WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2013

Well I tried one of the programs on 'my' bike today at the Y. It was a weight loss route for beginners. All I know is that the readings for the maximum resistance was 12.6, then went down to 11.5, 10.6 then back up to 12.6, etc. I did it for several minutes and realized that I was going to have to work myself up to doing something like that. So i stopped that program and went back to just regualr riding. I was glad to see that it kept the distance and calories burned on the ticker. So i would ride just at my pace for a while then back over to the weight loss program. I did that until the program was over and I then just road the bike at my level until I road a total of 6 miles. So i think I will continue with that to see where it takes me. Who knows, I may be able to ride the whole course without having to drop out and go at my own pace every once in a while. I forgot my headphones so I watched closed caption TV:sad: Lesson learned!

Last night I re-did my diet profile to see if it could help me back to onederland. So I put me at 1200 calories a day:huh: So I knew that I needed to look at that today to see what I did wrong. When I read what I did I saw that I had put as a goal losing 2 pounds a week! EEEEK!!!! So I changed and I have a little less calorie goal a day now. But for the last two days I have weighed 201.4:sad: :sad: :sad: Something has got to change.

It's a beautiful day here in Indiana, a little to warm for me at 80 but it will be nice this evening. I don't know what I will do about my walking outside when it gets up into the 90s and above. I have a cooling vest I can wear but it's bulky and the inserts have to kept frozen to keep me cool.

Joyce

evening my dears,
it has been a whirl wind day.. went to work, worked till noon, came home changed and went to my FIL. now I dont know if it is his dementia talking or what, he stills seems pretty with it, but he told me that my SIL and her son my nephew,by the way has moved in with them with his 13 yr old daughter, and I dont even want to get into the sleeping arrangements there, anyway my FIL said that both Doug Jr, and Iris (nephew and SIL) told him that he killed his wife and that they wish that he had died and she had lived.. Now if that is true..they are going to have there A-- turned in...
this poor man worked his butt off for his 4 kids and had that house paid off in 7 yrs and this is how he gets treated? OH HELL NO...
I will inform the state about what has been going on and the house is just a freakin mess..
Ok rant over.....
I will be going over to the gym in the am, haven't gone the past 2 days. and the good news is my Fit Bit Flex should be coming this week.. so looking forward to that...
Hope everyone is enjoying there weekend..

Welcome to ALL the new people!!! All of a suddden there are SO many!!! Best of luck to all of you.

Meg.......hope your dad had a wonderful birthday!

The storms and tornado threat petered out yesterday; we had a few very light sprinkles today but nothing much. This am I volunteered as a timer for the finish line crew for our running club at a race (one mile and 5K); the ground was a bit soggy and a few people got muddy who were running. It was the first time a lot of the regulars have seen me not bundled up and since I got most of my hair cut off..............tons and tons of compliments!!!! One person ran up to me, hugged me, picked me up and twirled and said I looked "a HUNDRED years younger"---????; Is that a super NSV or what?

All I had time for before running out the door for the race (they tend to be EARLY) was a yogurt; so I was starving and went to Boston Market---had turkey, dill potatoes, creamed spinach, and 1/3 of the cornbread---came to almost 600 cals but would have been MUCH less w/o the creamed spinach.

Dinner made up for it: haddock, bean salad and strawberries

Brooke .......wonderful on the plateau breaking!!!!

Hello to all and best wishes for your weight loss!
Peace and resolve to those under stress or in pain.
yanniejannie
East coast, mid-Atlantic

hello ladies,,,well started the day with a walk for about an hour (always makes me feel good), relaxing now watching suze orman show, I really enjoy it,,,i wish i had watched this show when i was in my 20s and understood it back then,,,oh well,,,i will be working for a long time,,,ate well today,,probably a little bit too much in the snack department but did ok with my calories,,,nothing big,,just a few small things more than i probably needed,,,mowed the lawn ,,, my oldest daughter took her ACT test today, she just finished junior year of high school,,,

