WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2014

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  • phoo513
    phoo513 Posts: 231 Member
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    Happy New Year, Ladies! I have missed you all and have come back because to keep trying is better than sitting and failing. Will chat more later, but, I really do need all of you. And, I hope I can be a positive re-addition for you, too.

    Pat (Phoo in Az)
  • rdrvicki
    rdrvicki Posts: 1 Member
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    Ok...here we go again! I've been doing ok, but the past 2 months have back slid a lot. 6 months to lose 5 lbs and 2 weeks to gain it back! This 50+ metabolism sucks. Back to watching EVERYTHING and walking AND exercising. Happy New Year and good luck to us all!:smooched:
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 2,891 Member
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    Happy, happy New Year to all. May 2014 be a blessed year for all of us!

    Welcome to all of the newbies, this is a great group, just ask any of us. It is nice to see all the new year optimism.

    I did not do too badly with my December goals although I did not always get in my 5000 steps everyday while on vacation. I did manage to lose two pounds. Yoo-Hoo! We spent Christmas with our DS and his family in Snohomish WA and a couple of days after that with our DD in Mountlake Terrace, WA. Home now and ready to get fit. Have gotten in consistent exercise for the last three days and ready to carry that forward into the new year.

    January goals: 5000 steps per day on my Fitbit.
    eat a salad at least once per day
    write in my journal at least once a week


    My mantra for 2014 is " embrace change". As of today I have switched to Medicare from my insurance at work. I learned yesterday that my job doing transcription for a local doctor will be ending as he is joining a large hospital practice starting January 3. My plan is to retire from my job as Aquatic Center Specialist at a major hospital therapy pool at the end of March and work per diem to make the transition as smooth as possible. I have been there for 21 years. Also need to work on the house as we would like to sell it and move to the west coast to be closer to our children. That is a lot of change and I am not always good at that. So I am going to endeavor to enjoy my additional free time and not fret about "what if". Sue in SD
  • moeggep
    moeggep Posts: 219 Member
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    Did a one and a half hour spinning class today to start the new year off right! I am now signed up to take three classes a week.
  • megblair1
    megblair1 Posts: 1,225 Member
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    Happy New Year to all my lovely friends here on mfp new and old....looks like we have lots of newbies here to shake things up.
    This is just a quick bump as today is full of company and football games! I'll be cooking a ham, au gratin potatoes, black eyed peas and a salad later.

    Sylvia: some dogs do need to watch lipid levels...some because of genetics, and some like Benny Beagle for who knows why. he's on a medication called gemfibrozil, which pre-dates the statins like Lipitor. It binds with the fats and then they are excreted. We will probably have to increase the dose because he is already on a low fat diet, well low fat except chocolate and donuts apparently!

    OK I'm off! tomorrow is lunch and shopping with the girls and my best friend; our annual tradition. We're eating at Red Lobster (she pays so she picks!). I'll be sure to look up what I am eating because tomorrow it's back to the normal routine.

    Enjoy the holiday! Take care Meg from Omaha where it is snowing now.
  • susanrechter
    susanrechter Posts: 386 Member
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    Happy 2014 everyone!
    Best wishes for good health, wealth and happiness!
    Ok....my goals for this month of January:

    1. read more books.
    2. keep drinking the water and no booze.
    3. lose a pound a week and try to get down to 139.
    4. be kind and smile more.

    That's what I want to accomplish.
    Thank you, Barbie for your contunued interest in us and maintaining the thread for all the cool ladies on this site. You all are so wonderful and smart. :flowerforyou:

