WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2014

That's a cool resolution list! I really like the 'play with Berny the cat for 5 minuets a day!
Being over 50, is a different challenge to loose weight,,, i do believe!

Hi ladies! Happy New Year to you all!!! I would love to join your January support group for us over 50 ladies. I recently turned 53 and as usual I gained back a good amount of weight during the holidays. I really need to stop this yo-yo dieting that I've been doing since my last son was born. He's 14 so I've been doing it for awhile and it's not healthy. I've lost and gained this same 30-35 lbs. over and over so many times that I have whiplash! LOL I have always used the Adkins type diet to lose weight for a big event or whatever and oh boy does it work in the short term, but after awhile, I always gain back every bit of the weight. I've been cooking Mediterranean food for over a year now and LOVE it... lots of vegetables, fish and chicken... it doesn't feel like you are depriving yourself. I definitely eat healthy food most of the time, but my problem is I still binge on the junk food. I've been a member of Myfitnesspal for quite a while and love how it keeps me honest by tracking everything I eat, but I've used it sporadically and never used the "community" feature for support.

I started exercising again a few days ago and it feels good... sore, but good! I'm hoping that the support and encouragement here will help me. I really do have a love affair with food and it's the first thing I turn to when I am stressed or anxious. I need to learn other ways to relax. I do incorporate pilates and stretching in every workout so that helps me de-stress quite a bit.

Okay, my goals for the new year are:

To find a peace and happiness within and stop turning to food
Not be so hard on myself
Stop binge eating
Stop worrying about the things I have no control of
Stop the "all or nothing" mindset with eating plans
Lose 30+ lbs. and keep it off this time
Get my body strength back with weight-bearing exercise after a medically rough 2012/2013
Get back to doing the outdoor activities I love

Well, I can't think of anything else... I think I wrote a book! Now I'm off to do a strength tng. and stretching tape in my living room, and then bundle up for a walk. I'm only doing 3 miles right now but need to work up to more. I've signed up my son and myself for the Shamrock Marathon here in Va. Beach (just the 8k). I'm having surgery in February but should be able to walk the marathon. I look forward to getting to know everyone! Have a great weekend! Lee

well im back,:bigsmile:
Ann what part of New England are you in? we have Jill in Ma.,Kevrit and I in Connecticut.
I am having a snack, of dill and olive oil triscuits with a laughing cow garden vegetable wedge and a mug of fat free hot chocolate...
yummy, laundry in the dryer and I have to dust under the bed..

:glasses: Well this week marks one full year that I’ve been on MFP. Though due to my unexpected trip to California in Nov/Dec my ticker doesn’t reflect that, I did actually log “manually” while I was gone and managed to come home the same weight I’d left. Considering a month of hospital cafeteria/restaurant food and stress I consider that a “WIN”. Back to my exercise and healthy cooking/eating routine to drop the rest of this !@#$$%^$&^#@$ weight and get to goal. A great big “thank you” to all of you here whose words of wisdom, wit and general support have made this year so much easier and more successful than I know it otherwise would have been. :drinker:


Beth in MS – Welcome, great to have you join us on your health journey!

Eileen in SD – I know how having a dog around can make one want to get their own, when I was in California to manage my late FIL’s affairs my DMIL fell in love with my dog Dillon. I think she was sadder to see him go than me! :laugh:

Joyce – You need to start where you are, and if that is Friday, or next week that is fine for YOU! Comparisons are pointless, do what you can when you can and you’ll see results :flowerforyou:

Ann in New England – Like you, Heather inspired me to get out my journals and pick up my pen again. Good luck staying in a “positive place”! :happy:

Sylvia – Just cracking up picturing your DH sound asleep (and snoring!) right there in the women’s department :laugh: :laugh:

DSJNIX – I’m no professional, but based on my experience so far and reading LOTS of posts here it seems to me you may be eating too FEW calories. Based on you exercise regime and weight loss goals, I’d recommend if you haven’t already using the calculator here on MFP to see what calorie intake is recommended. :ohwell:

CynthiaT60 – In order to reply to individual posts I open a Word document and reply as I’m scrolling through posts. Then I cut and paste that into my reply here in the forum. Hope that helps!

Katla – So glad to hear your wrist continues to improve and that yoga was “doable” for you. Here’s hoping for continued speedy recovery :flowerforyou:

Lin – Yes!!!!!!! Brilliantly stated :happy: I know I need to fill my time constructively in order to achieve all my personal goals. Reacquainting myself with my own creativity is one of those things I know will be helpful

VirginiaLee – Welcome, it sounds like you’re off to a great start. Join here regularly for tips, advice and/or to just vent

Kelley60 – Packing to move is great exercise, but be sure to hydrate and snack/eat healthfully during the day (well, today and every day!) :happy:


Brooke from Colorado

“Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it necessary? Is it true? Is it kind? Will it hurt anyone? Will it improve on the silence?”
– Sai Baba

Good afternoon everyone and welcome new people!:flowerforyou:

