WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2013

Am finally back at the hotel after spending the afternoon and evening with daughter and family. I love my kids!!!! My grand daughters are growing up to fast. The 11 year old, 12 next month and on a tank top and I noticed finally that she is develope a chest. She has worn a bra for about a year but only because 'all the other girls are doing it'. We went to CiCi's pizza, they love it there and my husband, who had the heart attack has them make him a deep dish sausage which he eats all of it. I told him I was going to take a picture of him and send it to the cardiologist. He said his lipid profile is normal which means his Lipitor is doing it's job. I eat only non meat pizzas there. I eat 3 pieces, a BIG salad, and then a brownie and small roll.

Tired and signing off, Joyce, Indiana

Good evening, ladies. I hope all of you enjoyed your 4th and today. I find it sometimes difficult to check in on a regular basis, but I am trying. Sometimes we just get too busy and all we can do is log on and log off. Yesterday I tried something new that was very tasty. It was a Morningstar Farms Chipotle Black Bean Burger. It was actually delicious!! I grilled it and ate it without bread. I put a little fresh salsa on top of it and all could say was YUMMY. This could be something that I could eat on a regular, but I have a thing about eating too much soy.

I must say that I didn't do too much harm in the food department. I made sure that I ate a good breakfast before I went to over to my friend's place for the day. Now that we are all trying to watch what we eat, it is easier to make plans for a good tasting, nutritious meal. We just threw everything on the grill, including all the vegetables.

jb- Great news concerning Mariah. Prayers are always answered.

:flowerforyou: Pat (phoo)- Good job on not yielding to temptation and taking a walk until your dinner was ready. Great willpower!!

mimisfat - Writing goals help you remember them because you can see them. I wish you great success!

:flowerforyou: cityjaneLondo - Great job on working out through your pain. That is so inspiring. It is also the reason that you have been successful in your weight loss. Also congrats on your NSV!

:flowerforyou: sjokey - Welcome to the family. I hope you find what you need here. It's a very supportive site.

yanniejannie - This life and body will always challenge us. That's what keeps us motivated to win.

:flowerforyou: luckyinlove - Congrats on fulfilling your goals.

ElaineRN100 - Welcome. There's always room for more. Your days seem so long and busy as do most nurses. DVD's are truly lifesavers when we need them.

:flowerforyou: maureenb93 - Welcome. BTW. We never stop evolving. We just pray that it is for the better.

:ohwell: wizzywug - How time flies when you're having fun. Much success to you, your family and the participants in your "Race for Life."

:flowerforyou: Vickil57 - Congrats on your weight loss!

:flowerforyou: phyllisgehrke - Congrats on your fulfilling your June goals!

:flowerforyou: azusateach - Welcome to the family. Don't be scared, Girl!

Until next time, ladies. Lets remember to encourage and uplift one another with our words and actions. Let us remember to speak life and not death because our words have power. Take a deep breath and count to 10 if someone offends us. This will give us time to think about our words. Sometimes we just have to walk away. This used to be hard for me, but I remember my mother would never return evil for evil. And just think, I used to think that she was weak when actually, she was the strong person. SHE WAS NEVER A SPIRIT/SOUL ASSASSIN!!

God Bless You All

Hi everyone from a hot sunny day in York UK

:flowerforyou: This will have to be a quick post, I've spent far too long on the computer logging food and checking all the posts :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Michele your pool looks lovely, I hope the weather has been good enough for you to take advantage of all your hard work. I'm so jealous - our garden is the size of a postage stamp not enough room for a paddling pool even :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Maureen it’s always good when someone comments on your weight loss, glad it motivated you to keep away from the food rooms. I saw my aunt for the first time in a few months, her comment to me was “I think you’ve put a bit of weight on – your face looks fatter” thanks aunty! :ohwell: :bigsmile: I know I’ve put weight on, I’ve been like a slug all year, don’t know what the matter is, but I am just so tired all the time, I have no energy and everything is such an effort. Think I may take a trip to the doctors, as this is not like me, especially if it’s a lovely sunny day, that usually gets a spring in my step, but even the nice weather hasn’t helped.:frown:

