WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2013

Hi just started today after being gone for a while. I regained my weight loss. So here I go again. I'm tired of thinking about food...what to eat, when to eat, did I eat enough, did I eat enough of the right food??? But I will try yet again. So hard because it just doesn't come off easily...usually long periods of time with no weight loss. Trying to get back to water exercise and walking.

Hello...I am new to this plan. I am wondering what kind of success other 50 plus women have had with this program..

Look at our tickers. I've been amazed at our success as a group and also at my own. The support from these ladies has really helped me to stay on track. The thing is, you have to be motivated. People here are able to cheer you on and help keep your spirits up, but you will have to do the work.

Welcome.

We’ve had a busy day today. We got the fishing boat’s trailer licensed and the title transfer papers turned in. DH has been working on getting the trailer ready to tow the boat 400 miles home. We’ll be leaving tomorrow or the next day. I’m ready to be home. We had salmon for dinner tonight that DH caught himself a week and a half ago. It was satisfying to be able to share something special. :bigsmile:



Joyce: Busy days for you right now. Your family is in my thoughts. Remember to take care of yourself while you’re taking care of others. You’ll need rest and comforting, too. :flowerforyou: Congratulations on new, smaller clothes.:bigsmile:

Heather: I am so happy that your DH is feeling better. Congratulations on the new DGD. Edie is beautiful.:flowerforyou:

Michele: Congratulations on finding a dress, and a smaller size! Great NSV.:flowerforyou:


Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

September goals:
1. Log every bite
2. Move more.
3. Drink at least 4 glasses of water daily.

Katla I plan on collapsing on Saturday after my daughter leaves. When is sister gets here I will not try to mask at all how fatigued I am. That way she can not ask me to help carry anything up the stairs and out to her car. I have plenty of sacks and if she needs a couple of my habgers then it's OK. But I will not let her use me. I have set up this nice organized little shop in my family room for her to go through. Jewelry, bras and undies on one table and knick nacks on another and I rolled my clothes rack out of my laundry room, which is right next to the family room so no big deal there. But it was the organizing of clothes. My heavens, I didn't know VI had so many clothes. I had convinced her earlier to let me store a bunch of her clothes. I have taken out the real nice clothes for my sister to take to the clothing bank. If that sounds cruel, sorry. I just know what this woman will do to her clothes. shortly they will have cigarette burns on them, stains and look terrible. The good coat goes tot he clothing bank. Karen doesn't even know about the new good coat. She is used to seeing her Mom in the windbreaker and other coat. So they are there for her. Good pants sets I have bought in the last couple of months are for the clothing bank. Others ar on the rack. Some of her sweat suits for her, better sweat suits for clothing bank. So that;s the way I feel. Maybe I feel that way because of how tired I am.This woman is not a nice person. We could go on a vacation with the amount of money we have loaned her. She lies about us. Tells people we never help them. Well we all got jobs and made money and that's why we have cars, homes, done't have to beg a couch form anyone to sleep on in that other persons house. Oh she says she will just stay with them a few days. A month later she is still there. The highlight of her life was when she called and told me she had gotten all her grand kids on SSI and her, her husband and all of her children on disablity. then she gets mad when the &**&^&*( govenrment chooses to review their disability. where in the wolrd will they ever get the money to pay bills??? They can't get a job because they are afraid the governent will take away their disability. I guess I better quite so I can calm my brain downa nd go to sleep to honor my mother in law tomorrow the way I should. That's what it's all about.

Goodnight, Joyce

Hello friends
:bigsmile: Liz so nice to see u back..... am so like u cant stop at a bite

Robin the girls look adorable..... angels !
:flowerforyou: Joyce sending you love, prayers and hugs! Cheers one pound down ! Wonderful you have moved to the wee size 14 !
Heather so nice to read about DH and DHS, seems like therapy for each other and I can see the doting smile
on yourself as you must have watched them playing around.
:bigsmile: Barbie 33,000 steps is just AMAZING
:flowerforyou: Sandy Happy Birthday! Great job about the Y and PT
:happy: yanniejannie what a lovely way to workout.... walking horses, feeding goats and going to the riding school, just envy you
:bigsmile: Michelle 2 levels of 30 day shred....... thats awesome.I always feel zapped by the time I finish one level....
Mighty strong I must say. Thanks for the tip...... have choc in the morning. but hoping to remember how so many gave up sweets.
Thats mighty impressive.... size 4 dress for you.... hope you'll have lots of fun that evening. Waiting to read about it

:flowerforyou: Grandmallie awesome the rate at which you are dissolving the pounds in lemon water...... get your bikini ready for your holiday!!
Yesterday was yoga and today its weight training !
Have a great day everyone
Anamika

Anamika-the last time I wore a bikini I was 15, you wont see me in one again :noway: I still have a jelly belly and a big ol fat flab around the middle though I am trying to tone up as best I can.
going into work early today so it will be a full day for me, and I already made the DH dinner, and will make the boys dinner and my lunch in a couple minutes take a shower walk the dogs and off I go, will be home after 5, at least I have the weekend off from work..
bother and SIL came down last night, Bless them had a pad of paper and a pen and made a list of everything that we went through.

