WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2014

Hello to all: Having a good day today. I went to pick up a friend at the airport and sat in the car while it was running for about 25 minutes. The plane was only a little late but the baggage was a long time getting to the carousel. It is -2 degrees here today but sunny. She on the other hand was miserable. Her niece gave her a cold for Christmas and the flight only made her feel worse. Well she is home now with her kitties and doesn't have to work until Sunday so she should get some rest.

I am finishing up some transcription and then really have nothing else planned for the evening. Maybe I will get some reading done. I have a gift certificate for a book store and think I will look into getting the Happiness Project and the Exercise Cure for some inspiration this new year.

All of you who are in the path of storms please stay safe and warm. Healing angels to all who need them and congratulations to those with victories. Sue in SD

Hi everyone checking in a bit early today. I plan to spend the evening watching football while I reorganize all my photos from our new York trip a while ago. I need a scrapbook intervention. I plan to work on them this weekend and next in between putting away some decorations.

Well, NE won their bowl game yesterday, first win at a bowl game in something like 8 years! So that was fun to watch. Now we need to put Benny Beagle on niacin in addition to his other meds. Dang dog!

Went grocery shopping today and visited dad in the nursing home. Our shopping trip with my best friend was cancelled as she is still sick. So we are planning on Saturday.

Susan; you have some good goals!

Debi: stay warm and safe in your storm!

Sue: what fun to play golf this time of year. I have new clubs from 3 christmases ago that I have never had fit to me nor have I
used. Maybe this will be there year; I need to find a new golf league.

Rose: hi and welcome back. I remember you

Jane: good goals!

Rori: release…I love it!!!

Michele: an hour on the wii hula hoop? OMG I need a nap! LOL

Jen: stay warm in your storm!

Barbie: thank you for keeping this thread going!

Renee: welcome to our group!

Sylvia: I find it amusing that animal medications are most often human meds too and their lab values are pretty similar as well

Renny: I think you hit the nail on the head! We are all here for each other!

BJ: me too!

Katla: you are so right; this is so much more than a calorie counting app!

Joyce: very resourceful in getting your steps in!

Margaret: I agree; coming here daily is a key for me.

Anne: good luck meeting all your goals!

Grandmallie: I heard about your storm on the radio; stay tucked in safely at home!

Brooke: good news for me; I HATE the cheddar biscuits at Red Lobster! But I do love their clam chowder. That plus a side ceasar salad will be perfect and I’ll make myself eat ½ a biscuit to get enough carbs in!

Heather: so glad you are getting back to your journaling!

Cynthia: great job to not gain any weight during the holidays!

Patty: ok maybe you can explain the planking to me; I don’t quite get it

DeeDee: here’s to a fully feeling behind LOL

Dmduncan: welcome and happy to hear you have found a way to exercise without any pesky shortness of breath or chest pain!

Deb: be safe in your storm.

Lizplus: I think your goals are grand!

Susan: always good to find an exercise that won’t kill you LOL

Jeanne: welcome aboard. I have found that the small changes make the biggest difference!

Katla: sounds like you miss your yoga!

Juanita: BRRRRRRR stay warm!

Janehadji: good for you to give that treadmill a good workout!

Liz: great goals…very doable!

Kevrit: nurses use the same SMART goals when planning care for their patients!

Terel: what a great FBS!!!!!

Vicki: did you get a lot of snow? We only got about 1 inch

Sue: hope your friend is feeling better and didn’t give you that plague!

Viv: I’ll join you on the couch eating calorie free bonbons as ladies of leisure. Now if I could only find a pool boy to feed them to us!

Well today I must say I am grateful for the wonderful care my dad gets at the nursing home. Some of those places are dreadful but this one is fabulous!

My goals are to put myself first. I am doing that by choosing day by day to eat healthily, exercise according to plan, get 6000 steps in each day NO excuses, and to do things I enjoy. I am working towards losing my 3rd 15 pounds which I'd like to have accomplished at the end of March. With that said, it’s time to go dig out those photos!

Take care and much love, Meg from wintery Omaha

Marking my place. Good evening to all.

Linda, you need to talk to your dietician to see how you can work that bedtime snack in. I have diabetes 2 and I eat an evening and a bedtime snack. But I do that because I get up late and my first meal is around noon then stay up until around 2. So I eat a small snack at 8 and then a mini meal at 10. I make sure that bedtime snack has some good protein in it.