:flowerforyou: Sandy we too have an elderly cat that throws up (not every day mind) and even thought we have wooden flooring, he always chooses the mats/rugs to throw up on, mostly it’s a fur ball but sometimes it is grass or on odd occasions it’s after he’s eaten (too much?) I’ve noticed that he often seems hungry but when I put food down for him he only eats a few mouthfuls before walking away from it. He’s on thyroid medication but otherwise healthy, maybe its just a thing that old cats do.

:flowerforyou: I'd better get moving, it's getting quite hot already and it's not 10am yet, need to get some washing done and plenty of housework to keep me occupied for a few hours. Need to take it a bit easy today though as I'm going to have a busy day tomorrow with the race for life and it's going to be this hot will need to drink plenty of water.

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Welcome to all the newcomers :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Time to move methinks have a great day everyone, here's to healthy choices.

Viv xx

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Marcie Welcome to the group! Come in often and join in the conversation! Is that your sweet little fur baby in your profile pic? I used to have a Shih Tzu, sweetest dog ever!!!

Meg Sounds like you had a good 4th! Poor Benny Beagle, so many dogs are afraid of the noise from fireworks, Noel just barks at them and I tell her it`s just thunder and she settles down:laugh: . How funny the cake wasn`t very good, that`s the kind of cake I need:laugh: , I`ve yet to find one I don`t like.

Heather Love the jeans, you look great!

Christchild It`s interesting how our view of our mothers change the older we get. I love that she "Never returned evil with evil", what a good lesson for us all!

Viv Have you had your thyroid checked? Sounds like what I go through when my levels are off! Have a great time at the race tomorrow, will be cheering you on from this side!!!

Michele I hate this weather pattern we`ve been in . I feel like I`m missing the best time of summer:sad: . I was going to sit out on the deck last night, I took Noel out around 8:45 last night for a little walk and by the time we got back it was thundering and raining...again:sad: . I`m missing the beautiful sunrises and sunsets, and it looks like this pattern is not going anywhere anytime soon:explode: .

I know there was more I wanted to say, however I`m just going by memory at the moment, and the memory is not all that good anymore:blushing: . I have read all the posts and I`m wishing everyone well!!! Welcome to everyone new:flowerforyou: !!! Come in often and chat with us!

I think I`ll have coffee with a friend this morning:bigsmile: , and then come home and try to finish up my house. I got a lot done yesterday, including ironing, which I actually enjoy doing. All I really need to finish today is mopping the floors, with all the rain we`ve had, Noel and I just keep dragging in wet foot prints, loose grass, etc. etc. They just said on the news we`ve had 15 straight days of rain:noway: :sad: . Maybe it is time to build that Ark...

Have a wonderful day ladies! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!

Hugs,
DeeDee in rainy, stormy, humid, icky NC:sad:

