WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2013

well see there ya go, my mom and dads house is full of stuff she collected over the years and guess who is gonna have to clean it all out?
I understand, Im at the age where im ready to get rid of stuff, you dont know how much crap you acumulate until you go to clean out, so im doing a little at a time, because if we end up in florida, with just one house, alot of it is gonna have to go.. and I have some beautiful antiques

Joyce - your post about the seasons is beautiful. You are truly a gifted writer and we're thankful that your share your memories with us.
I'm sad to say I've been doing so poorly this month. I know it's only the 7th but I feel like I've wasted a week. I'm afraid to get on the scales but I can tell I'm gaining by the way my clothes fit. Just when I think I have a handle on losing weight, I take a noses dive.
I haven't read all the posts but am going back to do that right now. Hope all are doing well.
Sue in TX

I am just getting started here and was so happy to see a Over 50 section. I do find it harder to loose weight as i age so i am hoping inspiration comes in numbers. I need all the help I can get. I am Celiac, lactose free, sugar free and loads of other allergies. Anyone with meal ideas, esp. breakfast I sure would love some ideas. Thanks

Hello to all: Very busy week this week. One of our ortho surgeons did what he calls a high efficiency day, nine surgeries in one day. We saw seven of them in the pools this week on top of our regular patient load. I was so tired yesterday that I skipped choir practice and the tenors were serving treats. :laugh:

Sylvia - best wishes on your procedure. I am sure things will go well.

Grandmallie - Have you ever seen green grass and blue sky together. They are lovely but I agree with whoever said to get pillows with both colors. That would really pull it together.

Everyone take care. Healing angels to those who need them and congratulations to those with victories. Sue in SD

I am just getting started here and was so happy to see a Over 50 section. I do find it harder to loose weight as i age so i am hoping inspiration comes in numbers. I need all the help I can get. I am Celiac, lactose free, sugar free and loads of other allergies. Anyone with meal ideas, esp. breakfast I sure would love some ideas. Thanks

Welcome to a great group of women! come often and post often.

I'm lactose intolerant and DH has gluten issues, has MS and is diabetic. I can give some strategies. Instead of milk, I use soymilk to eat with my cereal and for some cooking, but discovered that rice milk does the cooking job without the soy taste. Replace sugar with stevia, or applesauce in baking. Remember that applesauce has liquidity so you may need to adjust other liquids. There are now loads of gluten free products including beer. Widmer Brothers make the best that we've found. They set out to do right by a celiac brother and came up with a good product. There are good gluten free breads and rolls available at our local grocery store, but they tend to have more calories than regular bread so you'll need to watch your portions. White rice has a high glycemic index which means it turns to sugar rapidly in your blood stream. Use brown rice or quinoa instead. Quinoa has the bonus of protein. I can handle a certain amount of cheese without problems because the enzymes that turn milk into cheese seem to solve my problem. The harder the cheese, the less likely it is to bother me. You'll need to experiment to find out what works for you. The bottom line is that you'll have to be your own science experiment. Good luck, and call on me if you need to.

Breakfast: Cereal and soy or rice milk. Rice Chex is gluten free. Read the other Chex labels. Cheerios is not perfect, but DH can eat it without difficulty. It is oats, but is produced under questionable circumstances. I don't know how sensitive you are. Steel cut oatmeal is good, if it is produced in an appropriate facility. Eggs work! So does fruit. We like cottage cheese and fruit some days. I'm the lactose intolerant one, and I can handle it. You'll have to see what works for you. That is all I can think of at the moment. There are good gluten free breads that you can make into french toast, or just eat as dry toast or add margarine--make sandwiches, etc.