For anyone who wants to invite me as a fit bit friend, it has to be done by email on the fit bit site. So if you will share your email address with me I will send you an invite. If you aren't comfortable putting your email address here in the forum, just PM me. Thanks

Joyce, frigid Indiana

Jen - welcome back!!!

Today I did a "10 Pounds Down Total Body Blast" DVD. Tomorrow I'm planning to go to the Y and take the deep water class. But first I'll stop at the Humane Society and give them my aluminum. the container that we put the aluminum is getting pretty full, so I'll take it there and empty it.

Renee - welcome! Hope you come back very often so we get to know you

I have to say "thank you" too to everyone on here. You listen to my ramblings, are there for the ups and downs, I can't begin to express how great it is to know that I'm not being judged. Some of you have different opinions than mine which is fine. Many times it helps because it's something that I never thought of. I've also gotten good advice about books, audiotapes, etc. on here. Word of mouth (ok, in this case fingers) is so much more important than a review. Thank you everyone

You know as I was getting dressed this morning, it seems that my saddlebags have gone down. However, that middle-age-spread has crept up, and I HATE it. I guess the best thing I can do is watch my diet right now and that's what I plan to do.

Joyce - believe it or not, we did start taking down the decorations yesterday. It hasn't rained in the last few days and they're CALLING for rain today (I'll believe it when it's on the ground), but we brought in the ferris wheel, the inflatables, and the merry go round. The figures on the ferris wheel and merry go round need to dry out and we have all the inflatables in the garage right now running so that they dry out. The blowmolds you can put away wet and they will dry, but you can't put away the inflatables etc. wet or you'll get mold! Congrats on the smaller sized jeans! Awesome. I can never wear those skinny jeans either. My calves are too big and it looks like I've been painted into them. If I get them so that they aren't skin tight, then they are WAAAYYYY too big in the hips. I need bootcut. Problem I have is that I like different colored jeans, and you can only get the different colored ones in the skinny jeans. Vince has a Genesis coupe and when he parks it, he parks it way out in no-man's-land. He calls it his exercise car since he walks further to get to it. He even gets upset if someone parks next to him. Well, that's his baby

barneygirl - welcome. Many nights I'll have a cup of tea or hot water with some lemon juice in it. That seems to help with my wanting to eat at night.

margaaretturk - I totally agree that we need a clapping icon

Ann - great to see ya back

Allison and everyone else in the path of the storm -- please stay safe.

Allison - happy birthday to your son! I know, how can they possibly be getting older when we aren't????? Wish Einstein would come down and explain that to me

Brooke - I've been on this plateau for YEARS now. Always in the mid-130's. Once I got below that, but I felt and looked like c*** so I decided that I'm not going to do that. Lately, tho, that middle-age spread seems to be showing up, and I absolutely, positevely HATE it.

Heather - congrats on the loss! So happy you're back to writing

Cynthia - that's wonderful that you didn't gain over the holidays. Wish I could say the same

The Green Room just called. They asked if I could come in at 12:30 today, so I committted to 12:30 to 3:30. Maybe they'll be able to get someone else in too. We were hoping to get to WalMart. There are a few things I want to get and I know that Vince needs to buy a new container for the snow globe. There is just NO WAY on this green earth that we could possibly ever get it back in that box. I'm going to take them some cookies, get them out of my house. There's still move for Vince to eat.

dmduncan - welcome!

LizPlus from Halifax - you have no idea how good it felt when we moved to NC and had our home in PA advertised "snowblower included". That made my day

Jeannie - welcome! I don't think I'll ever get back to my wedding weight, either. But then again, I don't know if I'd want to.

DeeDee - I agree with katla - you DO have a beautiful face. WTG on breaking that plateau!

Rita - great goals, and I like your ammendment. Makes a lot of sense

Joyce - I do hope Nancy joins us. That's so nice of you to tell her about us.

Teral - great way to start the year!

Laurie - welcome. Tell us more about yourself.

Vicki - safe travels. Congrats on the smaller pants. That is so sad about the man you work with. I'm sure I'll be logging my food for the rest of my life

Sylvia - that is so funny about your hubby in Dillards.

I think I'll make more of the zucchini tots for Diana. I'm not happy at all with the way the others turned out. This time I think I'll use whole wheat flour instead of the breadcrumbs, maybe that'll give it some more "body"

Went to WalMart today, Vince wanted to get this big tub to put one of the inflatables in. I took the ad from Target there for them to price match. Do you know that woman was wondering if they could do it since the ad says it's a gray Sterilite tub and WM only had blue Sterilite tubs? So she called a manager who said "go ahead". I wouldn't think the color would be a big factor unless it was on sale because it was a holiday color.

