WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2013

Hi Everyone!

My name is Kate, and I’m a lurker.

I think it’s time I come out to you! I really enjoy reading your posts; you are an encouraging and insightful group of women.

Someone, I think Brooke? quoted part of this poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson some time ago. I have this poem on my wall at work, and try to read it every day. I don’t readily let go of things, and can be rather hard on myself, so in part, I use it to try to replace negative thinking with positive. It seems particularly appropriate for many of us on weight loss journeys. Here it is; I’ve only changed the pronoun “he” to “she.”

Write it on your heart
that every day is the best day in the year.
She is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day
who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.
Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in.
Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit
to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
This new day is too dear,
with its hopes and invitations,
to waste a moment on the yesterdays.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Kate, in Brooklyn, NY :flowerforyou:

Gail - we all make mistakes, don't sweat it. I know I told one person that I had 13% body fat. I don't know what I had that confused with. But it's more like 24%. Oh well...... So glad you had a nice visit!

Rita - that's wonderful that you're continuing your education! Never too late to learn something new, that's for sure

jrenee - welcome! Where did you go on vacation and how long were you gone? You'll get those 4 pounds off.

Sue in TX - Hawaii sounds like so much fun! How long will you be gone for? Is this your first trip to Hawaii? About the leaking, what kind of surgery did you have? I've never had a problem lifting those big rocks (fortunately). Maybe they aren't big enough. Once I did have just a tiny problem lifting a 37 pound container of cat litter into the trunk of my car. Oh, the joys of getting older.....lol

Carolyn - impressive weight loss! That may not happen every week, and if it doesn't, don't get discouraged. Vince was growing his hair long and to be honest, he looked like a left-over hippie. So I made an agreement with him, if he'd get his hair cut I'd grow mine long. He wants it long. I thought that this would eventually wear off and I could get it cut. But it hasn't. Oh well....a deal is a deal. I do feel that I would like it shorter, especially in summertime when I'm exercising.

valligirl - welcome! Tell us more about yourself

Joy - welcome back. So glad you had such a great trip

grandmallie - great steps!

Heather - what a wonderful NSV you had! I remember those Undergrounds in London. I don't remember seeing any escalators, tho. Lots of steps. It was so great to read your NSV

Gail - I hear ya about how things no longer appeal to ya. Yesterday Vince got some Dunkin Donuts. I looked at them and just thought "yuk". There were two that I was hoping he didn't buy thinking that I'd eat them, so I asked him about it. Fortunately, they were key lime filled so they're for him. Even last year they might have appealed to me at one time, but now they don't. Not even a little bite. Now I do have a recipe for baked donuts that I like. All that grease just doesn't appeal to me at all.

barbie - I put the food in the bowl, both the moist and the dry. I fill the water dish, clean the litter box. This morning we were able to give Lance the insulin. Vince held him down and I gave it to him. I guess what I should do is make up another syringe and keep it in the lunch box in the bathroom so that I can just grab it when he's eating. I don't know how Cheryl (the lady who watches the cats while we're away) will be able to give him the insulin.

mggriso - welcome! The only thing you need to do to join this group is come in often and let us get to know you better. It's IS harder to lose the older we get and it seems to be so much easier to gain. But losing CAN be done.

Did an hour of Jari Love's Get Ripped 1000 DVD this morning. This afternoon we have an appointment with an estate planner. Not something that I'm looking forward to but I know it has to be done. Tomorrow I'll do some HIIT on the elliptical.