morning everyone,
the only thing I can say about this heat is I think im sweating off the weight...
I am 1 lb away from the 40 lb mark and I am excited:bigsmile:
Well I am hoping the wheels have started turning. My FIL sister called and turned in my SIL and BIL to Elder Abuse,even though my BIL doesn't do much ,but he doesn't stop it either.. and hopefully they do something with my nephew,there son.. he is emotionally and verbally abusing my FIL too.
My FIL told us that ,they told him that they wished he had died instead of Grammie,
I am not a vengful person .but I would love to see him be able to stay in his own home and have these loser's get thrown out,unfortunatly I don't think that is how it will play out..
it is going to be another scorcher here for the next couple of days..
Tom(DH) and I will be going over this afternoon to see my FIL hopefully no one is around except for the companion,we aren't to happy with her either, she should have reported all this going on a long time ago,by law I think she is supposed to.
Oh Well ,they better not let us not see him, because we are really the only ones that care. My younger BIL hasn't seen him since my MIL passed away,but that is because he doesnt get along with my BIL and SIL either..
Ok enough about family issues...
Heather- you look awesome in those skinny jeans..
My girlfriend I haven't seen in awhile ,I stopped to see her yesterday.. she marveled at my weight loss:blushing:
I told her I owe it to MFP, she says oh I used that.. told her to keep it goin girl,, she was amazed that I was eating just 1200 calories..
it does make you very accountable for what you stuff in your mouth thats for sure:laugh:
Our lil furbaby Chester has to have another operation on his bladderstones.. the vet says sometimes you have to have it done every couple of years.. for a free dog he is costing us alot of money but you take one look at that face,and how could you not take care of him..
well it is already 80 degree's out at 7:45 am if I dont get a move on,I will melt...
hope everyone has a sparkly day:drinker:

Sandy and wizziwig, we have three cats (12, 10, and 4), and they all throw up something somewhere at some point :frown: Yes, they barf on the carpet instead of on the linoleum in the kitchen or bath (how do they know?). Our Siamese mix used to defecate in her crate when we took her 4 miles to the vet, but none of our kitties had a problem with two cross-country moves. Go figure! :happy: Good luck with your little guy. :glasses:

Good morning, all!

Grandmallie, I wish you the best with your family issues. Congrats on your weight loss.

Finished my walk and am now enjoying my coffee. The neighbor brought us a few goodies from his garden yesterday. I had one of the tomatoes with my breakfast this morning. Yummy! We had the squash for supper last night. Also yummy! I love summer with all the fresh fruits and vegetables.

Enjoy your weekend.

Happy Saturday to everyone!

I'm off to a late start for the day for me. Welcome to all the new posters! This is a wonderful group of ladies and very supportive. When ever I am feeling self defeating I just read through this list and it brings me back to the track I want to be on.

I truly need to work on cleaning house today since that got put off yesterday helping a friend move. I'm off to burn some calories!!

I'll try to do a more supportive post later on. Right now I just feel the need to get something done around here! LOL

Jan in sweltering steamy NC

Good Morning, Ladies- I stopped in to quickly read the posts and have been here 30 minutes! Oh, my. So, here are the replies that I noted as I read. I am going to throw on my suit and head for the pool. I have already mowed my little yard, so now I can do the pool. I really enjoy this site. You are all so kind..

Vicki- We play the same card game, but call it "Up Your GeeGee". :bigsmile: It is a good game to play w/ a large number of people. May the quarters come your way!

Chekerr- Welcome.:flowerforyou: The food tracking is amazing and sometimes frightening for me, too. The part I can't seem to get into range is the sodium- I Love my salt. Well, it gives me something to work on. When you track your exercise, you will be surprised by the positive feelings to see that normal activities do count!

Lorraine!- I will give you all my calories, if you will give me that LOBSTER Oh, I dream about fresh caught lobster..... not much of it around down here in Az!

Yanniejannie- You are a very good friend. Glad your friend's hubby is stable.

Phyllis- Great job on meeting your goal! Your ticker says, "1 lb to go", that is wonderful! :drinker:

Helen- When my Old boy, Runt, started doing that, it was a urinary tract infection. After treating him for it several times, and him being in pain and miserable, I had to make that most awful decision. Check w/ your vet about the urinary tract, and I hope that the antibiotics work well for Maisie. Take care, my friend. This crazy cat lady is sending you lots of prayers and love.

Meg- The 4th went fine. I was a bit over, but nothing to send me into hiding & denial. But, as usual, everything I love is so high in sodium! Drat and Damn! I took along Boar's Head hot dogs because they are gluten free, but the hostess had the Hebrew National Hot Dogs there. Now, you have to understand that I have a very strange mind, but when she wrapped the HNHD in bacon before putting them on the bbq grill, I could picture in my mind some poor, elderly rabbi just rolling his eyes!

