WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2013

Bump to mark my place.

Sue in SD – I had that problem after my heart surgery and DH got me some of the protein shakes until I was up to eating more. I also do egg white omelettes in the morning and they are pretty high in lean protein.

Grandmallie – my fitbit wasn’t syncing right either.

Left work at 7p, s-t-a-r-v-i-n-g hungry again, so came home and will walk in a bit. It is terribly humid out there, but I've got to go do it!


Gail, metro ATL

Good evening lovely ladies

Just wanted to pop in and say hi before bed

Vicki - doing the happy dance for you. woohooo time to book the pedicure :happy:

Grandmallie - congratulations on your successes!! I'm so happy for you. :happy: Have you tried manually syncing your fitbit? Sometimes I have to go to the fitbit connect and sync. When I registered and downloaded the program it put an icon on my desktop so I could sync.

Meg - woohooo what a great loss this week. A year? wow that's so awesome. Come to think of it, I've been at it for just over 7 months.


My DD made the skinnytaste pulled pork tonight in the slow cooker. It was so delicious and easy to make. It's her turn to cook this week. We trade off every other week, whoever doesn't cook does the dishes. Today was a great day, I had booked the day off and got in a really good walk today. Nowhere near as many steps as some of you but I made my goal of 5,000.

I'm heading off to bed early tonight so that I can be up bright & early for my walk before work. Have a great night.

Sandy from Ontario

Don't have the "edit" option any more, but I'm determined (to try at least one more time) to post the pic of me from last night! Here goes:

No, I didn't, I swear!!! Okay, one more time...

Success is mine!

Jane I have been known that when we are stuck in traffic that I turn my Pandora on my 80's cardio and act crazy. My legs can't get very high but I do get them moving and of course I do a good amount of upper body cardio. My husband doesn't know what to do with me and as far as any cars sitting in traffic next to me, well they can just join in!!!!

Joyce

This is so funny! I am sure many of us do this secretly...I know I do. I am going to start using the pedometer tomorrow and won't forget to put in on so it can record my dancing in the car!...

Hi all,

Thanks to everyone for her help with my pedometer. I am going to remember to use it starting tomorrow. I guess I will aim for 10000 steps and see. I like the idea of putting in my bra, God only knows my bra is big enough to hid a computer, much less a little pedometer....ha,ha. Now for logging results will have to come up with something for that. Enjoy your day/evening, wherever you may be......:flowerforyou:

Just a short note to say hi to everyone. I've read the posts and am so proud of all the accomplishments of these great ladies.
I had a fun day playing a match golf tournament. Although it was hot, we had a breeze and I only had to play 13 holes as I was up 6 with 5 holes to play. Yipee.
Having some stomach issues as a result of the 17days of antibotics. Hope it will sort itself out soon.
Have a great evening and I'll be back tomorrow.
Sue in TX

Melanie - good question about the pedometer. I've found that if I put it on jeans, for some reason it doesn't measure the steps. Your right, I really don't like the looks of this thing bulging out from under my clothes where everyone can see it. At one point I did wear it on my underwear....lol

Joyce - you have a WONDERFUL attitude. Some people would let the MS get them down...but not you! You're also teaching your granddaughts compassion for those who are not as fortunate as they might be (I'm sure you've already taught this to your daughters)

Did an hour of spinning today. Tomorrow I'll do some yoga and then take the deep water class. After spinning, I went to WalMart. You know, while I was doing the spinning, there were times when I thought of how I looked in those pants and I worked extra hard. That's really motivating me, just the thought. Now to get rid of this. I know that so much of it is diet. You need cardio and weights but also a good diet. I'm certainly going to try.

katla - For some reason, I just don't use a scale, but those measuring cups! I do find that if I constantly measure things out, then when I go out I sort-of can guesstimate how large the portion is. However, if I go too long not measuring, I know that I'll fall down. How great about your daughter's dog. Yes, diabetes is very treatable. We use the 30 gauge needles as the numbers are larger on them. We also cut off the needle part (with wirecutters) and put the needles in a babyfood jar, then we can throw out the rest of the syringe. I remember one time when we had PJ who was diabetic, someone went thru our garbage. They must have been so disappointed to find that they couldn't use the needles.....lol

Amanda - it's not mean to be in a sense glad to be away from your dad. Actually, he might also be glad in a way that you aren't there. Don't do exercise too soon! Take care of yourself.

grandmalle - yea for the inches lost!

The guys are here right now putting in the carpet padding. I honestly don't know the whole sequence, but I told the one guy that I wanted to vacuum so he should just tell me when I can vacuum.

Vince went to the MD yesterday about his cough, and the MD prescribed hydrocodone as a cough suppresant. I didn't know that hydrocodone can also be a cough suppresant! The MD mentioned that many times people's perception is that cough suppresants have to be liquid, but that's not the case. However, right now Vince is feeling very tired, as a matter of fact, he's laying down.

Heather - I'm thinking that after I finish my yoga on Mondays, I'm going to do a plank and see if I can't get that time up even more. I know that right at 2 minutes (well, really about 10 seconds before) I was just about exhausted, so I would like to build that up. My biggest fear is that I won't have proper form. Then again, I'm ALWAYS concerned about form.

