bed with my left leg:grumble: and wouldn't you know it that large bruise matches the one on my right side:noway: and now the right one is almost gone but the left one is still of the colorful stage...hoping that I don't run into the cedar chest again tomorrow when I'm changing sheets...it hurts

Everyone have a good day, remember we are in this for the long haul:drinker: and I will try and catch up this afternoon.

Laura

Good morning ladies.
It is a beautiful sunny day here in Washington. I am so happy. My official weigh in this morning 144! busted my minigoal to peices. I have dropped 4 pounds since the first. It makes me happy to know I can do it when I put my mind to it. DH just glows when he looks at me. He is so proud.

I grilled mini peppers, corn and asparagus on the grill last night. Yum.

Not planning on losing weight for the next week or so. Just hoping not to gain. camping will be fun but I will miss all of you wonderful ladies. we are leaving sunday morning. Holly will get here tomorrow morning and then we head over to my dad's for DH birthday lunch. My uncle is visitng from So Cal so it will be good to see him.

Bodi finally discovered that he can jump up on our bed this morning. It is very very high. and he has always just put his feet up to say hi but this morning I got all of him giving me kisses to wake up. It truly made us both smile. He is such a love lug of a boy dog.

Mimi I am glad you are "getting yourself out there" good for you.

I have so much to do today so sorry I can't respond to you all individually. Please know that you are all in my thoughts and I couldn't do what I have done without you all. much love

:flowerforyou: Why is it that this morning I did not want to do my exercises? Especially after I have been feeling so much better because of doing them each day this week. Well, I looked for several excuses to not do them, but I did them and am so glad I did. You would think that after all these years of maturing and gaining knowledge I would want to do them because it is the right thing to do. Well, our flesh has a mind of its own and we just have to tell it what to do every day. Thanks to all of you ladies who understand and have been there. We need to stick together. Have a wondeful weekend, each of my fitness pals!:flowerforyou:

Hi everyone

:flowerforyou: Amanda thanks for mentioning where to get the spray butter. There's a mini Tesco's near where I live so I'll try that. If not I'll try Asda they are bound to have something I've just never looked before.

Had a lovely day in Leeds today, apart from the weather it absolutely poured down most of the day. Didn't really bother me too much because we spent most of our time shopping :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Unfortunately at lunch time I thought we would go somewhere where I could get a sandwich or something but for some reason the girls decided to go to a little cafe that only sold pasties pies and pizza slices :frown: :frown: :noway: :huh: As pastry disagrees with me I had a slice of pizza but what can you do???? Anway I wasn't going to let that spoil the day either and I'll think of today as non day - start afresh tomorrow. I still haven't gotten brave enough to say I'd rather have tried somewhere else.

Went into Primark (we don't have that shop in York) and couldn't believe the prices :noway: so cheap. I treated myself to a cardigan and a short sleeved top and a blousy thing which I'm still not sure about it's very short, it's a sort of overblouse I'd wear it with a t shirt underneath I know the layered look is in nowadays, but not sure if it's me. oh and I got some canvas lace up shoes reduced to £1 I LOVE PRIMARK bought DH two tops and DD some underwear. Jean said we'd go again nearer Christmas and do some Christmas shopping.

:flowerforyou: Chiclet good news about your mum, I hope she settles in quickly, you must be so relieved.

:flowerforyou: Welcome all newcomers, we are getting to be a large group of women, (not a group of large women :bigsmile: ) and gabby with it.

Dread to think what the scales will say tomorrow. Goodnight everyone and all those of you who are experiencing the hot weather, could you please send a bit of sunhine over to York, it's been quite depressing the last few days. Thank you.

I'm sure I was going to mention something in particular but I've forgotten what it was - must be an age thing!

Bye for now

Viv

Barb (auntibk) - I'm really not sensitive to nuts or things prepared in a facility. It's just (and I know that this is a texture thing) that I really don't like nuts when they are in something, like in a salad. Nuts by themselves -- that I have no problem at all eating. I do tell them in a restaurant that I'm allergic to nuts so I'm sure I don't get nuts in my food <snicker> Hey, it works!!! Back in the day when I'd go to a fast food place, I always ordered something special so that I knew it was just cooked.