Butterfly- I taught for 32 years, and I loved, loved, loved my 7th and 8th graders. I could get them to try anything- they were fearless!

Laura- Welcome! :flowerforyou:

Barbie- Thanks for the advice about the cat. If I could get a vet down here to give me a sedative, I would do that, but they don't know me well enough to trust me w/ the syringe, and he won't take a pill.

I know there are other newbies on the board today that I missed, so Welcome, all:flowerforyou: I look forward to getting to know you.

Michele- You do realize you could make a ton of money running a Bed/Breakfast/PoolParty for just your MFP friends!:laugh:

Bye for now!
Pat (Phoo)

A great hallo to my Vit F friends. Well, the family are gone and I already miss them. DGS was completely and absolutely delightful and kept us all amused with his chatter and inventive mind. He is a real tribute to his parents. DH played endless ball games and sat him on his lap for lunch. DGS adores him and he isn't a blood relative. DH has such a natural affinity with children. He used to be a secondary school teacher, but younger children always love him. He was the same with my DB's kids. We were right out of the picture ! I guess kids know a good 'un when they see one.

My wonderful blessing was that DDIL said that she wanted to spend Christmas Day with us this year !!!!!!!! Wow ! I am on cloud nine ! That will be them and DGS and the new baby DGD. It feels like a dream come true for me. Let's hope it comes to pass. I will be starting planning now ! I can't think of any more wonderful gift.:drinker: Christmas was always a difficult time for me when I was younger and I often suffered from severe depression around that time. A couple of years running I rang the Samaritans. It is much better now, but there are so many choices and so many people to please with all the vast extended family that it rarely works out the way I want it - to have it here, in my own home, with my family around me. As you all know, I love to cook. :laugh: and last year we didn't even bother with a tree because we were chasing around the country visiting people. Fingers crossed it all works out !

Love to you all and thank you for your complements re the skinny blue jeans. You mean a lot to me.

Heather in summery Hampshire UK

Pat (Phoo) - thanks for your lovely words. I had to laugh at the name you gave your old boy - Runt! Maisie has had a couple of regular check-ups since she stopped using the litter tray and she's been fine, no infections. She goes very deliberately on (or around) the puppy pad, so it's not that she has lost bladder control. She just chooses to go where she chooses. And when I'm 100 I might just do the same!!

Yes accountability rules, sometimes that is all that gets me moving and makes me think twice about what or how much I eat!
Thank you all for being here and sharing your struggles and lives.

It sure is hot here today, whew. Cut down on the outdoor walking a bit, but did a good job at Planet Fitness today. I tend to be a bit competitive and I love outlasting the younger folks on the Arc Trainer. Heh, some of them jump on and hop right back off after 5-10 minutes. It makes me feel smug and superior, even though I’m older and fatter. :huh:

Does anyone have any recommendations on a nice smelling effective body lotion that has sunscreen in it?

Also, anyone using fitbit? Would you be interested in being buddies on there, it’s motivating to try to keep up the steps with other people. I have a younger friend from work on there and she gets over 20,000 a day usually… I’m resigned to letting her win. She’s even hit 30,000 on some days. :noway: With all my dog walks and puttering around I usually get over 10,000 with no problem.

Vicki, thanks for the welcome. Congrats on losing 89 pounds! So what if you can’t see it in the mirror yourself… I bet you can feel it! Keep it up!

Rori, thanks for the idea on keeping up and congrats on your stadium strategy and success!

Kathy, what kind of dog is that in your picture? I have a morkie and he has a similar type face. Glad to read that your toe is not broken.

Jb, great news on the medical results!

Janie, thanks for the word doc idea, I’m trying it out today. You mentioned a heart rate of 140-145… I get mine up over 160 regularly when I’m on the Arc Trainer. I checked it out with a cardiologist and he said go for it. Great job getting to the gym!