Liz from Halifax - so glad you're feeling better but not glad that you weren't for a while. Sometimes I think it's more traumatic when your hairdresser moves away than the MD or counselor. I'm sure you'll find a good one. I would ask people whose styles I liked who they used

CritterSue - Vince held onto Lance today while I gave him the shot. From what Jessica tells me, he doesn't like when you stand over him so you need to be behind him when you give it to him. Maybe there's something that happened to him before he was adopted. I really was getting concerned because I felt that the water dish was going down too fast and that there was too much urine in the litter. Admitted, not as much as when our cat (PJ) was diagnosed as diabetic (we no longer have him). With him the urine would, literally, be puddled in the litter -- it just couldn't absorb that much. That's not the way it is with Lance. I had to be in front of him today, but he got the shot. I'm trying to do everything that I can to get him used to me. I don't think the degree of diabetes is that great. I remember if we missed giving PJ a dose, there were times when he went into insulin shock, but I don't see that with Lance. I just wish I could give it to him on a semi-schedule at least. My plan is to try to give it to him while I'm going to the bathroom and he's eating.

Robin - glad you got your windshield replaced and it wasn't that expensive.

Tonight there's a homeowners association meeting. They usually have it in Feb (when we're in FL) but they didn't this year. They're pretty loose but I'm glad we're at least having an annual meeting.

yanniejannie - at least you know you're a DES baby. My mother passed away when I was 9, her MD passed away, my father couldn't remember what she was taking (it might also have been B-12, I know she was taking that later in life), so I don't even know if there's something that I'm passing onto my children.

I got the engagement and wedding rings (diamonds) out of the safe. I'd been wearing the ring (a plain band) that my mother wore when she worked. She was a hairdresser and couldn't wear diamonds. Anyway, I'll take that with me to the wedding. I'll offer to Dianna if she wants something from our family. Truthfully, I suspect she won't accept it, but at least I'll have made the offer. The rings were hard getting over my knuckles. Guess that happens with age. But once I got them on, they fit fine.

bj - welcome back. Did you go someplace special?

Terri - thanks for the suggestion of the feliway

tigress - you're right, there aren't many at all DVD's using the resistance bands. I only know of the one by Cathe Friedrich. I was hoping you had another DVD, but not to be...oh well.

Sue in SD - glad the surgery went well. Remember to have lots of protein to help with the healing.

Kathy - yea for you being able to start your classes in October

Kate - welcome. "Come out to you" put a smile on my face! Thanks.

Michele in NC

Ugly weather around my area of metro Atlanta tonight -- thunder and lightning outside, and my doggie close under foot inside! It was very muggy and close today, so I'm actually glad for the rain.

The boss took us all to lunch today and we got a big surprise, too. He is giving each of us an extra day off around the 4th of July, so next week I work just Monday and Tuesday, then am off until the following Monday, when the 2 fellows will be taking off. Pretty cool, but I'll see if it actually happens or not. This is a very busy time of year with lots of policy renewals, each of which has invoicing, etc., and as we know, money won't wait. Hopefully it will work out.

I called my oldest brother's house tonight to wish him happy birthday, but he was at work so I talked with my SIL about 45 minutes, which was very nice. I'll call him again on Saturday morning when our schedules will mesh. He is 71 today.

DH should be leaving work/heading home soon. Guess it is a YOYO night again. We ate out last night and our work lunch wasn't until 2p today, so I don't much care about it. Maybe I'll just have an icy cold smoothie.

Glad to hear the surgery went well, Sue. I'm surprised you're posting, too!!

Good night all,

Gail, metro ATL

PS-Michele, just saw your post! Glad you were able to give kitty his diabetes shot! It should get easier! :happy:

Got a silly question to ask. How did this thread originally start? It sounds like it was from Barbie but how long ago?

I have my appointment tomorrow with the diabetic specialist to see what I am doing wrong. The diabetes seems to be doing OK but I'm not losing the weight. I don't want to be known as the best looking 200 pound woman ever. I'm starting to think about buying my size 14 jeans and I weigh 200 pounds! 30 pounds and 4 sizes. I mainly have questions about eating back my calories burned. I know that many times my net calories are less than 1200. Is that my problem????? My blood sugars have been less than 100 for the last 5 weeks.

