WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY 2013

New to this.....just returning to MFP. July goals are to start off strong with consistent logging and getting myself up and exercising again. Put my fitbit on for the first time in months today. Not doing too well, my job is mostly behind a desk, but will try to increase that as well. Nice to meet you all!

Adrienne in California

Oh, beautiful lavender Barbie. Mine doesn't even come close. Any tips?

Ladies, I am back with a vengeance! I had a 2 hour workout in the gym yesterday and a 1-1/2 hour today! I feel so much better when I workout. My DSO and I made a commitment to go to Jamaica in April and I plan to be wearing a less matronly bathing suit! So it is on! I didn't do so hot with my June goals but I am definitely going to meet my July goals of working out no less than three times each week, walk the dog at least five times each week, and down at least eight glasses of water each day!

Grandmallie – I was observing the cute little butts and racer back gym shirts in the gym this afternoon.:sad: I agree with you….I won’t ever look like that but I will still be looking pretty darn good plus I’ll be healthy. As a matter of fact I had a NSV today…a lady came into my office and was telling me that she wasn’t feeling too good about herself. She was pretty sure that I wouldn’t understand because I was so much younger than she was. So I asked her how old she was (52) and told her I would be 55 in a couple of weeks. She declared that she thought I was in my 40s. That really felt good! I’ll be praying for Chester and hope he has a good recovery. I keep lots of steamables in the fridge. They do the trick and are healthy for quick hot meals. No need for chiding from anyone. My DSO thinks I am a fantastic chef!:laugh:

Pat – Hope you get settled in quickly. I also hope you are able to take advantage of the small private pool!

Joyce – Great job at Golden Corral! We live within walking distance of one and I refuse to test myself. The hot rolls would be just too hard to resist.

Barbie – At this point in my life I recognize that I can’t fix everything for everybody so I don’t try anymore. I do what I can but most of all try to ensure that I am taking care of myself. Usually it all works out with a little encouragement and prayer. Thanks for the well wishes.

K in Western Washington – I can’t keep up as much as I would like, but I love the group. There are always words of encouragement for this journey! Welcome!:bigsmile:

4Dogmom – Good For You! :bigsmile:

Amanda x – I’m rolling with my strength and your great thought!

Rachel and Vanessa Beams– Welcome! :flowerforyou:

Janie 12835 – I do post in both places but I prefer here!

Barbie – You lavender is beautiful!:flowerforyou:

Critter Sue – Funks happen to the best of us!

Tere

just looking for friends to add me to help me along my weight lost journey Please feel free to add me as friend as im new and not sure how that works

I'vee gone to that lavendar festival - how wonderful!

Good morning everyone!
A beautiful summer's day here, the windows are open and the birch tree is rustling in the cool breeze. (Just trying to make you all jealous!):laugh: :bigsmile:

Yesterday we had a Spanish Tortilla made with eggs from my DDIL's parent's hens and our own new potatoes and a side of our own broad beans. Finished off with a dessert of our own rhubarb. How cool is that! An almost free dinner! The potatoes are being attacked by red ants, so we dug them all up. Most are salvageable, but we threw a few away. We have had masses of blackcurrants this year and will be cooking some tonight with apples. We use mostly Stevia to sweeten and a drop of something alcoholic. DH adds a bit more sugar to his. BTW, DH does all the fruit cooking and takes care of the supplies. Also the breakfast fruit we have on our muesli. It's a Matisse picture with all the lovely colours. Main course is Guinea fowl and ditto above. I love it and the bones make a terrific stock. Cold meat is even better tomorrow.

