WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2013

Since I am new to MFP and this message board, I'm just reading through posts trying to get to know you all. I have to say thank you all for being here! It's very supportive and also encouraging to see that I'm not alone in this.
Today (my 2nd day of tracking) I went over my calorie limit by 400 calories! I am eating way too much sugar too. It's very enlightening to discover how bad and unhealthy I'm really eating! Changes in my diet are definitely in order.
I did do a 1.97 mile walk this morning, so that felt wonderful to get out and do that. It has been a good couple of months since I've done more that walk my old dog around a couple of blocks. My knee is a bit sore (osteoarthritis) but I'm feeling positive about starting to walk again.
Sunday evening; another busy, hectic week at work coming up. Have a great week everyone!

Happy Sunday to you all, so nice to be back in the pack.

Nomi – I too was surprised when I started to log, I was almost embarrassed until I realized that it is all a learning experience and if you want to learn, log everything, ask for advice and learn from the mistakes.

Jill – I love sweater weather and autumn colours too (but I am not quite ready to let go of summer yet).

Phoo – whine all you want, we have all been there. For me the trigger is boredom and inactivity, not necessarily a food. We’re here for you and have all been bingers at one time or another, overeaters for sure.

Mefitnesspal – don’t know your name but thank you for posting the poem for Liz. It gave me goosebumps and I teared up. I sincerely hope when my time comes I slip away the same way.

Liz – your message to your sister was very touching. You will have to take Martha’s place watching the grandgirls grow up here on earth. I am sure she will be watching from heaven.

Uck… I have ragweed allergies going on and my eyes and nose are running steadily, even with an antihistamine. I always forget about the late August mess until it magically appears again. I always think I am getting a cold until the penny drops and I figure it out.

My eating during my vacation wasn’t over in calories, but I seem to have slipped back into skipping breakfast. Time to fix that again. You think I would learn by now.

Just heard my baby sister (ha, 3 years younger) is coming up to visit tomorrow (2 hour ferry ride then 8 hour drive). I am so looking forward to some sister time.

Bye for now, supposed to be thunder tonight but sure doesn’t look like it now.

Lila in in the sunny but not too hot Kootenays, BC

Liz - so sorry to hear about your sister - your words really touched me - such a beautiful tribute.

Had such good intentions about posting yesterday - but felt really ill during my party on Saturday. Everybody enjoyed the food and had a great time. I developed a dreadful headache but managed to hide it until they went home. Yesterday I spent in bed with the most dreadful migraine. I have managed to lose 4 lbs in the process which hopefully will go back on as this takes me too far below my goal.

I was so disappointed not to really enjoy the meal I cooked - as I had worked so hard to make it low cal. For staters I made sticky sesame chicken wings, Thai fish cakes and green curry chicken soup. For main course hoisin chicken, Balanese lamb satay skewers, Thai green vegetable curry, Sri Lankan tamarind and coconut Dahl served with jasmine rice. The puddings were a bit naughty with meringues and syrup pudding but with a healthy choice too of fresh strawberries, raspberries and blueberries. Everyone made such an effort and wire fancy dress such fun! Friendship is so important eh - that's why we all post here.

So perhaps a longer post tomorrow.

Until then eat well and drink your water

Jo

Hello all on our bank holiday Monday!

Jo - Wow! What a spread! And what a shame you couldn't enjoy it.:sad: It all sounds completely delicious. Hope your headache goes soon.

Pat - good luck with tracking down and conquering the source of your binge eating! I used to do it a lot in the days of my first marriage when I was depressed. There are some things going on in our lives that we just don't want to acknowledge. I think our bodies are often better than we are at telling us that something is wrong. Well done for reaching out for help:flowerforyou: I have had masses of help, groups and therapy over the years and DH thinks I am quite sane now!:happy: I would not agree! I am quite capable of losing the plot when under any stress at all. It's just that, in general, I am happier these days. I always keep my fingers firmly crossed though.:bigsmile:

Today was the first day I got back to my weights. Did a short weight session, but it feels weird as I've been off for a week. Have yet to do the whole thing with press ups and planks, but I'm glad I managed something. Did my gymming, so can EAT today!:drinker: :laugh: Lunch is baked beetroot, mixed grains and feta. Dinner is king prawn stir fry with a small amount of rice. Lots of garlic! In a minute I'm going to make my scones.

Will see if DH is prepared to buy me the Lulemon jacket for my 50 lb present. I told him it was expensive, but didn't say how much. I also liked one of their t shirts in pink, but do think that would be taking the p**s. I do love nice exercise clothes though Once upon a time I would have gone out for a posh meal to celebrate just about anything so this wouldn't be any more expensive and much better for me. Sorry, just thinking aloud. . . .

The antibiotics finish today. I have decided to ring the hospital in London where I had all my treatment and ask if I can have a check up. When they discharged me they said I could come back if I had any problems. I will ring the breast care nurse tomorrow. The one I had was amazing. I had a horrible haematoma that did not heal for a year and had to be 'stuffed' three times a week in the beginning. It went on for so long and she was unfailingly patient and friendly. She has left, but I hope her successor is equally exceptional. They really can get things sorted when there is a jam in the system.

Bye for now folks. DH has just brought me a coffee. The only one we have all day. I love it.

Heather in gloriously sunny Hampshire UK

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Hope this gorgeous Monday finds you all happy and healthy!!! I had a wonderful weekend of being with friends and now I need a weekend to recuperate for mysellf:laugh: !