My husband was supposed to be having his colonoscopy tomorrow but it had to be postponed for 6 months due to his heart attack in March. So I reminded him tonight as he was enjoying he pork chop that it was supposed to be clear liquids and laxatives for him today.

Joyce, Indiana

Michelle thanks for the encouragement. I was in So. California visiting my parents and stepchildren. Got to go deep fishing and had a lot of fun. Back to exercising and making better food choices hopefully will have the pounds off soon.

jb…Good news that Mariah is home! Hope you have a nice visit with your niece. I remember cleaning our home with my oldest son when he was about 8 years old and him telling me “Mom, you know, we are just lying to the relatives…our house is never this clean!”

Terri (from Oregon)

Hooray, hooray! :bigsmile: Lost another pound! Phew! That one took me two weeks and two days, but I'm there at last. Not bad going with the socializing. :laugh: (Wine! )

Pat - I had to google it, but broad beans are Fava Beans. We have a healthy crop in our veg patch. Delicious! I haven't tried wild rice, but I certainly will give it a go. The shrimp paste is an Asian condiment that I buy in small pots. Our supermarkets stock it, but I buy all my. 'weird' ingredients on line. A delivery is just like Christmas. People call me 'Amazon Queen' , something comes almost every day, though this stuff comes from a Chinese supermarket. The paste is super salty, so I have some low salt soy sauce to balance it. Last night's pork was fabulous! I use a cheap little Ken Hom stir fry book and adapt it for less salt and oil.

Now I am off to make myself beautiful for our trip to the rose garden. It is drizzling here, but we are promised SUN for this afternoon.:noway: :bigsmile:

Heather in dull Hampshire U K

PS Great news about Mariah.:flowerforyou:
Sue - have a good rest! Enjoy it.:flowerforyou:

Just a PS. - I am within one lb of losing my overweight status :drinker: and getting to healthy BMI. I know it's not good to go much lower over 60, but I think I will drop 3 more pounds after that to get me to a nice round 10 1/2 stone. That will be 147. I don't have any problems with my bone density so that should be safe enough for me. (It was checked regularly when I was on cancer meds ) To think when I was young I used to think I was really FAT at that weight. I used to think 124 was my goal weight until my thirties.:noway:
Still raining here. At least it's good for the garden! :laugh:
Heather UK

VACATION STARTS IN 7 HOURS…WOOHOOO :drinker: not that I’m excited about it. I am staying home and getting some much needed work down around the house.

I’m on Day 3 of my migraine. I can’t seem to shake this one. Tomorrow morning is weigh in and I’m a bit nervous about it. Coming off a really good 5lb loss last week I’m not expecting too much. I have to fight through the pain to keep the scale moving down. I had a small heart attack last year and it put a scare into me, I have been overweight all my adult life. Time to get my life in control. I’m taking my car into get some body work done so I will be without a car for most of my week off…I hate being without my car.

Cyndi in Hockley (Texas) – I’m sure you will love Calgary. Though from what I’ve seen on the news they have a massive cleanup going on because of recent flooding. Their Mayor still says the Stampede will proceed as plan. I’ve never been, you will have to tell me all about it. You will find that us Canadians are awesome

Kate in Brooklyn – welcome. What an appropriate poem, thank you for sharing.

Michele – I’m really hoping & praying that things go well at the wedding. That Bryan & Diana come to their senses and realize how important family is. I have only my kids & 1 neice and her family. My kids never had any extended family. I know they missed out on that. I raised them alone, no help. If not sooner, maybe when they start a family they will come to their senses. I can’t imagine how this must break your heart. Stay strong

Jodios – What an amazing NSV that your DH noticed

Critter Sue – I’m not sure how well a “wet dog” scented candle would sell :laugh:

Jb – YAHOOO that Mariah is home now …still praying for Mariah and your family

Pat – stay cool and you do NOT sound like a hypochondriac, we all have issues and it’s perfectly fine to talk about them

Barbie from Washington – YAY for Jake doing more cleaning, gotta love it :flowerforyou:

Kathryn2759 – I’m so sorry for your loss of your Mom. I really wanted to be a runner but with the arthritis in both my knees I’m not sure that’s realistic anymore. Where are you from?