Good news, and Meg, I am with you. I am definitely taking it, I have lost another 1/2 lb. Soooooooooo close now to healthy BMI. I am 25.04!!! Roll on that extra half:flowerforyou: :drinker:

Tere :happy: -a great NSV! I love it when people say that. Makes all our hard work worth while. Good for you for getting back on track so quickly.:flowerforyou: Can I come with you to Jamaica - it's one of the places on my bucket list.:glasses:

Inspired by all the internet shopping yesterday - it's all your fault Amanda - by the way, happy healing - I bought some wedge espadrilles. I decided there is little chance of me wearing my party heels on a regular basis, (Ow!) so thought these would be better. I got the wide as the reviews said they come up narrow. I have worn nothing but flats for thirty years because of bad knees and ankles, so this is a stretch for me. It would be nice to be able to wear a slight heel occasionally. They were in the sale. Hmmmm:huh:

I'm loving my new pj shorts. Make me feel about 18!:blushing: :laugh: I'm not posting a pic though!:noway: :laugh:

Have a good day, and for those who are not liking their weather, come and visit England!

Heather in perfect Hampshire UK:flowerforyou:

Hi new to the site.
My goal is to walk in the am for at least half hour and just get moving and log everyday.

Ontario
Melanie

Hi also new to this site. I need to get back on track - gained weight on vacation last week and frustrated! Did 20 minutes of Zumba last night - goals for July:
- log all food
- log all exercise
- gym at least 3 times per week for 40 - 45 minutes
- Zumba (or other workout) at home at least 2 nights per week
- get all my water in and watch the caloric intake

Good morning to all who enter here. Not much time as I'm going for a visit with my grandkids who are camping an hour and a half from here. Busy time of year for me. The only reason i'm going is it's to wet to pick berries. Picking wild strawberries. Then it will be time for blueberries.
Got on wii and he had a wii smile only .2 but that's from yesterday .2 a day would be fine by me.

The music festival was a blast but couldn't get my man to dance I had a dance with a lady friend but one dance in four days of music just don't cut it for me. I should have had you there with me Barbie lots of good line dancing tunes.

Well I better run and get this day on a roll.
see you all lighter.

Linda.

Good morning, everyone!

CityJane, yes, you are making me jealous. I love having the house open; these days I come down the stairs thinking it’s foggy out but it’s not, it’s just my house sweating on the inside of the windows.:grumble: We had broadbeans last night too – I have a fabulous recipe for fried tofu with dry-fried Sichuan beans – yum. I love Spanish tortillas too – one of our favorite quick and easy meals. And congratulations on being so close to the healthy BMI – that’s a real achievement! :drinker:

Grandmallie, I think the humidity and heat just makes us limp. There’s not much for it but to just keep moving as you can. Congratulations on all of those steps!

DeeDee, congrats on a clean bill of health from the dermatologist. I will have to go in a month or two – she’s not going to like me having a tanned tummy.

Lucy, you don’t look old enough to have a granddaughter who can buy a house! Wow. Sounds like a great visit with the family. We’re planning on visiting the Flight 93 memorial this year during one of our visits to DSS at school – he’ll be up at Altoona. DH has always wanted to go.

Sandy, I guess MFP has been experiencing some growing pains! A number of people here have been looking for ways to include some form of exercise even in the toilet – it cracks me up. You’re not the only one who does squats in the Ladies’ . . .

Pat, I missed the cat story, but I can tell you around here it’s cat shedding season – but only the fur, not the whole animal (although it looks like an entire animal exploded in our house!). The vacuum is our friend, that’s for sure.

Rachel, welcome. You’ll find lots of support and ideas here.

Janie, I sometimes post on my newsfeed – and I know jb does. I mostly just post here though – it’s really all I have time for lol.

Suzy, who did you go see? My garden is always a bit later than everyone else’s in this area, but I did get a couple of tomatoes and have some cucumbers that are about ready to pull. I’ve also already harvested the beets and turnips, onions need to come up before they rot, and lots of lettuce. I found some baby winter squash on the vines too. I love my garden, can you tell? My friends on FB are doing the T25 – I haven’t tried Insanity, have stuck to P90x and Combat. I’ve heard Combat is in some ways harder than Insanity – but I may have to add it in just for something different. I really like the BB program.

Katla, I’m glad you’re feeling better. That was some horrible bug! We bought a Roku recently with the hopes that we can wean ourselves off of cable altogether, but we’re having a hard time giving up the Phillies. If I can find a baseball package (they already have football) we’re ready to go.