I agree that someone has to WANT to change their eating/dieting habits, otherwise it just won't happen. How many times I've heard someone say "I really need to lose 10lbs <or whatever amount>", or "I really need to eat more healthily" -- all the while having something very unhealthy. The Newcomers started this "total Fitness" group, some ladies from WW are running it. I know that some other ladies felt "oh, I could really stand to lose some weight". I gave it three months. It's about fizzled out. Just going to a meeting isn't going to magically take the pounds off.

Welcome clptak. Tell us more about yourself. Glad to have you with us.

Robin - Congrats on the weight loss. Enjoy yourself!

A big welcome to shirley61. Sometimes it takes the body time to realize that we're losing weight. Also, in summertime people tend to retain more water. As barbie will say, NEVER, NEVER, NEVER give up!

Would you believe that on that cruise I can't even bring my own vegetables? So....what I'm thinking I will do is take some baby carrots in a bag in my pocketbook. If worse comes to worse, they must have a bathroom and I can go there to eat them. Somehow, I don't think that I'll have to go to that extreme, but I will if I have to. Isn't this ridiculous?

WARNING: RANT AHEAD

I just gotta get this off my chest, and you all are the lucky reciepients (I probably spelled that wrong!). Anyway, remember that gal who insisted on the lunch cruise? Well, my understanding was that she wanted the lunch and not the buffet because she couldn't afford the lunch. Now if her hubby hadn't had that birthday-thing (which probably set them back about $50) I'm sure they could have afforded it. Yesterday I find out that she's going to this dinner/theater (I found out because she asked us if we wanted to sit at the table), which will probably set them back at least another $50. See, one of the groups in Newcomers that I belong to is called Food for Thought and More, of which she's the head. She's already indicated that someone else should take over. The last two times I saw her, she was VERY insistent to me that I should email all the people coming and tell them what to bring, if anything (sometimes we have snacks). I asked her if she would do it for me since for the last 3 weeks outr internet has been funky. The guy came here today and he replaced everything he could. Now we're getting a better signal. However, I haven't seen a note from her, so were others asking what they should bring or did she just want to know? Honestly, I'm just going to have some raw veggies and fruit, I'm not going to ask anyone to bring anything. When I mentioned to her that I was thinking that people could bring salad-type things (cukes, tomatoes, onion, etc) and we can make a salad, she told me all about how salads aren't agreeing with her. Well, then why did you have it when we went to Olive Garden (along with the cheese and crutons that were in it, just because you asked them to put the cheese on the side doesn't take the calories out. You still ate all the cheese) It just irks me when someone constantly says "I can't afford it, I have to wait for the first of the month for my check", yet they spend money that really they shouldn't. She said the other day that she hasn't been feeling well "now that I'm eating healthy". Really, I wouldn't call what she's eating healthy. Sure, when we went to Olive Garden she had the soup and salad. But the soup was cream based, and the cheese and croutons in the salad didn't help much. OK, I'll step off my soapbox now. Ahhh...that feels better. Thanks

mimi-I remember seeing in your diary one time that you had some olive oil, so I decided to give it a try. Really, I'm not crazy about it because it doesn't have any flavor. But it was worth a try. So glad to hear that you've signed up for classes. That's wonderful. Barbie has inspired me to try almond milk.

SuzyQ - happy birthday to your son. Sophie will certainly help you burn off that cream pie! You might even be able to have another piece....lol WOOHOO about the scale -- now THAT'S the way to go, girl!!!

I was employed by the YMCA before I moved down here. When we moved, that's when the economy went south. So right now, I'm not employed.

Erica - have a great trip!

A big welcome to seawillow! You won't find a better bunch of ladies anywhere!

Robin - the scale has been good to you, enjoy your vacation!

Jeannie - I LOVE spaghetti squash. When it's in season, boy do I buy it, cook it, and then freeze it. You really can't freeze summer squash (boo hoo)

Barb (weaklink) - my thought is that your friend didn't ask you about how you lost the weight because she might be somewhat embarassed that she hasn't lost as much as you have and she's on a certain "diet"

This weekend it's supposed to go all the way down to the 80's. Guess it's time to get out the long johns.....lol

Did an hour of HIIT on the elliptical today. Tomorrow...yoga, but first 2 farmers markets. Then after yoga going to buy some tomatoes

Everyone...have a great day tomorrow

Michele

HI I'M NEW

Hi everyone I am not very good at message boards, but I am willing to practice a little. I have been using myfitness pal for about 2 weeks and counting calories for about 5 weeks. My success is good so far and the transition from points is a little awkward, but I am learning.
I do have a good deal of weight to lose, so I will be reading these post regularly for hints to success.:flowerforyou:

My heart is broken. My dear daughter decided she wouldn't come up after all. i am stuck paying for a ticket she won't use and I feel so sad. Its a long story and has to do with her transfer to Minesota but I still can't stop crying. I sure things will look better in the morning but it really hurts.