Barbie, thanks for the keeping up advice. That looks like a really nice cat area in your picture. I have 2 cats, definitely a cat person. Just about a year ago I got my first ever dog. He’s about the same size as the cats, but what a different experience!
Jodios, thanks for the welcome. I wish I could participate in the squat challenge, but I’m banned from knee bending weight bearing type exercises by my physical therapist (bad knee) :frown:

Maureen, so sorry to hear about your loss. Welcome to the group. I’m new too. It’s motivating to get compliments, and I agree it sure does help the will power along!

Michele, that’s what I call a power nap, WTG. Gorgeous looking pool! Great sounding exercise!

Brooke, thanks for the posting advice and reminding me to save. How did you get your dog to do yoga?

Katla, thanks for the posting advice, I like the adding smiles part.:flowerforyou:

Pat, driving is fine! Yeah, that self-talk is something. We’re so quick to be critical of ourselves. I once learned in a seminar “think as if”. So, I try to do that as much as I can.

Sandy, I have a cat who’s a barfer too. I have him on sensitive stomach food, but a couple of other things have helped a lot. I noticed sometimes he eats too fast and too much at once and that leads to ralphing… so, I limit what he can have at one time. Also, I got a “furminator” brush and brush his fur regularly with it. He is an avid groomer and this seems to help reduce the barfing.

Heather, congrats on the skinny jeans!

Meg, gold star for keeping up and thanks for the word back and forth advice. That seems to be the way to cool kids are keeping up.

Marcie, great job on healthy eating as the priority instead of dieting! Cute dog!

Polly, congrats on the bathing suit! That is so cool that your suit from last last summer is too big and you were able to pass up the attached skirt! Sounds like you haven’t just lost weight, but also found confidence! WTG!

OK… whew, apologies to anyone I may have missed.

Kat in (hot and humid) Maryland

July goals:
• Keep eating in a healthy way
• Get to the gym more (2-3 times per week)
• Have updated assessment with trainer at the gym
• Make the damn dentist appt already!

Vicki - that's an awesome weight loss!

Well, I didn't do so good at the anniversary party. I was thinking about Bryan. Probably because the lady bought Diana a wedding gift but then I told her the story and why I wouldn't give it to her. I'm just going to give her the scarf and then our wedding gift. I kept looking around, seeing how others had their children there, and got in a very somber mood. And I ate. Even went back for seconds on the dessert. Now why did I do that? I wasn't even hungry. I just felt so low. Why is it bothering me tonight? I don't know

jodios - our house was built with 5 bedrooms, Vince uses one (the smallest one) for his office, we have one, Jessica usually stays in one. The one downstairs does have its own bathroom, behind the bar is a microwave, so you're welcome anytime at all.

Helen - I never knew that cats can develop a dementia/alzheimers disease. thanks for informing me.

Jan - your day sounds so wonderful!

Meg - I'm guessing, although I really don't have any facts - that right before the wedding we may be allowed to talk to Diana. You know, really, we don't know where this is coming from. Does she not want to talk to us? Or is it Bryan who doesn't want us to talk to her? Or is Bryan maybe covering for Diana? Not a clue, but we'll probably find out at the wedding. If she doesn't talk to us, that's a clue. If Bryan will talk to us, that's a clue. I'm just going to have to try to be as forgiving as possible. Maybe that's what God is teaching me -- how to be forgiving. We shall see....... Oh, those donuts were so good. Fortunately, Vince ate the last of them. Not sure why, but I did find that being powdered, I had to put the powder sugar on them right before having it. Not sure why if I put it on sooner then it would go into the donut. I took out the butter for the cookies that I'll make for Bryan. The recipe says that you should coat the cookies in confectioners sugar before using them. Well, I'm just going to take a bag of confectioners sugar with me and Bryan will have to do that.

butterflychg - welcome! You can keep your 100 temps, that's just fine by me.