Barbie, beautiful lavender! When we were in Hood River last, we bought some lovely lavender and blackberry lotion the lady at the hotel was selling – oh my gosh, it smelled heavenly! My daughter still has some – may have to steal it from her as I used up all of mine. LOL story: rosemary won’t winter here on the East Coast so I have to replant mine every couple of years or so. I bought a new one this year and was putting it in the ground . . . except the little tag in the plant informed me how to care for my lavender plant instead. So now I have both.

CritterSue – sometimes all you can do in a funk is push on through to the other side. There’s just no avoiding it so might as well go with it.

Helen, your compromise on the pasta sounds just right.

Vanessa – hi and welcome! You’ll find lots of support here – which is a good thing at our age, right?

Kat, good luck on your goals – it sounds like you’re moving in the right direction (lol at thinking about the dentist). I’ve heard the Avon product SkinSoSoft is the best bug repellent there is – have you tried it?

Adrienne, hi and welcome. I have a desk job too – at home, no less. I have to set an alarm to make myself get up at least every hour or so and walk around for a few minutes. Some people do squats and lunges during that time too. I also get up early and work out for an hour or more every morning before I get going for the day – exercise is, in my opinion, key at our ages.

Meg, I’m impressed that you can speak both F and C! :laugh:. Congratulations on the loss! I know what you mean about white bread – we just got back from NC and all they had was white. It was a little disheartening, especially since DH has now reverted back to buying white bread and pasta. His default food isn’t terribly healthy, however, so he still needs coaching. He’s back on his diet big-time – when we were on vacation he sat down to dinner with two hamburgers (complete with all the trimmings) AND a hotdog loaded with baked beans! I think everyone was horrified. Fortunately his friends challenged him to a weight-loss duel, so he’s back.

Tere, that’s a really great NSV! Good for you for hitting the gym like that.

Yannie, I laughed at your Zumba story – when you said you were waving pom-poms around I only saw the first part of the word and thought you were waving porn around – I wondered when Zumba merged with pole dancing lol. Congratulations on winning the pool game! You had a really active day.

Marcie, I like steel cut oats but need to plan if I’m eating them. I’ve been eating organic Irish oatmeal as I can still cook it in the microwave and it’s ready in a couple of minutes. The steel-cut are great if you’re making it overnight in the slow-cooker. I’m with you on the lots of fruits right now – more on that in a minute.

OK, I’m going to stop at two pages. I read most of the updates but don’t have time to respond to more – but you are all in my thoughts.

Yesterday DSD and I went to Costco in the morning to get it out of the way (so DH couldn’t complain about no food in the house anymore grr). We were both a little hungry and wound up buying a car-load of fruits and snacks – but all healthy. Well, except for DSD’s peanut-butter cups, but I don’t like those so not really tempted. She’s trying to eat vegetarian but is experiencing low protein while at her mom’s (who’s not much of a cook) so has been eating meat on occasion. I’m trying to teach her to add some protein to each of her meals to keep the count up. Hopefully she listens – but she’s a teen and we all know how they are :laugh:.

Well, have a lovely day, everyone. Cheers!

M.

Happy Wednesday morning. I have been so busy the last couple days that I have not been keeping up. Just wanted to check in and I will read and get caught up. But wanted to say HI and hope everyone is staying cool. It has been 100 or over the last couple days. I had a family picnic on Saturday and then Monday spent the day at the waterpark with out of town grand children. Alittle sun burned but had great time. Been keeping my food log current and had acouple bad days. I am a stress eater and still learning to deal with that. Spending the day at the waterpark with DH ex as she lives with DSD and family so she comes everytime they do.Well have a GREAT day and keep cool.
Blessed, Vicki GI Nebraska

Good morning ladies,

I made some notes so I could reply to people and now I don't understand what I've written. How do you keep up with it? I don't have Word on my new computer so I can't use that to copy and paste.

Vanessa - welcome. I'm new too and I'm so impressed with this group of women. From all backgrounds, all places, but all with the same goals. Different challenges, but everyone has something. Feel free to add me ....I'll try to add you if that's easier.