Linda - if only we could have put our cats on our medical plan Diabetes, surgery to remove polyps, two radioactive isotope surgeries, surgery to remove cancerous mass, now seizure disorder. How I wish! Where did you find the calorie count for the pierogies? I've just been using counts for ravioli. then again, mine aren't all the same size, some are smaller, some bigger.

Michele in NC

DeeDee – I think you may win the title (for now): look on the bright side though, you already have the tiara! (I too think your new profile picture is gorgeous)

Heather – I love that you’ve started writing again. I too have vowed to get out my journal and my poetry notebooks as well as my paints at least once a week! I’ve been ignoring my creativity for far too long :blushing:

Sue from Shropshire – I too did a good food shop but also stopped for wine! But they say a glass of red wine a day is a good thing (key being “a” glass!) :drinker:

LizPlus – How super to have found a gym right in your building! I’m sure you will ease into a healthy routine as you “acclimatize” :happy:

JaneH – Sorry to hear about your lost FitBit, hope you find it or get a replacement. Glad you liked the oatmeal suggestion too. :glasses: I hadn’t seen any notification but checked my mail today and voila! Must have missed it in the chaos surrounding my sudden trip to CA.

Michele - I just read your post so maybe you and DeeDee will have to share the title (and tiara?) :laugh:



Brooke from Colorado

“You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you may be going around lucky all day and not even know it.” – Jimmy Dean

Hello everyone. I'm Beth and this is the yr. I take back my life. I hope to encourage and be encouraged. I started the Body by Vi 90 day challenge today. I start c25k tomorrow.

I want this to be THE YEAR!!!!!!!! I want to love what I see in the mirror but also love how I feel

Amanda from snowy Mulmur, Ontario,Canada

shutrgug, I love your name. I did use a simple pedometer I bought at Walgreens but I thought it was innacurate, gave conflicting counts all the time. So I made the investment, $99, for a FitBit.. There are several sizes of FitBit, some more expensive than others. They all sync to their website which gives you a lot of info and also allows you to see how well you are doing compared to friends. It measures steps, stairs climbed, calories burned. You wear it at night, yes you burn calories at night. Mine shows me I burn about 5 calories an hour, just in breathing, turning, etc. You get a weekly report in your email. Most of them also give you an estimate on how well you sleep. I think it is innacurate because it tells you things like how long it took you to get to sleep. I think it measures how still you are and thinks you are asleep. But I think it is interesting because it shows you how active you are at night. I have the 'one', you wear it in your pocket, bra, whatever. It has a little clip you can clip on your waistband or bra. My cat chewed mine up so I just put mine in my pocket or in my bra. You can't wear it in the shower. It comes with a wristband you slip it into for night time. The others look like bracelets, I think you can wear them in the shower. Some people use a heart rate monitor, HRT, it is useful because it measures your cardio activity more. Now if you are like me and take a medicine that causes your heart rate to not be raised that much a HRT isn't the best for you. I don't spend a lot of money on myself at all and thought I deserved it. And I do!!!!

You pretty much are a mirror of what I started at and want to end up at!!! I also was very sedentary when I started out. When I joined the Y, riding a recumbent bike was a big effort for me. Riding one mile was huge for me. Now I can do 10 miles. I bought one for home now.

One of my big goals for now is to get into the beginners strength training class at the Y. For those of you that know me, that has been a goal for quite a while. But I also own the title of Queen of Procrastination and it really prevents me from doing it. For instance, this class is on Mondays and Wednesdays. Well this Monday will be my 'sleep all day'. With my MS, I am pretty well spent after a big activity. Our Christmas will be over on Saturday, everyone leave on Sunday so I will sleep until about 5 PM on Monday. Well that means no Y at 10:15 AM. So I wouldn't be able to go until Friday. So what's the use of starting this week??? That's the way a procrastinator thinks.

Remember, if you want me to add you to my FitBit friends send me your email in a PM.

Joyce, Indiana

Good morning everyone! I was happy to see I lost another 0.2 kg (about half a pound). I'd like it to go faster, but at the moment I'll take what I can get.

We didn't put up a whole lot of decorations this holiday, but the tree will have to be stripped and taken back to the nursery. We always get rental trees, which are put back into the ground until next year. I'm happier with that than with cutting down trees.