    Susan in the mighty midwest USA!
  • momof10
    momof10 Posts: 122 Member
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    :drinker: aww tea time what a good day,, hello too all new friends, snow storm coming so next 48 hours we will be home bond and hopefully not lose electic, stay save anyone else who is having this storm, I did my new workout on wii u this after I am going to have fun with this , eating was good today , not a plus with drinking water that will be a goal to work on tomorrow , which I am doing daily goals when I plan week ones or longer I don't reach them ,logging in has been great today just a little more than i'll be done for the day, i have a water bottle I Iike and one goal for tomorrow will be too fill it three times, hope you are all having a blessed day debi ,
  • suebdew
    suebdew Posts: 1,330 Member
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    Happy New Year to all my Fitness Pals. What a wonderful surprise when the temps were in the 70's so DH and I went to play golf. I got two new clubs for my birthday (July) but just bought them in December. Man is it hard to hit new clubs when you haven't played for a few weeks. Also it got really windy (25+ mph) so we only played 12 holes. Being out in the sunshine made me realize how much I love to be active and so one of my goals this year is to get in the best shape possible. I don't know if I've ever mentioned it but I was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration about 9 year ago. After being in a clinical trial for 5 years, it was determined that the vitamins I was taking were the correct ones for the disease. I can tell that I've lost some acuity in my right eye so it is with great gratitude that I thank God everyday for my sight.
    My goals for January are simple: Get back on the program.
    !. Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day. ( I like Katia's plan)
    2. Log my food
    3. Get sweets and sugar out of my system.
    The month of January will be devoted to accomplishing those three goals. My word for 2014 will be gratitude.
    Thanks for hanging in there with me. I appreciate all your posts and am proud to be a part of your journey.
    Sue in TX
  • rachael52
    rachael52 Posts: 86 Member
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    Wow, look how much you already lost! Really impressive.
  • LaurelFisher
    LaurelFisher Posts: 407 Member
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    :smile: Happy New Year everyone, from Laurel, DE. My name is Rose and I am back again after a long hiatus.
    :cry: From December 3, 2012 until November of 2013 I have lost my mom (MIL) 2 cousins (within 12 days of each other) and an aunt.
    :blushing: I lost 42 pounds in 2012 and have gained almost all of it back due to the fact that I am a stress eater.
    :flowerforyou: Today I started anew and I want to say a special thank you to Rebel Renny for all of her messages and encouragement to come back to MFP.:heart:
    :smile: I see we have a lot of new faces and look forward to getting to know them and to catching up with some of my long time MFP friends.
    :smile: My goals for January are to:
    drink more water
    exercise every day
    lose 4 lbs
    :drinker: I am raising my bottle of water to toast a New Year and best wishes to MFP.
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  • janemartin02
    janemartin02 Posts: 2,653 Member
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    Happy New years to all.many new faces,looking forward to getting to know you all better.:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
    Barbie,thanks for starting this thread monthly and am so glad you started it.:flowerforyou:
    My goals are to exercise,get to the gym,better eating.
    HUGS:heart::heart:
    jane m
  • tazgirl1960
    tazgirl1960 Posts: 78 Member
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  • Poerava14
    Poerava14 Posts: 1,069 Member
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    Hello Friends and Welcome to all newbies! Here’s to a great new year heading towards radiant good health and fitness.

    Barbie: Thanks for keeping this thread alive and started with such superb examples of smart goal setting. Must say I like the one about playing with Bernie the best! He’s so lucky to have your attention and care.

    Here’s my report on December goals:
    > Consume three or more servings of vegetables per day -- Done almost every day.
    > Feed my head by reading at least one book on health/fitness– Read “Superfoods Guide _ Eat Clean, Healthy and Simply…Naturally”.
    > While on the road, consume at least 35 oz of water before lunch – Done on first trip, but not on the second.
    > Set appointments for my annual physical and mammogram – Done. Fasting blood test is this Friday and other appointments all set for later this month.

    My personal trainer has me drafting a contract and some long and short-term goals. I’ll be back here to share January goals later this week. For now, I am adopting a word for this year: RELEASE. Someone on this thread (so sorry I can’t remember to give you a shout out) shared about switching the words “lose weight” with “release weight”. I like this, and can see my way to blessing and releasing other useless and harmful aspects of my otherwise very fortunate life.