Joyce – good luck at the diabetic specialist today. I’ve never been really clear on eating back my workout calories either…sometimes I do and sometimes I don’t.

Katla – glad you are home safe & sound

Jreneecal – deep sea fishing? Wow that sounds amazing.

Mggriso – welcome. Who doesn’t love a good glass of wine :drinker: :drinker: it is definitely a pitfall for losing weight but if you work it into your calorie limit for the day there is no reason not to have some.

Heather – YAY another pound. Good for you!!!!! Awesome, time to celebrate with something non-food when you lose your overweight status

Grandmallie - do you take measurements? Maybe you lost some inches? I try and keep that in mind when the scale doesn’t budge

I have to get back to work. Have a great Friday!

Sandy in ON (possible thunderstorms here today)

Happy Friday, Ladies- I hope you all have great weekends and that you do something wonderfully fun for yourselves.

Oh,My- I just reread my last post, and I realized half way through that I sounded like an idiot. I really do usually manage to put complete sentences together w/ words that have all of their assigned letters in their assigned spots, but yesterday I just couldn't seem to do it! I will try to do better today and to use words that are actually in the English language! I suppose that I could fall back on the excuse that the "heat is getting to me", how does that sound?

I am feeling better, and now it is time to restart the exercise and get back to being motivated about this weight loss. It really is easy for me (for us?) to slip back into becoming couch potatoes over any little excuse. I was too sick to exercise, and now I just "don't wanna" -:sick: :frown: :embarassed: Of course, that is the attitude that got me into this mess in the first place, right?
For today- I will get myself back to the pool!

My son wants me to visit in MN soon. I feel guilty because I don't want to go :grumble: I have become very spoiled down here. I like having the rec center so close, I like all of the concerts and fun things that I can be part of, I like not having to deal w/ mosquitoes the same of small eagles, I am spoiled! I will go, but probably not until Sept, I will have to figure out how to get my exercise in, but I am sure I can figure it out.

Barbie- Could you send Jake to visit my carpet?
Have fun today, it sounds like you are going to be exhausted before I even get enough coffee in me to start moving!

Kathryn2759- Welcome! :flowerforyou:

Katla- Welcome home! I hope you had a great trip.

Jb- Thanks for the update. Mariah is a tough little girl, and she has lots of people supporting her, hugs to you for being part of the loving support group. :happy:
Sounds like you are going to have a good weekend with your company.

mggriso- Thanks for the explanation of 5:2. It does sound a bit extreme; I don't know if I could actually do the two days of 500 calories. It will be interesting to hear about your progress.

Heather- Thanks for the info. I think a trip to the farmer's market is going on my agenda to look for fava beans. Enjoy the sun this afternoon. Remember, sun screen is your friend!
One More Pound! Oh, that is Awesome!!!! :flowerforyou: :happy:

Sandy in On- Oh, I hope you get rid of that nasty :grumble: headache! Get some rest while you are on vacation, and do something fun (not cleaning, etc)

OK- time to go do something wonderful! I have some visiting to do today, and I have a bunch of birthday cards, get well cards and 'thinking of you' cards to get in the mail.

Take care, everyone, and have some Friday Fun!:drinker: :flowerforyou: :laugh:

Michelle: The antelope didn’t exactly come close, it stood there and let me come close. I parked and looked up, and there it was. When I got out of the car it took a few steps away but didn’t run away. I was surprised that it seemed to be alone. I’ve always seen them at a distance in herds. Maybe the rest of the herd was just out of sight. I will treasure the memory.