I would like to join this group for the support that you seem to give each other. I have lost 9 lbs. so far with another 35+ to go. I have been very good at writing everything down that I eat. I did alot of measuring in the beginning. I have lupus and am on prednisone so any weight loss to me is terrific. Have a wonderful day and weekend. I am planning a day trip to the Adirondack mtns. to see the fall foliage tomorrow.:happy:

Joyce,
My heart goes out to you. You are in my thought and prayers. I wish you strength, patience and rest once all this is over. Never give up.

I wasn't on yesterday because I walked into a power outage at work. Racoon decided he needed a sun tan and got into the electric substation and the tanning booth exploded. Fried raccoon and no power for the entire south end of Cookeville, including many restaurants, businesses, and shops. It was out for 4 hours. When it came back up, well, I am the IT person so became very busy with hardware and software issues because of the power outage. No time to read all the posts so just skimmed them this morning.

Before I left work yesterday, I was working via email and phone with realtors both in CT and in TN. Spent 4 hours after work doing that. That brought me up to 8 PM and exhaustion. I then received a phone call which put me in a happy mood but didn't help the tiredness. Went to be at about 9:30 and up at 5:30 this morning. Tired still but seems to be much quieter today. Well, back to work, just received a message for help.

Rita from middle TN soon to be middle CT!

Joyce, It's hard to think of anything to say that hasn't already been said, but my thoughts are with you.

Congrats on the two new grand babies in the group. May they live long, healthy and happy.

I have finally lost that extra pound that snuck back on me. I just realized that I only have five pounds left to go before I match the big fat fib that is on my drivers license. My goal was to lose 5 pounds in September, and I think I made it.

I had a stroke of genius yesterday. I'm really self conscious about my floppy upper arms, especially after I saw some teenage girls snickering in the gym recently. And half-sleeve length shirts are really hard to find. So, I bought a cheap long sleeved tshirt at Walmart and cut the sleeves off just below my elbow - or what would be my elbow if I had one. I didn't even bother to hem it up. It is really comfortable and I feel so much better in it. So I'm going to buy one in every color. And it's a 2X, too. No more 4X for me. I finally realized that I feel better in clothes that are not really baggy. I was trying not to buy a lot of clothes until I get smaller. But the big clothes were dragging me down.

Have a great Friday!

Sylvia

Hello all you wonderful over 50 folks. Getting some vitamin F before heading to cottage. Be there until tomorrow after supper. Then need to come home spend night here to be ready to pick up peoples to head out to ARD close this year Just a 1/2 hour drive away. ARD stands for Area Recongtion day. Wrong spelling and don't feel like looking it up in dictionary. Still have a few dishes to put in dishwasher make my bed and shower and get out to the lake with my crap apples going to make crap apple jelly. Already make 4 jars the big ones of beets.

So wishing you all a great weekend and see you tomorrow after supper.

See you all lighter.

Hello to all: Joyce, sympathy and prayers for you at this time. Please remember to take care of yourself.

Sandy, Happy birthday!!:flowerforyou:

Congratulations to the new grandmas! Have fun with those grandbabies.:happy:

I found out yesterday that insurance approved extra PT sessions. Yeah! I see the doctor next Tuesday and hopefully he will tell me I can go back to work as scheduled October 10. My PT told me today I can do whatever I like now I won't hurt the shoulder even though it may hurt and be stiff. The flexibility will just take time but I am now lifting 3# weights and using the rowing machine.

Our son texted us and asked if I could get time off for Christmas. My manager has okayed that so we are headed to the Pacific northwest for the holiday. The kids are paying for our airline tickets as our present. I could not think of a better one than spending time with family and especially my DGD.

Everyone hang in there. Healing angels to those who need them and congratulations to those with victories of whatever kind. Sue in SD

Joyce, my condolences to you and your family. It sounded as though she was ready, and so glad she was able to have some hospice care.
Woke up and helped Dad bathe and dress. He always has a protein, blueberry, coconut oil flaxseed, banana, fiber and orange juice smoothie in the morning...it wakes him up he says. Tidying as I go. Then I make a soft boiled egg a toasted English muffin with a slice of cheese for his breakfast. Played cards till 1:30 and rushed home to take Dad to his Parkinsons exercises, but my brother beat me to it. Oh well, I went to the nursery to buy some cornstalks and big ole pumpkins for my annual autumn decoration outdoors. I make he corn stalks into a cone shape, tie the top with a thick rope and place pumpkins at the base. I light it at night and everyone enjoys seeing the autumn atmosphere. I paid $5 for each pumpkin...they are big so I thought I got a good deal. I will leave the corn stalks and pumpkins out until after Thanksgiving...so 2 months is pretty good! My cat was with me inspecting each stalk as I put it together.
Dad came home and we talked about what he wants at his 87th birthday party. He wants a carrot cake! OK! I am going to decorate the house and we are looking forward to seeing his cousins. He said he wants my daughter to fly in from NY. she said she could make it and stay over the weekend til Tues. YEA! I'll have a buffet with food he will be able to handle and some other stuff for the guests. It's hard for him to eat with a spoon and fork as he's shaky and makes a mess. He dropped M&Ms on the carpet tonight and I could hear them rattling in the cup. I was chuckling telling my DH that I know Dad would rattle them out of the cup. Sure enough, they fell on the carpet under his feet and he smudged them into the carpet! Cleaned up with cold water...guess M&Ms are not as pure chocolate as I thought...thank goodness. Think I will stop giving him those as he always smashes them in his recliner and I find them in oddball places.
I'm in my room and will put Dad to bed around 9:30 not because he cant do it himself, but it goes easier for him if I make sure everything's accessible for him. Eye drops, ear phones for a book on CD, and lights out.:yawn:
Good night ladies.
Susan in the mighty midwest