I have decided that I`m spending way too much time on this computer in the mornings, so I`m going to cut some time out, means I may not post everyday, I will try to keep up and read everyday, and of course I`ll be wishing everyone fabulous healthy days! I`m just tired of always rushing to get everything done:frown: .

So...until we meet again ladies:flowerforyou: ...Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee in sunny again:bigsmile: NC

Michelle~ sounds like you might have another couple of pets that happened to a friend of mine, asked to watch her cat for a couple of weeks and it ended up being forever..
shower done,dogs walked,lunches made,DH dinner made.floors swept and washed,and been to the gym...all since 4:30 am
im going out on a limb and having a 2nd cup of tea
the weather here this weekend was spectacular..and was a busy weekend, it will be nice to have a 3 day weekend next weekend.. gonna call my brother and see if the cottage is open next weekend,maybe go up there for a couple of days:happy:
forgot to tell ya'll that I skyped with the DD and DGD yesterday for a little bit,
I almost passed out, because my DGD is going to a private faith based christian school they have bible study daily.. Taliah's father who you have heard me speak of, isnt the best person ever but I was pleasantly suprised that he actually went out and bought his daughter a children's bible. to say I am flabergasted is an understatement,but maybe this school and what goes on there will change that little family for the better. it is in the hands of the lord that's for sure...

Good Moday Morning, Ladies!

Thank you for all of the kind messages of support; this is such an awesome group!

Michelle- I left one of my cats with my son when I moved to Az 2 years ago. He asks when I am coming home to get Poopsie,
and I just smile. I think he just likes tweaking me for it because he has spent more on that cat for toys and 'nip'
than I ever did! :laugh:

Today the scrapbook store owner, I and another friend are going down to Rio Rico to check out the site of the weekend retreat in Oct. We have heard that it is not being properly cared for, so we need to see if it is still a viable place to have the retreat. If it isn't, the owner of the store will really need to scramble to find a new site in a very, very short time! I really hope this works out!

My first OA meeting will be tomorrow morning at 7:45 A.M! Now, since retiring, I really hate being up and out that early, but, for this, I will be!

Yesterday's food plan worked until suppertime. Then I switched out the planned menu for a plain omelet and 1 piece of toast. Everything stayed in, nothing caused much discomfort, and I ended up with a good count, so it was OK.

For today: breakfast: fruit bowl and bacon (This will be my meal in the hotel restaurant)
lunch: yogurt and raspberries; 1 slice toast
supper: pulled pork over mashed potatoes; cooked vegies
snacks: cheese; watermelon; rice cakes, if necc.

Have a great day, Ladies!

Pat

Happy mon .Gonna be hot in the 90`s today.yuk.
have a good one.
HUGS

OK guys, I need to unload on you. They scales are slowly creeping up. This morning it was 194. I can almost cry. I'm really sure how this all got that bad. I don't go to the Y anymore. I still try to stick within my 1300 - 1400 calories a;though many says my carb count is at the upper limits/ My sodium is also usually between 1500 and 1750. so that's OK. So what is it? I know my bowels arent normal, I guess I need to start taking Miralax routinely but I just hate adding another medicine to my huge amount I already take. Taking medicine to me means something in me has failed and you know how I feel about that. I dread Wednesday when I take my blood sugar and all my measurements and record everything. I used to look forward to that day, all the victories it showed. But not anymore. I really don't think I am eating anything wrong. I know I'm not drinking the amount of water I need although I say it's 8 glasses a day. many days it isn't close to that.

So that's me today. I didn't sleep well last night and when I got up to got up to the bathroom, I slept soundly and before it know it it was almost 12:30. The docotr knows my day usually starts at 11 AM or so and they have 2 main meals, snacks and a mini meal worked into my daily plan. Well I have to get off here and fix me lunch.

Thanks for being here as always. Joyce

Hi Ladies – Happy Monday

Well this weekend did not go as planned. We did have our friends over for sushi on Friday and had a great time. They left around 10:00 and I went on up to bed. At about 1:00am the phone rang, it was my hubby calling me from downstairs asking me to please come downstairs. Although this was very strange, I came down right away and was stunned as he was sitting in the kitchen and there was blood everywhere. He had cut his foot pretty badly and had yelled for me (I’m a pretty sound sleeper so didn’t hear anything) until the phone rang. He had knocked over a wine glass and stepped on it. He said he had tried to get it to stop bleeding, but then began to worry as he had lost a lot of blood. I figure he had lost at least a pint.

So I ran back upstairs, threw on some clothes and got him in the car and rushed over to the emergency room. Luckily, the hospital is fairly close and they got him in and x-rayed (wanted to ensure there was no glass still in his foot) pretty quickly. After getting stitches and crutches we got home around 5:00.

By this time, much of the blood had set on the floors and carpets. What a mess to clean up. Ugh. It looked like a crime scene from CSI, I’m just grateful I am not squeamish. After everything was pretty much cleaned up I slept for a couple of hours, went back to finish up cleaning and running out to get hubby’s prescriptions filled. So that really discombobulated the weekend. Hubby is having a hard time realizing how much this impacts his ability to do most everything. He has a follow up appointment today with the podiatrist, but I figure it will be a week or two before he can bear any weight on the foot.

From a food/exercise perspective, totally off program this weekend, but back on track today.

Liz – so sorry to hear about your sister, by thoughts are with you.
DeeDee – hope you were able to enjoy time with your friends on Saturday.
Phoo – all you can do is take one day at a time. I think the balance with food is a lifelong challenge.
Drvvork – congratulations on the weight loss, great news.

Hope everyone has a great week and can finish out the month on target.
Be well,
Suzy