WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER

Good morning, Ladies!

It is a cold, wet, wind swept morning here in Southeastern MA! Good day for soup!

It will take me a while to get know know your names and keep who is doing what straight, so bear with me. Yesterday I had a good day, right on target but I did post on the fitness thread about pain I am having which several suggested was my hip flexor (?) and provided some strecthes. I just read here about the ABJ and I think I will give that a try also!

I hit the gym early and got 45 of walking in. Since I am just starting out, and have that pain, I am going to start slow but I do plan on walking 5x a week. I have a gym here at work for free that has all the usual equipment, but it is small so it gets crowded during the day. I got here at 5:15 this morning and was able to grab a treadmill and then was still at my desk by 6:30.

More to come later~

Hello everyone,

It is two years ago today that I joined MFP. I am not sure why it says I joined in January 2009. January was when I bought my new scale and adjusted my starting weight to match the new scale. January 2009 was also when I started "eating differently" and trying to loose weight. From November through December I just tracked what I was eating to show my primary on my doctor appointment on 12/31/2009.

I don't think I'd have been successful if not for MFP.

Happy Monday!

Jeannie

Good Monday morning, everyone!

Welcome to our new ladies!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: You will find lots of support here!

It is sunny!:happy: Makes me feel SO much better. I will be getting outside after a bit. I've been taking my grandson for a walk every day--no matter the weather. He loves it, and he has been sleeping so much better at night, even if he falls asleep in the stroller.

He has been started on a little bit of solid food because of how fast he is growing--mommy just couldn't keep up with him! He's doing well at it but is now even more interested at what we are putting into our mouths!

Mary--I am going to be trying those muffins today. They sound really good and I want to have some healthy alternatives in. My DD, for some reason, has been baking cakes and brownies and the temptation is too much!:grumble: I do find, though, that if I wrap them in waxed paper so they cannot be seen, that I am less likely to want to eat them!:laugh: Out of sight, out of mind!

Well, I need to get my day started. Have a wonderful one!

Hello all - not the greatest weekend ever for me but life goes on. I was over my calories by 280. :grumble: I knew better but did it to myself anyway. If I had done some specific exercise, I wouldn't have been over but I didn't do it. I did some gardening but that was it. Good news is - I won't be doing that again soon - either going over or not exercising. I'm feeling to good to go back to the fluffier me!

I found out, by not taking my liquid glucosamine for the past week, that my knees don't need it anymore. :bigsmile: Yea, the elliptical and leg machines have strengthened the ligaments and tendons around my knees so that they don't need it anymore. The down side is that I found I still need it for my wrists and fingers. Soooo, back on the gack juice as I call it. :sick: That stuff tastes TERRIBLE but it works.

I am going to start keeping an open document window so I can reply as I read.

I do recall that Robin got the scale moving again - big woo hoo for you!

And Amanda is still waiting for her cupcakes. Good news they are still baking! I get to be a new gramma in March myself. They will find out later this week what flavor they are getting. It's so wonderful you are down 100 pounds for your surgery; that will have to make the recovery so much better and quicker for you.

And I recall someone asking if many of us are retired and therefore have more time to exercise - I think it was Lynn. Yes, I'm retired and go to the gym 5 days a week, unless I have some obligation that keeps me from it. That doesn't happen very often. I sold my business a couple years ago but find it's really harder for me to get in structured exercise that it was before I retired. When I had a paying job (we ALL work), I would stop at 5 and either go to a class in the little town I worked in, or if there was no class that day I would take a walk with the women in the class and do a good 4 miles or so and then go back to work. (My business was all computer work and no walk in customers, so I could make my own hours.) Now I have to carve out a specific time to go 7 miles to town and go to the gym. It is aggravating sometimes to interrupt something I'm doing around home to go to the gym but I do it anyway. It's really a pain now because they are closed from 12 to 3, which is when I like to go. The Y may well be closing for good, we should find out this month. Then it will be a lot longer drive to a gym but I'll do it. The rewards are too great not to. Maybe someday I can get in the groove of getting as good a workout at home but I don't see it in the near future.