Shutrbugz: I have a Fitbit as well, the Flex model. I'm very happy with it. As Joyce said, you can set the Fitbits up to work directly with MFP. Some people are bothered by wearing something on their wrist; I find the Flex quite comfortable. With the clip-on models or anything you put in your pocket, I'd be afraid it would end up in the washing machine.

Have a good day, everybody!

Cynthia

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

To all that commented on my profile pic, thank you so much for your sweet, kind words !

LizPlus How wonderful that you have a gym in your building! Remember to take it slow and build up, don`t do too much at one time!

Jb I plan on spending less time on the computer too! Love “thinking thin”!!!

Katla I love being Queen:bigsmile: , however not so much “plateau Queen” , I would gladly pass on the tiara, or better yet, get rid of it! Remember my mug?...It does say “Queen of Everything”:drinker: ! I hope you get back to your yoga soon!!! Is your wrist feeling okay?

Juanita Oh my that`s cold, I think I would want to stay in bed till July too! It`s really cold here, at least cold for us, this morning it`s 20 degrees, high for today only 32 degrees:noway: , and windy, normal temps are around 50 degrees. Stay warm!!!

Jane Hadji Nothing like a dreadmill (I borrowed that from Robin), to make you crazy…I hate mine and only walk on it if`s really raining hard or just too cold! Sounds like you got some good deals on clothing. I like to shop on line, although it`s a bit hard with not being able to try things on…I make sure the stores I shop with have free shipping and free returns!

Linda C So nice to see you back!!! Glad you`re feeling better from the asthma attack! Congrats on the gone pounds!!! Did you have gallbladder surgery:huh: ?

Rita Brrrr…stay warm!!! Your SMART goals look good!!!

Jane Martin Stay warm!!!

Teral Congrats for reaching your Dec. goals:bigsmile: !!!

Vicki Congrats on getting smaller pants:bigsmile: !!!

Alison Shoveling snow….what a workout! I hate the days where I think I`m hungry all day:grumble: !

Sylvia I live in Winston Salem, next time you`re here, let me know, I`ll go shopping with you !!! LOL at DH snoring with your purse perched on his belly:laugh: ! I`m sure there have been many episodes of men doing that !

Sue in SD Hope your friend is feeling better:flowerforyou: !

Viv I think I should be a lady of leisure too , let`s start a group:laugh: !

Meg Scrapbooking, when in the world do you have time to fit that in your schedule? Oh dear Benny on more meds….it`s the donuts:frown: ! A pool boy ……might have to put a pool in here ! You have some good goals!!! Where are the no calorie bon-bons:huh: ?

Barbie I have a friend with ALS:sad: , she is doing amazingly well, she`s on her 7th year of the diagnosis, she has a walker and a wheel chair, but can still take a few steps on her own. She has a wonderful attitude about her life, she just amazes me! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Michele Middle age spread …..dang it….I never used to have a muffin top and all of a sudden it appeared:sad: ! I wear a lot of Spanx shapewear !

Rose So nice to see you again!!!

Brooke Love the quote!!!! I think I will copy that one, it gave me a giggle!

Anne in BC Hope the assessment with your fitness coach goes well!

Eileen After having the loaner dog for two weeks, I`m sure you`re going to miss him! I would gladly loan you Noel today, she decided to bark last night while I was trying to sleep:huh: , I finally had to put her out of the bedroom, where she stood at the door and barked some more:grumble: , she can be a yappy little thing!

Joyce I am so proud of you for getting up to 10 miles, you have come a long way:bigsmile: !!!

Bj Your goal of logging your food for a week is a good one! So good to see you back!

Cynthia Congrats on getting rid of half a pound!!! Any thing is better than nothing!

Ann from New England Stay warm! I have a gratitude journal I write in everyday, I love it, it keeps me centered and reminds me of what is really important!

Welcome to everyone new:flowerforyou: ! Please come in often and chat!

Time for me to get off this computer! Have a wonderful Friday ladies!
Drink your water :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee in COLD (at least for me) NC...The sun is shining though:glasses:

Morning all
Laurel, may I make a suggestion? you need to eat more.. starving and having a growly stomach will make you binge..
believe me I know.
I have found alot of ways to get food in and stay within calorie range, feel free to friend me and will help anyway I can.
we got about 6inches of snow,they called off work (without pay) which means I only get about 21 hrs pay with the holiday in there:grumble:
my shoulders are a bit sore from shoveling yesterday,but I have to go out and snowblow in a bit, sad that I know how to do this,but the DH was out and about in the snow and was at work at 4:30 this morning.
again no gym, but I know I will get a workout today outside..
we will be having dangerous cold tonight ,so will stay all snuggled in,
Pat/Phoo- where are you? we miss you my friend ,even to just pop in to say hello.
well im going to throw a load of alundry in ,pull on my boots, and shovel the deck and then make a loop for the boys out in there fenced in part of the yard..
hi ho hi ho its off to shovel I go!!!
see that picture on my ticker~ darn it still wish I was there.. you dont have to shovel sunshine...