Gail: Sending good luck and wisdom for the cholesterol medicine decision. I have been told that anyone who is losing weight is automatically on a high fat diet—because you’re burning your own stored fat as fuel. That does make sense to me. I hope you have a good and trusted adviser to talk with about this.:flowerforyou:

Sue in TX: I love your attitude, “I haven’t met the goal I set in January but I’m down 15 lbs more than I would have been without a goal.” You are right to count your successes. Congratulations!:flowerforyou:

Carolyn aka lulu: Congratulations on the 6 pound loss! I am very impressed with your success. Choosing screen names can be a challenge. I am a “Kathy” and there are sooo many Kathys out there that I had to get creative. :laugh: The edit button is only available for a short while after making a post.

Heather: Fabulous NSV for you in the tube! Congratulations on having so much success with your over-all health.:bigsmile:

mggriso and all Newbies: You join just by posting. So, you’re in! The more you post, the more you’ll get to know people. This is an amazingly supportive group. Please sign with your location. It is fun knowing where people are from, and we have people from all over the world here.:flowerforyou:

Liz: I have much sympathy for your situation. Finding new people to help with health and beauty services is daunting. When I retired so did both of our doctors. DH and I both had to get new medical doctors for everything. :grumble: I’ve been happy with my initial choices, but DH got one clinker in the group and has moved to a fabulous new doctor for his MS. :bigsmile:

Robin: I hope the weather improves and you get more comfortable.

Joyce: New bras are a wonderful NSV. I’m glad you’re happy with your choices.:flowerforyou:

Sue in SD: Congratulations of getting though your surgery. I hope the recovery is swift and easy.:flowerforyou:

Sandy in Ont: Congratulations on Canada Day! I’ve been in BC during Canada Day and BC Days and loved the celebrations.:flowerforyou:

Kate: I love your quotation, including the gender changes. I’m glad you decided to “delurk.”:flowerforyou:

Michelle: I haven’t gotten over donuts yet. :noway: Sometimes the fresh donut smell in Safeway pushes me past my control limits and I buy a Chocolate Bismark, which I eat as soon as I get to my car. :devil: I know I’m bad. At least I don’t get the plain cake donut “chaser” that I used to buy.

Pat: Since I started typing my responses on a word document and then pasting them to MFP I haven’t lost a post. I just open the word document, make my comments as I read, and then copy/paste it into MFP when I’ve finished reading everything, and add smilies.:happy:

Kathryn: Welcome. I have a suggestion. Enter your food and portion size into the diary each time you eat to get a baseline. Then start measuring portions. You’ll gradually see your patterns, and will be able to use portion control to lower your calorie intake. Good luck.:flowerforyou:

JB: I’m so glad that Mariah was able to go home today! Congratulations to the whole family!



I’m HOME! Yay. I love that travel always helps me appreciate the comforts of home. Colorado was beautiful and not too hot while I was there. I loved spending time with DD and DGD, but I’m looking forward to some rest now.:laugh: Since I just returned from a trip where I had less control over food than usual, and had a loss after being stalled at home for what felt like forever, I feel like maybe I’m actually learning some new good habits. :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:


Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

June goals:
1. Log every bite
2. Move more.

Good morning, everyone – taking a few minutes to respond to some of you. As Lucy mentioned, our weather has been cra-cra. My mulch is drifting now from floating, then going back down. We must have gotten a few inches in about a ½ hour yesterday and were on a tornado watch until 10:30pm. It’s supposed to rain all week. My plants are loving it – a little too much – my Rose of Sharons (usually a shrub) are growing up over my house. :flowerforyou: I’m getting a ton of blueberries now – made a pie for the kiddos the other night and have frozen a couple of gallons. We still have a lot left though – for which the birds are thankful. I just wish they would eat the bugs too!

Cheryl, you look beautiful on that horse! I hope you enjoy your vacation.

Lucy, I know exactly what you mean – both about the leaking and the maintaining. I had a lot of problems with it before my hysterectomy – but the doc stapled everything back in place then. It’s starting to be a problem but nothing like it was before thank goodness! It seems harder for me when there are so many treats – I actually woke up thinking I might start making a menu for the day so I can stop snacking on bad stuff. Fortunately I have a lot of grapes right now that I’m enjoying.