Laura - so glad you did find us. Don't be scared -- we'll be with you every step of the way. You'll find some amazing gals on this board and great ideas, too.

Viv - we have been having TERRIBLE weather. For something like the last 13 days it has rained on and off. Hopefully, that'll mean that in August when we have the Newcomer social it won't rain. Hope you feel better and that the doc can help. We have one cat that almost always throws up after eating. We know that it's because she eats too fast. See, she was a stray, she's small, so probably while she was a stray she learned that if you want to eat, better eat fast otherwise the bigger cats will get it. It'll just take her time to learn that she doesn't need to rush. It may take years, so I'm not concerned. Good luck at the race

Marcie - what a great motto you have. I think I was once 117. That was back when I was in high school. Welcome!

DeeDee - better hurry up to get the lumber for the arc, I understand there is a shortage.....lol

Went to the farmer's market. Today was the first time this year that corn on the cob was there so, of course, I got some. Ken & Lynette are coming over tomorrow so we'll have that. I also got some golden beets. We'll have them. Not sure if Ken & Lynette like them, but I do so we'll have them also.

Went to yoga, then some food shopping, then home to make a luau cake (new recipe) for Ken. I have a chocolate banana cake in the freezer for Lynette and Vince. Cooked the corn on the cob, boiled the beets, made 4 batches of these (what I found on the net, but to me they are like butter cookies) Spanish wedding cookies. I'll take them over to Bryan. Now I'm tired but need to get to church to serve.

grandmalle - one pound away -- awesome. Hope things work out for Chester. Our "free" cat cost us a small fortune, too. Adopting Lexi cost us another fortune. But you're so right, when you look at that face, those eyes, you just forget everything.

freedomviki - welcome!

Sandy - thanks for sharing. That's great

Pat - hot dogs wrapped in bacon???? Never heard of it. But I agree, some poor rabbi was probably rolling his eyes....lol Thanks for the smile. Have you ever used the Pill Pockets for giving your cat a pill? Lexi wouldn't take a pill, but in a Pill Pocket she will. Same with Loki.

Polly - wow! 14.5inches. that's amazing. And that too big tankini. Sounds like shopping is in your destiny!

Heather - Christmas Eve is a biggie for me. I wouldn't mind trekking all over on Christmas Day, but christmas Eve I want to have here. Hope it always works out that way for me. Hope you get your Christmas

slim4health - welcome!

Had a little bit of drama today. Denise needs her tuition paid before the 15th (which means we need to pay it before we leave for Spain.). We told her when she first decided that she only wanted to go to the community college in PA that we would pay on the condition that she maintains a C or better average. She's been taking 2 courses/semester. (Yes, she's 26, STILL doesn't have as Associates degree). Well, in her last two classes she got a "D". Vince was livid! I guess she thought that we'd just pay the tuition and not look at her grades. Really, the best thing for her to do would be to move back here, go to school full time (we'd pay for a bachelor's degree), get her degree. She wouldn't have rent or utilities costs. My guess is that if we're not going to pay, she's not going to go to college. She was telling Jess (who told us) how she doesn't feel she has a support system here, that every time they go to Pete's they give them money. To me that isn't a support system, that's a crutch. To me, the job of a parent is to assist your child so that when you are no longer there to care for them, they can care for themselves. What is Denise learning? Every time she needs money, she goes to his mother. And what's going to happen when his mother is no longer able to give them money? We're waiting for Denise to call us back, Vince left a message saying that we needed to talk. My guess is that she's afraid to call. Just something else to put a damper on what should be a joyous occasion.

What's wrong with me? I just don't feel like doing any formal exercise tomorrow. I'll clean for Ken & Lynette

This is the first time we've had any company using the pool. So not only do I feel that I need to clean the house, I'm trying to prepare as much of the food as possible in advance, but I also need to clean the pool tomorrow. Trying to get everything prepared.

Michele in NC