Speaking of projects, I need to finish digging out a small flower bed and get some snapdragons planted before I hit the gym today. I almost finished it last night but the fire ants drove me away. :explode: As anyone acquainted with fire ants knows, they are very small and are 90% mouth! :noway: The sneaky little devils will sneak under your clothes, all get in position in all the tender spots and it seems they all co-ordinate and bite at the same time. :noway: I was so tempted to peal clothes and start swatting on my way to the house. Those little buggers have a mean bite! I grabbed the vinegar and headed for the shower. It still smells like a salad bowl in there but vinegar gets rid of the sting and keeps the bites from forming a pustule. I can take most bug bites and never even scratch but not a whole HERD of fire ants.

Hope I didn't make you all start scratching! I'm off down the driveway with my water to get it done. I spread ant killer last night after my vinegar shower. Hopefully they are dead or gone by now.

Faye

I don't want anyone to think I am leaving Kiera out of the lime light.

Wow! Robin- your dogs are pretty!

Michelle, you asked about 2 items on my diary. This may be a long post. Here goes....

About 8 years ago, I developed asthmas and copd so bad I was having pnuemonia about once a month. I had used inhalers, breathing machines, steroids, etc...
I heard about a homopathic (don't know if this is spelled correctly) doctor in another state who had helped people by nutrition and raw foods and juices. The concept is based on having a good ph balance. I did this for 7 years. I drank raw juices, ate veggies and no meat for 3 years. I then added fish. (wild-caught only)
After a time I added back organically grown beef once a month and organically grown poultry about once a month.
To this there were many vitamins, minerals, barley greens, cleanses, etc.
I no longer have asthma or copd.
I had a childhood sickness(plus stress in my childhood) that left many things in my body that I battled all my life and leaves me prone to having lots of ailments. I hate it. I am not a hypochondriac. I don't like being down...I feel like a horse chomping at the bit until I can get back out into life.
Last year I developed shingles. One of the worst cases any of my medical or natural doctors had ever seen. It started on my face, on the left side, and went around my eye, my ear down on my neck, my breast, my arm , my stomach, my hip, my thigh. THEN...it went over to the right breast, right arm, right leg. After that, they were in my throat and some of my organs. I almost died. Thus the huge amount of steroids. Thus the weight I have gained. They sent me to Vandy. They didn't see me at my worst and didn't really want to pursue the issue...very unusual. My medical doctor (who is my friend) was very puzzled. 6 days after I left the hospital, I was back in for gall bladdar surgery. A huge stone was imbedded at the opening and had almost completely blocked off the gall bladdar. I had colonoscopies, mri's, you name it I had it. I didn't attend church for 6 mos. After Christmas last year I was getting out of the shower and there was blood pouring out of my breasts. I had a breast pap test, mammograms, etc...they couldn't ever explain that either. I am a anomally.

The steroids messed with my adrenals, pancreas...yada, yada. It effects your muscles, bones...on and on.

I lost about half my hair in the middle of all this. I had to add protein back to my diet. You will see, if you look at my diary, that i try to eat a balance, with lots of veggies or veggie juice. You can drink a lot more volumn than you eat.

The Womens Renewal is a product that has fruits and Veggies, Whole food mulitvitamins, soluable and insoluble fiber, Omega Oils, Gtf chromium, 3 billion probiotics. It is made by Metacore. I buy it from a Lady I know. I'm not sure where you can get it. I haven't Googled it to see. This keeps my ph levels in the normal range. All greens will do that- barley etc..

The Zija is made from a plant called Moringa. It 100% natural. All natural vitamins and minerals. You have to get that through a dealer...I think. I don't sell either of these.
I have to take liquid vitamins and minerals to absorb them.

Barbiecat has a very interesting vitamin regimen in her diary. I am sure it is a good product. The evidence speaks for itself

I started to physical therapy early in the summer. I started when I became well enough to do so on a consistant basis. I have had a couple of setbacks. I have one now but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

This site has helped me to be consistant in counting calories and staying with a program that is manageable.
The struggles, happy events, and all of things that make us human, are encouraging when you see how other people deal with life.