Katie, I miss camellias – we had them when I lived in Oregon, but I remember they grew like crazy! They can make a mess too – enjoy your results!

JB, yum on the boysenberries! I miss them and blackberries more than just about anything in Oregon. To me, nothing tastes like summer like sun-warmed berries. I missed what happened to your grand-niece, but I surely hope she continues to improve. Dance, my friend!

Joyce, congratulations on the loss of inches and blood sugar! :drinker: That’s really terrific. Good luck getting the AC fixed – I would be freaked out if that happened to me, but I’m sure it’s coming. Congrats on the great buy on bras – and I’m laughing at your exercise image.

Juanita, I like to get my exercising out of the way early in the morning especially in the humid summers. I also like to pretend all that sweat is fat pouring out of my body lol :laugh:. Your furbabies are adorable.

Robin, in CO cracked windshields are such a common occurrence the insurance companies just put a rider on your policy and charge something like $25 or $50 to replace them. They plan for at least a new one every 18 mos. Still, scary and a pain. Good luck on the training!

Cyndi, I cracked up at your “quick” check-in – they look a lot like mine . Hope you stay cool!

Suzy, stress is such an evil thing – causes so much havoc and really messes with weight loss. I’m sorry to hear about the lay-offs. Sometimes it’s hard on the people who survive too – but I feel bad for the people who lost their jobs.

Sue, good luck with the surgery today!

Tigress, good for you for the strength training! I’ve added it back into my workouts and can really see a difference.

Heather, your trip to the city sounds wonderful, as does the recital. I love wandering in gardens – I do it here in my yard sometimes just to get away from the computer for a few minutes. Glad to hear about your DH.

Brooke, what a timely and apt quote.

Barbie, I love the advice to try to become a person not obsessed with food as a treat. Good advice.

Vicki, I don’t get along with heat and humidity much either – slows me way down. It sounds like you enjoyed your ride – so nice to be out on the open road, yes?

Michele, laughing also at your knowing where every bathroom in every store is. My DH is like that – but I worry about him and told him on the next Dr. appt he needs to have his prostate checked. His father suffers from prostate cancer and it runs in the family. In the meantime, he’s like traveling with a toddler.

Gail, no need to apologize. It’s still a great accomplishment. DH is on statins – but I keep his diet healthy anyway, and his cholesterol is in the good range now.

Rita, I haven’t heard of the hacker diet *goes to google.* Yogayogayoga – so good for back strains.

Sue in TX, ugh. I never want poison ivy again – it was horrible. Are you on steroids? I don’t blame you for not wanting to be itchy. Watch out for the sun – medicines sometimes mess with your ability to be exposed to sun.

Carolyn, congrats – that’s a great loss in a week!

Joy, I don’t blame you for waiting to weigh in – let that post-vacation glow last a little longer :laugh:.

I can see I’m not going to make it through all the posts, so I’m going to stop here for today. I hope everyone finds a nice cool place to relax today (remember when I said stay warm? I was only kidding :laugh:)

Cheers,

M

Diabetic clinic called and changed my appointment time which will alter the time I go to the Y. In fact it will mess up my whole day:ohwell: When I was first given my diagnosis I was set up with classes. it was supposed to be group classes and there were three of us, a lady my age and a younger man. I don't think he was liking the things he was told because he didn't come after that first one. Since I am on Medicare they said I am allowed to have 3 private sessions with the specialist so this meeting today I think is to determine really what I need.

My husbands colonoscopy had to be postponed. He had to be off one of his medicines he was put on after his heart attack and the cardiologist said no. So it can be rescheduled next January. It took him so long to be convinced to do this. His Mom had 3 polyps on her last one, one brother had 5 and the other brother had 14 so it is very important that he have it.

Joyce, Indiana