Today went well. I got good news about my ultrasound. No surgery needed! Went to pick up hubby for lunch. I had my banana in the car, and I usually drive him to McD's and eat my banana while he eats his grease burger, then I go the the gym afterward, but today when I got there to pick him up he had one of his coworkers with him and we wound up going to a restaurant. It was hard to get anything "diet". I wound up with a chicken breast on cibatta bun with sweet potato fries. So it was a lot more than I planned to eat. I still went to the gym anyway, and did my weights and then the pool. I found that I can get my heart rate up or keep my lunch down, but I can't do both.

Then I went shopping and came home to play with the puppy. This little guy makes me laugh so much! He's such a clown.

I hope everybody is having a nice Friday.

Sylvia

Well...as usual, I lost that bid on ebay. This time by 15 cents! It appears someone REALLY wanted it. Well, I have that dress (the one that was a size 4) that I got at the Salvation Army. I have a call in to the lady who does dress alterations to ask if she can do something with the sleeves. I printed out the picture of the dress that I lost the bid on to show her what sleeves looked like in the 1930's. Update: I took it to her, she thinks she can do something

I did an hour of the walk/jog routine. I don't know what it was, but I was so exhausted. I came home and went to sleep for 3-1/2 hours. Tomorrow is yoga.

Katla - I don't know how much of an NSV that dress in a 4 was. Every manufacturer is slightly different. I know that pants made by this one manufacturer, I can take a 4 in. Others I have to have an 8. I guess right now I'm just a little bit down, having lost yet another dress. Even Vince thought that for sure I got it since I'd already bought one. Guess it just wasn't meant to be....it probably didn't fit me anyway (I'll try to look on the bright side)

Susan - jump right in whenever you'd like. We'd also like to hear about your husband and father. Our environment has so much to do with our weight loss.

Jessica called last night. She interviewed for another job and she got it. She's a bit afraid of changing jobs so she asked them if she could think it over for a few days. I know that change is hard.

Joyce - you are NOT cruel. I'm sure your MIL would totally approve of your decisions. When my father died, Vince couldn't understand why I needed to bury his ashes asap. I finally told hinm "I'd like you to be there, but if not, I have to do it for me". He never buried his mother's ashes, she's only been dead for around 8 years now. And he wonders why I asked that the ashes be sent to his family out in MO (his one cousin was a mortician). I bet they buried those ashes. Not that I can blame them one bit.

Put a load of laundry in the wash this morning, then when I came home from exercise I put my light clothes in since they were so sweaty. The sad part was that I put my bathing suit and Vince's in the wash. The is like an "unofficial" declaration that I won't be going in the pool any more this year. I probably won't, unfortunately. Now it's in the dryer.

grandmalle - the last time I wore a bikini was for this party the had an "island" theme. I borrowed a grass skirt and wore a bikini for the top. All the way there I prayed "please don't let the police pull us over, please, please". Here I was, in the middle of March, in a bikini and grass skirt. Actually, one couple came dressed in jail costumes (Rikers' Island...well, no one said anything about it having to be a Caribbean island, just Island). I still have that bikini. You know something, the bottoms are a bit big on me. Jessica borrowed it once, and they were big on her, too. But there is no way I'd go out in public wearing that! No way!
You know, especially in summer my ankles tend to swell. I always thought it was due to the heat. But they didn't swell much this summer until the end of the season. While I was exercising today I realized that I'd always used the True Lemon stuff in my water, but for some reason I haven't lately. I'm thinking that since citrus is a diuretic, that may be why my ankles weren't swelling.

Heather - could you please explain the press up to me? I thought I knew what it was, but then you mentioned a knee press up. What exactly is that? I mean, how is it done? I'm thinking the 26 press ups were 26 pushups and the 6 knee press ups were 6 pushups on your knees. Am I right? Big congrats on the jalking! You're doing mighty well.

maritill - welcome. The Adirondacks must be gorgeous this time of year. Be sure to tell us all about it.

Sylvia - congrats on getting so close to your driver's license weight. I know you can do this. I always want my shirts to have some sort of "sleeve", too. WTG on the smaller size. Good for you wanting smaller sized clothes. That will certainly help.

Lin - crap apples?? I think you meant CRAB Apples. Thanks for the smile.

Sue in SD - yea for the extra PT! What a wonderful Christmas gift your son is giving you

Michele in NC