Heather - please hold on to that lovely weather until next week. The forecast I've looked at shows glorious weather until I get home next week, then 62 degrees in Altrincham (Cheshire), then rain :grumble:

Marcie - I really like steel cut oats but as "M" said, you need to plan. I used the short cut method last time. Add oats to boiling water, simmer for a minute, let it cool then store overnight in the fridge. The next morning you can cook it on low for about 10 minutes. The only time I tried slow cooker oatmeal it was gluey so I must have done something wrong.

Grandmallie - sorry about the nibbles attacks. You make me smile :happy:

Kat - I'm envious of your chickens. Well, of you really but the fact that you have chickens! I'd love to but I think my husband would leave me. Do you live in a rural area? Are they bothered by other animals?

We already have a dog, two cats, a guinea pig and fish. Oh, and he's allergic to cats and dogs ... but he does fine with our animals. I had a cat when I met him and she was part of the deal. I brought her over from England when I moved here and was so sad and homesick again when she died several years later. She was my little piece of home.

Helen in damp Needham, MA

Did not make it to gym for the ladies exercise group this am..........had one of those rotten nights and ended up on the couch, also my lower back is quite unhappy today---my guess is the lifting and loading of the 10 watermelons.......into the cart, then into the car, then out of the car at the event---although I did have a bit of help with the last unload. Can't even think of doing anything for the squat challenge yet today; maybe later. My friends from yesterday are trying to talk me into joining the rec center again---used to belong; it lapsed---but I'm already going to two different gyms, adding a third seems a bit much to me (and I'm SURE my DH would have something to say!!!), although the lure of a deep water exercise class is appealing. That's the problem.........different activities at different gyms........no place has everything, and I have a few friends at each, all of whom swear thiers is the best!

Marcie........great deal on your watermelons; think I paid $4.88/each.......I have used Bob's Red Mill Steel Oats and liked them

Granmallie........hope your Chester continues to improve---sounds like he's on his way

Meg........300 emails???? good grief........I think I's just delete them all and pretend they never came!!! How in the world can you deal with so many---you must be a speed reader and lightening typist (she says diligently using her hunt and peck method)

Kat.......I would love to have a few chickens, DH says NO........but I have a friend who has about a hundred "girls" who she dearly loves and I get eggs from her.........love all the different sizes and colors; nothing like them!!!

Heather.........I want your weather---send it, now, please.......

M..........porn???--you made me laugh!!! Sounds like a great shopping trip at Cosco!

Hello to everyone else and happy Wednesday to all,
yanniejannie.......... sweltering humid mid-Atlantic

Good morning ladies

Looks like another beautiful day in the Kootenays, around 30 – 33C which is I think around 90F. A little cooler than last week but still watering weather for the garden.

Terri – did you see that in your first paragraph “it will be good to get back on track…’ a year ago did you think would be looking forward to eating less and differently? Amazing how we change isn’t it?

Mary – wow, 4 inches off the waist is phenomenal – great work!

Amanda – glad to see you online and hope you are feeling better fast (drips and drains indeed)

Dee and Marcie – I don’t dislike tofu but I think I like the idea of it better than the taste of it. I eat it when I make it, or when others do, and I order it in restaurants sometimes, but I tend not to think of cooking it much at home anymore.

LindaC – is a tunnel cake like a funnel cake – deep fried flat and really big with powdered sugar? And where was the music festival? Sounds like fun.

DebA – what’s on your summer reading list (always looking for good book titles)

SuzyA - I have 6 weeks vacation a year (one of the benefits of negotiating a good employment contract – lol) and at the moment have 3 weeks stacked up and get 6 more in August. So I really need to start taking some time off.

Katla – I am envious of the tomatoes already. Mine won’t be ripening until late August, maybe early September as we had such a lousy June.

Barbie – gorgeous lavender – nice and even. Mine are big but kind of raggedy looking and I’m afraid to prune them in case I accidentally kill them.

Off to work….
Hope everyone has a good, no – make that great, day!

Lila in the warm but not too hot Kootenays, south east BC Canada

Happy Hump Day Ladies!!!