Sandy - you have a lovely face. I'm sure no one notices anything amiss

barbie - I have an Omron, too (or was that the one that fell into the toilet?). I always thought you had to have the pedometer clipped onto your pants so that it would register when you picked up your foot and took a step. At times I did find that regardless of which pedometer I used, sometimes it would register steps when I wasn't stepping (like pulling down my pants to go to the bathroom)

Lynn, Judy, Tina - welcome!

I made Rice Krispie treats for Vince. I think he needs to have something to eat when he takes his meds. Anyway, a while ago I thought I was going to be so smart and put chocolate chips in them. Well...duh....of course the chips would melt. Why I thought they wouldn't is beyond me. However, Vince liked them that way so I put a bag of chips in today.

critter sue - what a sight to behold!

jane - I never took my pedometer off when I was in the car. I guess because I was always afraid that I'd forget to put it right back on. As I recall, when I was just sitting in the car, it didn't register anything. But there have been times when it would record things when I was doing something like going to the bathroom. But then again, there were other times when I didn't have it on (like first thing in the morning, going to the bathroom) so I always figured it evened out.

suehn - I'm always looking for ways to get in more protein. What was recommended to you?

Heather - I bet you looked stunning in your skinny jeans and reward necklace. How I wish I could wear skinny jeans! Have fun at the grand opening

Rychina - welcome! You sound like you have a very good attitude. Come back often, I'm sure there's lots you can share with us.

Well, the guys who put down the carpet padding just left. They'll be here tomorrow at 11. So I made some Rice Krispie bars. When I get home from Mexican Train tonight, I'll cut them up for them.

I'm taking a couscous salad and some cherries with me to Mexican Train. I don't care if there are leftovers from the cherries, I'll eat them, that's for sure!

I got this recipe for an eggplant stew. Sounds really good, but my question is: do you need to peel the eggplant first? I would think so. The recipe just says "one eggplant partially peeled in strips and cut into 1-1/2" cubes". What exactly does this mean?

Vickie - joining you in the happy dance.

grandmalle - congrats on the wonderful NSV. I know that my eating habits have changed. Like tonight I went to Mexican Train. Previously, I would consider that as my dinner, and the food people would bring! Now I try to have something to eat at home and if there are veges or something fairly decent, I'll have that. Like tonight I had the cherries that I brought, some of the couscous I brought, and 3 SMALL pieces of chicken. I think the small pieces were supposed to be dipped in the sauce she brought, but I didn't use any sauce. I only had water to drink (I usually bring my own as I drink so much water that I'd constantly be getting up to get more). Even tho that's all that I had, my stomach feels full. Your boss sounds like something Vince would say "that's disgustingly healthy"

Cindi - welcome! Come back often

I used to like the Mexican Train when they ended around 9 or 9:30. But lately they've been playing until 10. By the time I get home, do what I have to do for the next day, I try to pop in here, it's just so late. As a matter of fact, I left around 9:45 tonight. I think if Vince wants to go next month, I'll ask him if we can leave by 9:30. By the time we get home, give Loki his med, etc. there just isn't much time at all.

Joyce - you are a hoot! Doing aerobics in your car!

blodwed - welcome

rhonda - the extremepump class is basically the body pump by Les Mills (you can search it on uTube). Basically, it's a full body workout using a barbell. The only reason it's called extremepump is because they're not paying to use Les Mills' body pump routines.

Sue in TX - you amaze me playing golf in this weather.

Michele in NC

My goal for August is to remember to take time for myself each day.

Deb A- that is on my bucket list..to kayak,I am a crazy birder and would love to go out and see the birds and get the exercise in a kayak.. maybe someday get good enough to even have my own kayak..
have to hop in the shower and get ready for work, was at the gym at 4 am:bigsmile:
and packed healthy stuff for work... see ya'll tonight:drinker:

Hello lovely ladies,

Have not been active for a while, still working on my last project like a madwoman.....but I miss the daily interaction here!

Have a wonderful week.

BJ, SWOntario

Happy hump day!!
Cindy,good luck on the farm house.
Didn`t get much sleep,Violet overlate night and early am.A nap will be in the future later.
have a good one.
HUGS
jane

I heard back from my husband that our offer was not accepted :grumble: The owner isn't willing to budge on her base price. I'll just be interested to see what it finally goes for as she is asking for more than twice the tax value of the property.

We will just have to start looking for something else. And of course be happy because I asked the Lord to shut the door tightly if this isn't the place we are supposed to have. There must be some unknown about it for such an answer.

Cindy

Hello everyone: Hope you are all having a great day.

grandmallie - My fitbit did the same thing, quit syncing. I e-mailed the company and ended up having to uninstall it and then reinstall. That worked.

Mel - I clip my fitbit to my bra. You can record steps in the notes section of exercise on this site. also if you sign up for it when you sync and set up your dashboard Fitbit will send you a weekly report of how you are doing.

Kate - Kristin, my dietician suggested adding protein powder to my yogurt in the morning so I tried that this morning in addition to changing to Siggi's Icelandic yogurt and I ended up with 34 grams of protein. The Kind Healthy Grains Granola also has some protein in it. She also suggested buying deli meat and just adding two ounces to a meal if I needed more protein. So I did that yesterday for lunch. I had turkey, cottage chesse, cherry tomatoes and Triscuits and came up with 31 grams of protein. She also suggested adding a string cheese to a meal to add protein. this is going to be a learning experience but so far it seems easier than I thought it might be.

Everyone take care. Healing angels to all having problems and congratulations to all with successes. Sue in SD