    Rori in the Colorado Foothills where it's lightly snowing

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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,395 Member
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    fhardaway - welcome! Great resolution

    Ann - welcome! Many people check in daily, mainly because this thread is so busy that if you don't, you fall far behind....lol Of course, if circumstances make it so that you can't check in daily, do it as frequently as you can. Good for you having a personal trainer. Which book are you reading?

    Anne - love your photo.

    Anamika - what a lovely rhyme!

    Did an hour of hula hoop on the Wii today. I'm planning to do "The 10 Pounds Down" DVD (one of the ones that I got for Christmas) tomorrow

    Ann - welcome!

    fastforlife - I honestly don't know what intermittent fasting is. I do do HIIT on an elliptical where I sprint for 30 seconds and then recover for 1 minute.

    christchild - good to "see" ya. I think I can tell you where those 4 pounds that you lost went to...lol

    Heather - your NYE sounds so lovely. Oh, you're definitely going to achieve your plank goal When dh and I got married, a friend of his sang "Jumping Jack Flash". To this day dh is sorry that he missed it because we were having pictures taken. The party sounds really neat

    Sue - keep coming in here for motivation

    Welcome to everyone new

    Mary - I'm so sorry to hear about your daughter, but glad things are somewhat under control now.

    DeeDee - your posts are always so upbaeat, I really love reading them

    Margaretturk - good goal to limit TV watching. I don't watch a lot of TV, mainly because when I do I usually wind up falling asleep....lol

    Patty - welcome. We're glad to have you

    yanniejannie - your dinner sounds delishioso

    Geri - wonderful NSVs. My name is MicheleLeGrand. There are a few Michele LeGrand's people have told me. My pic is the same one on there as on here. If you need to, I'll send you an invite (someone said there wasn't a "send invite" button on my page. Don't know why?

    Debi - do you have the Wii Fit U? I need to look that up, I've been wondering about it. There was an article in our local paper that this adds new games to the WiiFit. I have the balance board but nothing else. Can I play different games with just the balance board?

    Ann - welcome! I honestly think that as we age, our joints swell at least some and that makes getting our wedding rings on/off a challenge. I know that mine are a challenge to get off. When I got married I was 110lbs, today I'm usually in the mid 130's. That's not a whole lot of a gain from my wedding, but I have found that in the last few years, my rings are harder to get over the joint. Guess this is a good thing in one sense -- there's no possiblility of my rings falling off! Congrats on the loss!

    brookehe - I always look forward to your quotes.

    kathy - woo hoo on those A's.

    Jacqueline - welcome back! My, you've certainly had a lot going on in your life this past year.

    Carol - welcome! Just checked out your profile, you're from Burlington. My son graduated from Elon. DeeDee that's near you, isn't it? We need to get a - I don't know what to call it - 'central' NC MFP get together. That would be so cool

    Ann - welcome to you, too. Congrats on quitting smoking. You've done something really great for your body

    Katla - sorry, but I think you're going to have to share that "plateau queen" title with me. Right now I have gone up, but I know that I'll go down and then plateau. For the last few YEARS I've been gaining the same one or two pounds, losing those pounds. Up, down, up, down, it never seems to end.

    Molly - welcome back!

    I just posted videos of our Christmas decorations on facebook, so take a peek.

    Rachael - welcome back. Can you do some exercise in addition to your yoga? That'll probably help speed up your weight loss. Add some cardio and also some weights if you can

    Juanita - its good to log your food all the time, even if it isn't that great. We all have those days. That'll be a big help to you

    Karen - welcome

    Kelley - welcome. Baby steps lead to giant steps, so you are on your way!