I have been really good this week with my food choices, logging and getting my steps in. I am off on Friday and heading to the beach (Fenwick and Ocean City) for a long weekend, so may be a little off program for a few days, so hoping my diligence this week will pay off. There are some beach foods I just have to have – Dolly’s popcorn, Dumpster’s Ice Cream, but everything in moderation, right?

For all the pet people on this board, I don’t think I ever shared about my pet family. I have four cats, they all came into our lives at different times and all were rescued. Falco if my orange fur ball and is my oldest at 11, then there is Hiku my Asian Siamese prince at 7, Indy-anna Cat who decided to adopt us when he showed up at our house 3 years ago and our newest addition Josie who also showed up at our backdoor nearly starved to death. Never thought I would have four cats or be “that cat lady”, but I guess no one can predict that life has in store for us. In addition, I have two large fish, an Oscar and a Jack Dempsey (Oscar & Jack), no I’m not that original in fish names.

Barbie – I a loving your lavender plant. I will have to try and plant some next year. You’ve inspired me.
Critter Sue – hope you get out of your funk soon, sometimes the heat can bring us down.
Kat – I have heard “Skin so Soft” by Avon is a good mosquito repellent. I am a magnet to mosquitos, if there is just one in the room it will find me. I grew up in Baltimore, where in Maryland are you from?
Heather – that scale is moving in the right direction, congratulations on the BMI.
DeeDee – that is good news from your dermatologist.
Mwheatcraft – we went to see Halestorm, they are sort of a heavy metal band. Sort of strange, I liked the band before I even knew that our friends son is the guitar player. So it was neat to hang out w/the band for the afternoon. I hear you about the garden, I really enjoy it. I think in about a week I will be up to my eyeballs in fresh tomatoes. I am not familiar w/Combat – I will have to check that out sometime.
Grandmallie – I wish I knew the “rhyme or reason” for when we sometimes have a bottomless pit of a stomach, there are so many days I do so well and then there is that one day I could eat everything in sight.
Pat – hope your cat sitting turns around for you. I definitely understand about the tootsie roll factory!
Lila – I am envious of 6 weeks vacation!

Ok need to get back to the rest of my day, be well…..
Suzy

Good Afternoon Ladies!

I’ve had a great morning. I wasn’t moving very fast out of the bed today, but got with the program and Storm dragged me down the streets for our walk! Had a coworker come in with two boxes of Hanover Tomatoes, some cucumbers, and banana peppers. :bigsmile: My laugh for the day from my DSO "I don't think I'm up to going to the gym this evening. Are you really going to go without me?":laugh: It's really getting good to me!

Heather – Of course you can come! It will be my first trip! Maybe we will get to England in 2015 – sounds like a great trip to plan. Wearing heels takes patience and time. I mostly wear 3 inches but do have some 4 inch heels for wearing out in the evenings. Flats are so much more easy and comfortable. However, you might want to start out wearing them for a couple of hours each day and increase the time as you feel more comfortable. That worked for me.

Grandmallie – Great news regarding Chester! Grilled Cheese Sandwiches are great! Thanks for the grilled cheese sandwich thought cause that our dinner tonight – great garden salad and grilled cheese sandwiches. I love them so much that I have to limit myself to one every four months or so.

Welcome, welcome and welcome to Melanie and lilbit427:flowerforyou:

Cakelady11 – I love your picture and fantastic weight loss.

DeeDee and Everyone else – It is so great to be back! It is also great that you noticed that I was missing.:flowerforyou:

Linda – I love, love, and absolutely love my Wii! :happy: Glad yours had a smile for you! I start every morning off with my body test. However, playing the golf games has spoiled my real golf swing. I think I’m going to have to take lessons before I go back out on the course.

Kat – I know I know – dreaming of laying on the beach with gorgeous males bringing me low calorie drinks!:glasses: :drinker:

Vickie – My DSOs exes occasionally attend family gatherings. At first I found it rather uncomfortable. Now I enjoy the company of the first (they had 2 children together) and made it clear to my almost DILs that the company of the second (who they profess to love but use to create confusion) (she and my DSO had no children) was not at all acceptable. :mad:

Have a great evening ladies!