Liz...hope things are ok with your niece

terri from oregon,,,nice goals for the month,,,stick with them

mary 9921...we all have to start somewhere,,,just important that you are starting,,,i'm new to this thread and website and enjoy the encouragement and have really been good about journaling,,,stick with it,,,glad you are here

amada x ...sorry you got rained on with the kiddies...glad your dad is doing better,,have a good weekend

cindy in nh...welcome,,i'm a newbie too

grandmagege...welcome,,and bump is when you don't have much time to write on a thread but want to find it again easily,,,you can just look under "my topics" and see where you wrote something "bump"

heather,,,that tea sound delicious...good job with the strength training,,,i'm just starting to lift some hand weights and use my kettlebell

deedee,,,hope you are drying out,,stay safe

sue,,,hope you had some fun with the kiddies

tere,,,i totally agree,,,i just make sure i did everything i could manage so that at the end of the day, when i put my head on the pillow i am comfortable,,,my mom passed away two years ago and i miss her terribly but have no regrets,,,i got to spend lots of time with her,,,now we keep closer tabs on dad,,,(he misses her so much) i am lucky though, i have a sister who does soooo much for our dad (and she did for our mom as well),,, ...hope you are drying out soon,,stay safe

joan...how exciting about your friend,,,i'm so glad she was able to get off the insulin,,,hope you had a great visit

drkatiebug...i am have a big yard and now am looking at it like exercise as opposed to work,,,maybe that will help with the motivation for the lawn

katla,,,i too have the salt and fat crave,,,look out potatoe chips,,,i started buy skinny pop popcorn to help when others are having chips,,,hope you enjoyed the class you went to today,,,got some new ideas?

Tigress in ga...hope you got to the garden and had a great day

jean...i hope you break the plateau,,,maybe the strength training will help with that

thisisitfinal...happy 49th bday,,,sounds like you are off to a good start,,,stick with it

pat,,,hope you are feeling better,,,if you aren't feeling well be sure to take care of yourself and rest

jane...hope the block party was enjoyable,,

joyce...i have never seen a cooling vest, i think i might check that out for august,,,hope making the changes you will be able to get over that hump

lin in iowa,,,sounds like you are doing great in what you are eating,,,i really need to incorporate more veggies into my day,,,i have never heard about putting the garlic with vinegar,,,but i have put garlic in my olive oil...as for the jeans,,,lets face it ,,,different brands do run differently,,,makes me crazy but i think that is how it will always be

grandmaillie,,,hope you got to relieve some stress at the gym,,,make sure you have some time to relax

thenewlorrain...we all have days where we go a bit crazy,,,just remember, the day ends and we get a whole new day tomorrow to do the best we can for ourselves...you are not a failure,,,tomorrows is a clean slate,,,relax

yanniejannie...nice NSV,,,i think they are some of the best,,,glad you had an opportunity to enjoy the running club

good night ladies,,,everyone stay safe and healthy,,,xoxo

alice in illinois (nosoda0)

Such busy, active friends here. I feel so lazy sometimes just reading it all! Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

We finally got a new tv...and entertainment center to put it on. So far, so good. I got it set up okay and got help from Cox to get the remote working. It's a "smart" tv...I don't know what that actually means except it's probably smarter than I am.

And our dishwasher is now fixed! I found out that I had bought a warranty on it so it didn't cost anything to get it fixed....that was the best part. We tried it out and it's working.

Company came on Friday night. I had kind of given up on them thinking they were staying somewhere else, got into my pjs, and they were immediately at the door. We should communicate better! We had a fun day relaxing, eating out, swimming, and sitting outside. It was a beautiful day.

Lorraine...It's easy to get disgusted and give up. Please don't. One day didn't get us here and one day isn't going to ruin our progress forever either. Make tomorrow a better day.