    Allison - that is so sad about your friend from the gym. Prayers for him

    Irene - welcome

    Pat - welcome back! You've been missed. Hope you stay a long, long time this time around

    meogge - good for you doing the spinning

    Rose - welcome back! I'm so sorry for your losses. How heartbreaking

    Michele in NC
  • djhobs
    djhobs Posts: 200 Member
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    Hi ladles...it has been some time since I logged and posted...2013 was a bit challenging for me...but 2014 is a new year and time to buckle back in. Simple goals this month
    1-log every day
    2-walk at least 1 mile everyday...I vary my workouts, but need to try to do something everyday
    3-add a daily plank for minimum of 30 seconds...hopefully increase time later in the month

    Will catch up more with you all later...great to see lots of familiar names and looking forward to getting to know new ones
    :heart:
    Jen from New York, expecting snowstorm tomorrow and very cold temps :noway:
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 16,986 Member
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    :flowerforyou: Today is clearly not a day for me to respond individually. I have read all the posts and am once again delighted that I won’t be walking the health and fitness road alone in January. It is wonderful to see so many new faces. I hope you will all take the time to come back long enough to feel like part of the family and then never leave us. Thank you to everyone who took the time to respond individually to so many. It takes all of us to keep this community going.

    :flowerforyou: In 2012, someone on this thread recommended “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin. I read the book and it changed my life. Some of my resolutions that others have admired and taken as their own are lessons that I learned from the book. Because of reading the book, I’ve found several other books that have expanded my horizons and bolstered my spirit. Thank you to all of you who have recommended books. We are all better because of it.

    :heart: Barbie from beautiful chilly NW Washington
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    :bigsmile: .15,000 steps today….25 minutes of yoga----three and half minute plank----90 minute nap

    :flowerforyou: My word for 2014 is “Mindful” inspired by “The Happiness Project”….I will seek opportunities to be present in all that I do

    January Resolutions
    *dance at least three dances a day for extra practice
    *yoga twice a week (three times would be better)
    *play with Bernie the cat at least 5 minutes a day
    *don’t take things personally
  • drenee828
    drenee828 Posts: 12 Member
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    I am new to the site and not really sure how this works though I'd like to participate.


    My name is Renee. I am presently single w/3 adult children. I work 2 jobs and but still managed to find the time to overeat. My desire is to lose about 40 pounds.

    My goals for this year-
    To HONESTLY track my food.
    Exercise even when I don't feel like it.
    To have an attitude of Thanksgiving in all I do.
  • mollywhippet
    mollywhippet Posts: 1,890 Member
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    Happy new year!

    Today I sat on my butt and listened to an audiobook all day long. I didn't even get out of my jammies till almost 4:00pm. So, I was taking it easy while hubby was out cutting limbs off trees that were damaged in the ice storm, and playing a LOT with the dogs. It's supposed to get cold and snow tonight, so he wanted them to have some fun while they can. He is so good to those dogs! He's good to me too.

    Meg, my hubby is on gemfibrozol! Just like Bennie! Don't know why that strikes me as funny.

    Welcome to all the new ladies! So many new faces!

    Kelley, I also have a dog named Molly!

    Ann, I'm not far from the Ozarks, in southeast Kansas. I hope you don't get too much snow there. It's snowing here now and headed your way.

    Good night all!

    Sylvia
  • RebelRenny
    RebelRenny Posts: 1,073 Member
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    :flowerforyou: I think it is time for me to thank all of you in this community of women 50+ who have spoken words of encouragement to me in 2013. I started, I stopped, I started again and left on a hiatus and then came back. Yet, every time I came back you were there. Sometimes it was your turn to encourage and sometimes it was mine. This is what a community is made of. No one is on a high all the time and no one is at a low all the time. We are all at an age where life has taught us way to many lessons, and yet we are open to learning. How profound.

    May your happiness and health reach new heights in 2014. And may the scale smile too :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

    :heart: Renny
    Vancouver Island, BC

    P.S. to any newbies: we are used to signing our first name and general area where we are from on this forum.
  • bjmcq
    bjmcq Posts: 304 Member
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    I logged on to express the exact same thoughts as Renny, so well said, and presented with such heartfelt sincerity and full gratitude.
    At this point, all I can say is a simple "ME TOO!"

    Thanks Renny, for penning the difficult and complex thanks for the community that keeps me coming back too....
    and thanks to all my mfp friends....

    Happy New Year....happy new days ahead!

    BJ, SWOntario

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