I hope this answers your questions. I felt if I was going to explain about them and why I take them. It neede the full story. I haven't told much about this on here. I don't want to sound like I am whining. I am not. I do need encouragement. That is why I am on here. I feel we all have that in common.

I am thankful and happy to be alive. I feel very blessed. Our struggles in life make us appreciate the good times. :flowerforyou: There are always good things to learn and see you just have to look for them.

My story is no worse and not as bad as others. I will say I wouln't wish it on my enemies, ever!

Have a wonderful day to all!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Hello everyone, hope all is well here. Another good day at the gym, my arms and shoulders have been reminding me of the previous day's session. All is good though. Sticking with my menu plan and keeping up to it with a little work. Crossing my fingers that it will be a success.

Hope to catch all of you tomorrow.

Marilyn

Hi!

Wow, did I have a bad day yesterday!! Well, honestly it was a 7 hour period from noon- 7pm during which I over eat by about 1100 cals. I did exercise and eat on plan through the morning but then I forgot I was having lunch with a friend at work and had already eaten my nice, reasonable sandwich at my desk at 11. At 12:15 she comes over and when I got to the cafe that deli special smelled SO good! So I splurged,m going over cal by 250 for the day but promised myself that I would skip dinner. So not planning anything, by 6:30 I was hungry again so had pbutter and jelly w/ choc milk. Ugh!

But today is a new day! I woke up at just before 4 am with TOM so that may explain yesterday's binge. By accident I also woke my grandson so I pulled him back into my bed with me and cuddled until he feel back asleep. Sweet, I love sleeping with babies!! But what it means is that I can't leave for the gym (which I had planned to get there between 5-5:15 during the week) since the babe is in my bed rather than the crib so I have to wait until a reasonable time to wake my daughter. My legs really hurt anyway (hip flexor, sciatic) so I think I will just do some stretches and maybe schedule a dr appt.

So question for you: My boyfriend (seems strange to call him that at our age!) is also very large and won't touch veggies, etc. He likes pasta and cheese sauce, sausage and meats, etc. We have dinner Tues and Thurs, usually once here and once out, and I have no idea what to make that we will both like.

Sally..ps..they have organic taco sauce or all of it is low fat. I just try to get the most out of the food.

wow, we have really slowed down on the posting. Not such a gabby bunch of ladies anymore. Where is everyone?

Welcome Kath. congrats on the weight loss.
Sally, Have you thought about sneaking vegies in and eventually maybe he will learn to like them?

TOM has the scale up and I am trying to ignore it. I guess I will just exercise and work thru it.

I am not going to keep this profile pix up too long. I love my Bodi pup but DH took this the other morning and I hadn't washed my face or brushed my hair and I think I look dreadful. But you all neede to see how he has grown.


Have a great day!

Oh, and also, I can honestly say that I knew "Tamishumate" back when. . . Of course, when I say that I mean 35 years ago (and 3000 miles since we are on opposite coasts now) when I used to babysit her and her sisters, and we were all in dance classes (taught by her great-grandmother) together. I found her and her mother/sisters on FB and then learned of not only her Journey, but also MFP. She was beautiful then and she is beautiful now.

If you don't know who I mean, search members. She has lost 185.5 lbs and is down to 144.5 and will be on the Today show next Monday.

:flowerforyou: Back in the fold again!!!

:noway: Take noooo notice of my weight ticker ...it's waaaay out of date...LOL. (Must get it back to start again mode)

Hi everyone.:frown: My eating what I want experiment to see what happens is at an end!!!
No guesses what happened.:sad:
So here I am ...logging on and posting. Deja vue or what?!!!

I have a week to get back to where I was. Holiday shouldn't be too much of a problem as there aren't too many "must haves" on the menu in Egypt. I think I can be quite good for 10 days .
A quick glimpse at the posts reveals Amanda has lost even more lbs!!!:drinker: WTG Amanda. and ...well done everyone who's a loser in the nicest possible sense

I hope everyone is enjoying November. We've had wind, rain, hail and snow today!! Easy to hide those extra inches under the woolies. Not a good idea really! A bit more Xmas shopping today .... only a few more things to get. We're having a "Clothes" year this year. Jumpers, cardies, hoodies abound!
Our newest grandson has got the:bigsmile: "Every parent's nightmare" present......in moderation! The "My First Drum Kit" was screaming "Buy me" but #2 son said "No". So we got a bathtime drum set ....not quite as noisy...oh well!!