Viv - welcome back! You CAN do this

taz - happy anniversary! Oh, the pool isn't totally closed. We got the railings down and in the storage shed, but we still need to put the cover on it. We would like a day when it isn't real breezy. There are these cylinders that you fill with water to keep the cover down. We'll probably work on filling the cylinders tomorrow. Weather.com says it'll be somewhat breezy, but we've learned that weather.com isn't always right. Now we know for next year that this is one step we should start doing early since it takes a few days to do. Well....this is the first time so it's a learning experience

The Texas Roadhouse dilemma is solved. They don't list their nutritional info on their web site, gave a flimsy excuse. Anyway, when the gal called a few weeks ago she was told that they don't take reservations and to call the day of. Well, she called this a.m. and was told "lady, we're not even open for lunch". So we're going to Longhorn Steakhouse. At least they seem to be more accommodating (are willing to make substitutions etc). Get this -- Texas Roadhouse told me they couldn't give me only one of their beef kabobs and substitute veges for the other one because veges cost loss. Why they didn't just say "yes, we can do that, but we'll still have to charge you for the two kabobs" is beyond me. I would have been willing to pay for two. But that's a moot point at this point

grandmalle - I'm so sorry that happened to you, but you handled it well. Welcome to plateau-land. Sometimes you need to change things up. Like I know that if I eat anything late at night, I'm guaranteed a gain the next day. I've read that it's good to have sweets early in the day, not for dessert for dinner. Something about how the calories are burned more efficiently. I'm giving that a try. Just having (or trying to have) fruit for dessert. Dried fruit can be low in calories but high in sugareyness. I wish you the best of luck

Did 1 hr of Jari Love Ripped to the Core DVD. Tomorrow I'm planning to try this bosu class at the Y. Don't know exactly what it will entail. Later at night Vince is going to the train show and I'll stay home waiting for Jessica.

pat - i never even checked into the interest rates at Sam's. i'll have Vince check it out, then he'll be the one to really rip into them. i'm more of a gentle person, i know that I let people walk all over me and try to please them. But not him! He'll really fight and logically, too. So I'll let him handle it, that's the best way to go. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. See, they said that once I accepted the credit card that I couldn't go back to the old one. I bet if Vince talks to them, then we'll be able to go back too. Actually, the did tell us that we could go back to the Sam's card but that would mean that basically we'd have to get a whole new card and go thru the whole application process again.

grandmalle - I agree with pat, are you safe when your husband has these meltdowns? I want to go shopping with you! I love a good bargain, too. When we first moved to NC I bought this comforter at Goodwill. At the time it really didn't match all that well. But then again, we were just in the apartment and I just wanted something to cover the mattress. Now that we're in the house, the primary colors are blue and brown. The flowers on the comforter are shades of blue. Fits in real well. Another Goodwill store around here has it where they charge by the pound. It's an interesting thing, but I don't like to shop at that store. Everything is in bins, sizes and types of things are mixed. I feel like I'm dumpster dumping when I go there. Only been there twice and have no intention of going back. At least not to that one. Now the other Goodwills and the Salvation Army have things separated by types of items, sizes, sometimes even colors.

Sylvia - I'm so sorry that happened with your dog. What a horrible thing to come home to!

katla - you ask if Vince is a model railroader? Well, we built a two car detached garage (that's in add'n to the 2 car attached garage). One half of the downstairs part is for his Outlook. The other half holds his musical equipment. The entire upstairs is his train room. Would you call that a model railroader????? lol Oh, yes, he's very much into trains.

lajpeck - welcome!

Had the lunch at Longhorn Steakhouse. I had the grilled shrimp, no rice but steamed veges instead, and then a sweet potato with that. Just water to drink. I must say, they are very nice about substitutions and leaving the butter off the veges.

Joyce - thanks so much for sharing your views. You have such a wonderful way of looking at things! I love reading your posts

yanniejannie - have fun at your lunch. Do you know where you're going to go?

berwick - welcome! I just saw on the bag of rice cakes that they are gluten free. Didn't know that (never needed to find out). You can maybe put some topping on one of them. Not sure what else you can have, I usually put cheese (Laughing Cow, Green Mountain cream cheese with greek yogurt) but some people put jam/jelly on it, pb etc.