Chiclet,

Sorry your ex was taking out his frustrations on you.. Congrats on the good report at the doctor's office!!!

Regarding my friend, I am too tired to go back to my prior post(s), but I didn't mean that she never commented on my weight loss. She did--told me I looked great. What she didn't do was make any attempt to learn what I was doing. That was what concerned me. I think she has given up.

Speaking of which, my eyes are drooping, so BFN :yawn:

Barb

Robin, I like the idea of trying to use the ticket to go see your daughter at a later date. Most places will allow you to do that with a minimal rebooking fee. But I SO understand your disappointment. Sometimes I don't think grown kids realize how very much we miss them or how precious times together are.

I've been on a cleaning/reorganizing spree. With no word on the short sale house yet, its highly unlikely we will GET an answer to our offer in time to close before the contract expires the end of this month. Soooooooooo I'm trying to figure out what to do to makeTHIS place more livable. One of my pet peeves has been lack of storage, thus the disaster waiting to happen in my laundry room. There just aren't enough places to put things up and out of the way.:grumble: I've purged and purged and STILL have too much stuff! :explode:

Yesterday morning I went garage sale-ing. Then I spent the better part of the rest of day reorganizing to end the clutter in my laundry room. Now the chest of drawers that was in there is in the guest room. (Which meant I had to clean and rearrange the guest room.) The cedar chest I found at a moving sale a few weeks ago for $20 is in the laundry room with extra bedding inside, (which meant I had to totally rework the hall closet where the bedding had been stored) and the vacuum and attachments we tripped over a bazillion times near the back door is now in the hall closet where the bedding used to be. I also did a bit of work to an old wooden coke crate so hubby will have a place to empty his pockets, now that the chest has been relocated. Best part is now hubby has a place to sit down to take his work boots off without tracking anything more than a few feet into the house and the laundry room feels bigger without adding an inch. Wonder how many calories all that burned!

Today I will tackle the guest room closet while hubby works. At present its to full just opening the door is scary. Over half of it is boxes from when we moved here of stuff i'm at a loss for what to do with. Some of it is my daughter's, some of it was Moma's, only a teeny bit of it is needed. I'm determined to be ruthless and fit into this house! But first I'm going to run/walk with Sophie. Then starting tomorrow hubby is off for 3 1/2 days before he returns to nights.

Happy weekend girls! :drinker:

Oooooh dear ! ......I feel as if I'm giving up! food's been logged ...squeaking in with the calories. Weights still 1lb up ...so now it's only 4lb lost. ! week and 2 days to the cruise ....lose 4lb? Don't think so ...I really must get back on the wagon!

Dippy day with mum today ...goodness knows what world she's in today. Weeing for England again ...but that's good exercise doing all the hoisting! Not sure it's going to be easy to cope with the craziness of Dementia!!!

Anyway ...must go now
BFN
Jackie

SuzyQ- it's always fun when someone other than those that see us all the time notice that there has been a weight loss. Happy belated Birthday to your son..so how did you healthy up that pie, coconut cream is one of my Hubbys favorites:huh: Woo Hoo on that pound lost:flowerforyou:

Laura

I make the crust using half whole wheat flour, substitute Splenda for all but a tablespoon of the sugar in the meringue and use Jello Cook n Serve Sugar-free vanilla pudding for the custard. (I don't like the consistence of the instant at all.) You have to have a bit of sugar or it won't brown properly. All the sugar is in the coconut and the tablespoon in the meringue. (I also add the yolks back into the filling instead of throwing them away. So far no one has even noticed its healthier... and I'm not telling!

Donna56:
Go to your Home page and you should have a general "blue smurf" icon where a picture (or avatar) would be. A box below it will say "you havent uploaded a picture yet" or something like that and you should also see "upload a picture" boxed in. Click on that and hit "Browse" to get a photo of your computer. Upload it and the site will update your posts to reflect the picture.