Have a great Sunday. Eileen near San Diego

Meg - what a wonderful day you had! Your dad sounds like a hoot! Happy birthday to your dad. Good luck to your dd#1

Sheri - welcome! Wow! What a weight loss. Congrats and come back often

jmkmomm - never saw a machine like an elliptical where you sit. Interesting.....

barbie - sure hope you can use your dishwasher

Liz - so sorry to hear that things aren't very good right now. Hoping they work themselves out.

Terri - welcome. Come in often. We look forward to getting to know you.

slimming brown - I'm sure you'll make your goal, you sound so determined

Mary - welcome. Tell us more about those fitness challenges

Amanda - you're doing great with your dad, so proud of you both

Cindy in NH and Redi4Change - welcome!

grandmagege - welcome. Where are you going?

Heather - I find the shirataki noodles fill me up. Now I admit that I do have 4 portions, but that's still not very many calories

DeeDee - the other day a friend said something to me that put chills down my spine. She said "I wonder if all this rain means we're going to have a drought next year"?

brooke - congrats on the inches lost!

katla - have a good time at the class!

drkatiebug - dried fruit usually curbs my sweet craving...like I said, usually

thisisitfinal - welcome

Pat - sinus headaches are really bad, never had a migraine (thankfully), but I hate when I get a sinus headache.

Joyce - don't like the closed captioned TV, mainly because I wear glasses and take them off when I'm exercising so I really can't see the TV's. That's probably why I always keep my iPod with me.

Lin - never heard of the vinegar. Does the CSA say anything about being able to eat the beet greens? I love golden beets, and they are just now coming out at the farmer's market. I feel so bad throwing away those greens but I really don't know what to do with them. I wonder if you can use them like lettuce in salads? Anyone know? Good for you joining that CSA. I got some organic strawberries today. I like the organic strawberries best. For one thing, strawberries are on the list of the dirty dozen for pesticides and also I think they taste more "strawberryyee". I cut them up and have some in the freezer. Tomorrow I'll take them out and put them into a container. Woohoo on the 10's being too large!

Lorraine - please don't feel like a failure. Because if you do, then that means that I'm a failure. I know part of my problem is that I've been thinking a lot about Bryan lately, today was praying for him in church. I still don't know what happened to him. But whenever I get in those "down" moods, I seem to turn to food. I gotta get a handle on this, I must, I must.

yanniejannie - great meals, you certainly made up for your lunch.

Today started out at the farmer's market, then yoga, then did a little food shopping (because I wanted those organic strawberries), came home and made key lime fudge (I think it should be more "limey"), lime-honey glazed chicken, zesty prok chops, a strawberry cream cake, and these key lime bars. Why all the desserts? Getting ready for rummikub this week. I like to have things made in advance so that assuming we have decent weather, Vince and I can work outside. Today it rained cats and dogs real early, but it wasn't raining when I left for the farmers market or the rest of the day. Vince sanded and then painted the conduit on the pergola, then he put up the lights. I went to church while he cut the grass. I didn't realize it would take so long, I had to remind him that we had tickets for a play tonight so he cut it short, I made him a sandwich and we went to the play. It was a nice musical.

Tomorrow weather.com says that it should be nice up until around noontime. Vince thinks we'll probably do some of the river rock and then just play it by ear as to the weather. I do want to make these chocolate cookies, but that's not real dependent on when it gets done.

Michele in NC

So, I went to a garden party this afternoon with “food & beverages”. Before going I ate a light, healthy lunch to help me resist the appealing snacks and deserts. It was 90 degrees; I had two glasses of lovely cold water mixed with lemons and strawberries and although I was tempted, I did not have a glass of wine. I had a nice time visiting.

Terri (from Oregon)

Hello

I am Annsan and I am from England only joined a fortnight ago desperately want to lose weight and feel better about myself but was just wondering I am 55 and have found in the last couple of weight loss attempts that the loss is painfully slow. I have increased the walking I do on a daily basis but is there anything else anyone can suggest to raise my metabolism.

I'm going to Key West in Sept. I want to look a little thinner. my sister going with me spending 7 days can't wait