Meg - we're not really having problems with the pool. This year we're closing it up, and just learning things. Like now we know that we should start first thing putting the WD40 on the railings since that takes a few days to do. Just things like that. I agree that Heather should open a restaurant, and i wouldn't mind at all if it was in NC....lol Which Rodney Yee tape did you get? I have a few of his. I do like the "yoga burn" one, but I also have his am & pm one, one that he did with Mariel Hammingway, and his daily one. I didn't realize everything that happened to Benny Beagle. That must have been so scary to come home to a bloody dog!

Michele in NC

Hi all,
Have been reading your posts, but not posting myself. What a great group of ladies you all are. I too appreciate all your lovely words of encouragement, concern and wisdom, thank you.

Vickil- Happy 29th anniversary! Besides, I noticed you've lost so much weight on your ticker. Wow! Congrats!
Sandy- have you considered acupuncture for your migraines? I understand the treatment helps headaches.
Meg- I envy your responsibility. I think you're an incredible nurse and your patients are lucky to have you care for them. Do you teach in a BSN program?
Heather- How interesting your life. Reading your posts is like opening a book and reading a chapter from a culinary wizard! How do you manage to prepare such lovely menus and maintain your weight loss. I know you are so active, but do you practice portion control and log? Just curious?
Barbie- Hope you're back is feeling better and thank you for your constant attention to all of us!
Michelle- I just finished pulling and scoring the caulking in my shower. It was getting funky so I removed it, scrubbed it and now letting it dry before I recaulk. Hopefully it will look fresher. Your pool maintenance reminded me of this.
Katla- Your post about gluten free and lactose free diet advise was very informative. I always learn something new.

Planted 2 new trees, red maples, which I bought on sale for 6$ at home depot. 75% off! They're saplings but I had to take down a beautiful old oak, made me so sad. I replaced with 2 little ones. I also had my repairman come over and he knocked off 10 items on my repair list. I feel so much better having everything in working order, especially with my Dad in the house all the time. I wanted all my smoke alarms checked or replaced, 2 extinguishers available just in case, replaired door latches, light fixtures, thermostat replaced, install outdoor GFI, doorbell fixed. Sealed draughty windows, caulked around bathtub. Bunch of little stuff.
Tomorrow will go to the store and buy lots of veggies...beets, broc, cauliflower, carrots, peas and prep them in servings for my pop. Going to make sure his care-givers give him veggies at every meal. They always give him the easy stuff....tater tots, hamburgers, grilled cheese and more tater tots. Why? I really do have to tell them exactly what to serve, otherwise my pop would morph into a potato sandwich. I try to vary his menu but I'm not here all the time. I could make him quinoa with roasted veggies. Protein in quinoa. Brown rice and left over salmon made into salmon cakes with grated carrots mixed in.
I'm sleepy. Good night all!:yawn:
Susan

Hello ladies:bigsmile:
For the first time in weeks noted a loss of 0.5 kg that is a pound.....
Well went through all the posts and am glad most of us are doing well except for the surprise bowel surgery...... But love the positive note of AnnCare:flowerforyou: .. I am sure you will be doing well, sending you prayers and healing
So much to congratulate everyone for so here's to all the winners... cheers:drinker:
Am off to Pune tomorrow for the wedding of our friend's son so most probably wont be able to log in till monday. I shall miss all of you and MFP will say logged in for 1 day... well, guess I will follow the advice given here earlier and disconnect that.
Take care everyone and have a great weekend.
Joyce loved the description of the seasons....... it was like sipping hot coffee after a good walk up and down hills through a green forest, in the rain.... u know what I mean?:blushing:
Barbie just loved your updated and revised goals :flowerforyou:
Sylvia u r such a creative person loved your tip for doing the room am totally impressed with Bruno
Grandmallie thats a steal...... I think green and blue complement each other, must go shopping with you:flowerforyou:
Best wishes for everyone
Anamika from Mumbai

Tazgirl- I use PB2 all the time, dont use regular PB anymore
went to the car dealership to have DH car fixed took them 5 minutes, was in and out, but got lots of useful info
from a guy waiting like me.
was at the gym early and did some stuff but not a whole heck of alot