My newest hobby ...playing scrabble on facebook ...isn't losing it's charm. I hope it's keeping my brain a bit more agile. However, .my vocabulary and conversation...especially with mum.... isn't quite up to using some of the more obscure words!

Mum has been...Up and Down ...we're hoping she'll be "Up" for when she goes into respite next ...MONDAY!!! ...Yeah! (I've used that in scrabble!) She was good this morning and even reminded us to "Get a move on" before the taxi came to pick her up for the day centre.. The taxi driver is a gem and he mentioned that eveyone says "Hello" to mum when he wheels her in. :flowerforyou: Nice to know she's not just sitting there without any interaction with the others in the care home.

Talking of whom ...mum will be back in moment so it's ramps down and cup of tea at the ready!!

So ....
Take care all
BFN
Jackie

Hi ladies

Another quickie from me I'm afraid as our broadband is still up the creek! I noticed Renny and Jackie had posted .. hurrah, we missed you!

I'm back and forth to the hospital to visit DD#1 - they have got her hooked up to all kind of monitors and are still trying to keep the babies in the oven for a little longer. I have to say, she's extremely fed up now (who can blame her) and a bit on the grumpy side!

I hope everyone is doing well - I'll be back soon.

Love

Amanda x

:bigsmile: :blushing: okay one more thing.

Amanda, I just missed your post. I am really hoping for the Mama and the Cupcakes. Let us know as soon as they bake!:bigsmile:

:bigsmile: :blushing: okay one more thing.
This could be weird looking...I don't know what I am doing...but "yeah" you are right the exit is the big event...I like your humor:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

You are right, I have been busy. Picked up a touch of something, so I am home today. Doggies are keeping me warm and well-cared for. Weather is rainy and only supposed to make 47 F for a high today. Broke out the bottoms of my thermals this morning, and they are quite comfortable as I sit here. (Edited to add, that the thermals were "broken out" of storage--NOT that parts of me broke out of THEM:noway: --that would NOT be comfortable:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: )

BTW, discovered a helpful hint for warmer feet. Since I don't have many pairs of socks with wool in them, and LOADS of others that are cotton or a blend with man-made material, I started doubling up on my socks. Great idea!! Warmer feet, and my slippers stay on better!! With some shoes I can wear the doubles as well, because the socks are fairly thin to begin with.

Also want to mention a website I just discovered as a result of a post on another thread-- supercooks.com. It is a free website that allows you to put in the ingredients you have available to you and it will come up with recipes for what you have. It pulls from multiple websites so there are lots of choices. All the ones I have found so far have the nutritional info broken down, also. You don't have to register to use the search function, but if you do register (still free) you can save recipes that you find, and use some other website tools.

Thanksgiving is upon us, and while most people look upon it as the start of the "eating season"--I have decided to look on it as a chance to get an early start on resolutions. :noway: After all, there is no law that says you can't resolve to do anything differently until after the new year!!! So here is my resolution---

I resolve that the only thing "stuffed" at this year's Thanksgiving dinner table will be the turkey!!!:noway: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :drinker: :drinker:

Sally,

Thank you for mentioning that Tamishumate is going to be on the tv next Monday. I predict an onslaught of new members--much like what happened when another member, whose login escapes me, was on about three months ago. Tami lives in Washington state, BTW, about 150 miles north of me in the Seattle area.

In regard to your "veggie-challenged" boyfriend, cheese might be your friend. I used to shred cheese broccoli to get my former hubby to eat more veggies, and a little garlic and some parmesan or asiago cheese on steamed brussel sprouts, is very yummy!! Good luck!!

Jackie,

Sorry your eating "experiment" was a flop, but now you know what doesn't work,:ohwell: so you can learn from it. Back in the wagon you climb!!:drinker: :drinker:

Rebel,

Good to see you are still with us.:flowerforyou:

Well, I need to get something accomplished today, despite being home, so BFN

Barb