Barbie: When we went to Washington to visit our DIL we had lunch at a Thai place in Tacoma that was wonderful. It was called Indochine and was near the University. I want to go back and would recommend it if you and Jake are ever in Tacoma.

Sue in TX: Congratulations on your good day. It is nice to see you here again.

Michele in NC: I’m glad your saddlebags have gone down but I wonder what you mean by “middle age spread.” I’ve noticed my kids are aging, too. In my son’s case, a stressful job plays a big role in the situation. DD loves her job, but she also has a lot of responsibility. I think I look and feel younger since retiring, and it is because of my work with all of you on MFP AND a dramatic reduction in stress and fatigue.:flowerforyou:

Rose from DE: Welcome to the group. You’ll get friendship and advice, sympathy and encouragement. I’m about to give unwanted advice. Please think about it. I’m concerned about your hunger and tiny amount of food you're eating. Have you let MFP set your calorie goals? I highly recommend it. If you want to be successful in the long run, you need to learn habits that you can maintain forever. I went on a very low calorie diet and managed to lose a lot of weight after DD was born, but when I went back to eating with the family the pounds came back and brought friends. Old meal plan equaled old results. Losing at 1-1.5 pounds a week is healthier. :flowerforyou:

Anne in BC: I’m glad you’re doing well. It will be fun to learn what your new coach has to say.:flowerforyou:

Amanda from ON: “I want this to be THE YEAR!!!!!!!! I want to love what I see in the mirror but also love how I feel.” You said this so well. I want what you want! :flowerforyou:

BJ from SW ON: Welcome back. You’ve been missed.:flowerforyou:

Cynthia: I also prefer to avoid cut trees. This year we bought a Dwarf Alberta Spruce growing in a pot. They are recommended as able to withstand a month in the house without dying of stress. It is time to start the transition back outside, but I haven’t “undecorated” yet. When the kids come for Christmas we go to a tree farm and get a fresh cut tree. So our new Spruce will be indoors only when the kids are not going to be here. I’m confident about my little guy’s species, but have no idea whether she/he was handled gently, or jerked out of a field and stuck in a pot. I’m hoping for success at keeping this little tree alive.:flowerforyou:

Ann from NE: Welcome. Stay safe in the snow and cold.:flowerforyou:

DeeDee: Thanks for asking about my wrist. It is feeling better, but I need to keep the brace on for another couple of weeks. I did get permission to give myself short breaks from the brace. I tried some yoga positions yesterday with the brace on and resting on my fists instead of my palms. They worked fine, even Down Dog.:bigsmile:

dsjnx: We can lose weight at our stage in life, but it comes off more slowly than it did a decade or two ago. Be patient and persistent. Log every bite and swallow, and get regular cardiovascular exercise to help get the pounds off. If you also want to be stronger, add some sort of weight training. It looks like your calories are low enough. Going below 1200 is not recommended by MFP or the experts I’ve read, although I net less due to exercise some of the time. :flowerforyou:


I’m doing better with the water consumption thanks to my new goal. I hope to maintain my focus there AND I’m dragging DH along with me. He had slipped in his water consumption and was having problems with BP because of it. I still need to finish DDIL’s Christmas stocking, take a picture of it on the mantle to show my son, and THEN I can pack up the Christmas decorations. I’m eager to do that and hope to dedicate the day today to getting it done.

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

"What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year." ~Vern McLellan (borrowed from Kathy in IL)

January goals:

1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Focus on fitness: daily cardio plus strength training a minimum of twice a week.
3. Water: According to an article a friend posted on facebook, drinking water at certain times maximizes its effectiveness on the body. So I’ll try to follow these recommendations:

* 2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs
* 1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion
* 1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure
* 1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack

Hi all.

Wanting to check out the Jillian Michaels DVD. Some variety in my workout. Wonder if I can find it on Youtube and see if I like one.
Still at my incessant plateau. growl.
Gonna do kettleball exercises today...those are rough IMO.
Ate sauted mushrooms and cherry toms in Pam, then added 2 eggs and made it into a fritata. under 240 cals.
Susan