I managed to lose weight on 1700 cals a day, but with 450 exercise calories per day, so netting 1250. It was slow towards the end, so to lose the last 1 1/2 lbs I lowered my calories to 1500 for ten days. That did it! I could not eat any less - I love my food! I am really now at a healthy weight but I am aiming to lose one more lb so I can say I am in the 9 stones! ! ! ! 9 st 13 1/2!!!!!!!!!!!!:laugh:
Like you Michele, I have lost my saddlebags, which I had all my life, but I'm still a bit mushy round the middle. As it has eventually come off my waist I am noticing loose skin.:sad: In general, though, if I look at my silhouette and not the fine details, I am delighted with the results. I think the weight training has made the biggest difference to my outline. I have built up the weights very gradually, starting at 2kgs and I am now on 9kgs each side.
As for the face exercises Alison, there are loads on utube. I used a book called Five Minute Face Lift, but there are others on Amazon. I have been doing them since Feb and can do them almost in my sleep! Actually I do them whenever I think of it and when I am exercising, like on the recumbent bike. I do the big grin until my cheeks hurt and also flare my nostrils. I do neck and jowl tensing, lower eyelid twitching and upper eyelid and forehead raise. Also ear waggling for good measure.:laugh: :bigsmile:

My saga with the window in my tenanted property goes on. My tenant wants compensation and the freeholders have not got back to us. I sent them another email to add to my official complaint. :sad: :explode: Felt a bit better after that, but I had to work at it to regain my composure. Then I had a letter from a friend whose holiday in India ended in near disaster, with her boyfriend suffering septicaemia and kidney failure. He is OK now, although he can't walk properly, so it puts everything in perspective. Her story of escaping from the hospital pursued by 5 "heavies" demanding payment was like a film!

The visit tomorrow to DSIL sounds a bit complicated, with her trying to fit in everyone's demands. We have to be there a bit earlier so as to catch the nephew, wife and baby before they rush off home to give the mother a sleep, who is on night duty. It may sound a bit selfish, but we do want to get our gymming done before we set off as we won't be able to do it there on Sunday. So a crack of dawn departure is not on. I will set the alarm for 7am. To be honest I am relieved not to be spending hours with the child.

Chilli on the stove for tonight. Last night my bad cold was really bringing me down so DH cooked the chicken in black bean sauce. I had mine with shiritaki noodles. I will have tonight's chilli con carne with cauliflower rice and asparagus. DH will have his with baked potato. I thought I would be jealous of his potato so I had one for lunch with smoked salmon and peri peri sauce.:laugh:

Bye for now everyone. Keep safe. We are battered by winds and floods over here, you have cold and snow over there! Brrrrh!:noway:

Love Heather in windy, rainy, miserable, Hampshire UK

PS Just heard from Amazon that my DDIL'S four new books have been despatched to me. Sooo excited!

Jessamy Hibberd - This Book Will Make You Happy, This Book ....... Calm, ......Confident, ........Sleep.
They are her first publications and she is a qualified psychologist, specializing in CBT. And a delightful person!

Brrr...cold today with a good breeze. The sunshine is filtered by clouds today too! But it's warm here inside with my fireplace going, and a pot of bean soup on the stove. We have a "bean and okra meal" for New Years Day. My husband's family is from Mississippi, and they always had black eyed peas for good fortune in the next year. He loves speckled butter beans and fried okra. So we had that with ham and cornbread. Today the left over beans are in the pot with chopped up ham and carrots, simmering nicely.
Didn't meet all my goals for December
Exercise at Curves 3x/week met
Keep calories with in MFP guidelines 75% of the time and not over 1900 (my rate at sedentary TDEEP or whatever those initials are!) Not met
Drink at least 64 ounces of pure water per day; in addition to the other liquids I love to drink! Met
Didn't log faithfully either so--now I have extra pounds to lose to get to my goal :grumble:

January goals:
Keep calories within MFP guidelines at least 75% of the time.
Continue exercising at Curves 3x/wk plus 30 minutes one other day at home
Get my head back into the "I love how I look more than I love food" mode that I had up until this past fall!

Have a great day ladies!

You all are so inspiring! Just looking to lose 20 lbs., but as I age it's getting more difficult. Hoping MFP will take me where I want to go. After looking around the website and seeing all the info offered I think I will be very motivated to change my eating habits and restore the willpower I once had.

Hello everyone and Welcome to all the new Ladies! Ann from New England, please do friend me. I am in CT and so is Grandmallie (Alison) and Jill is from MA. It would be great if we New Englanders could get together someplace.... when it warms up a little!

Just finished shoveling snow with DH using snow blower. I didn't go to work this morning, B/C of a sinus headache. Being outside helped drain the nose, but now that I am back inside, it is getting bad again. I am going to do the Sansone 5 mile walking video in a bit. I also found the app for my phone for a squat challenge. It is pretty easy so hope to add that too.

Going to get some sinus meds and start on the dvd, then put away the boxes of decorations. Everything is down and in boxes, but sitting in the middle of my living room!

Oh, well. TTFN!

Rita from frigid, snowy CT

Sylvia understand cabin fever. We have been in the deep freezer all week. They are calling off school Monday. I am trying your word idea. It worked great.

Brooke Happy MFP Anniversary :flowerforyou: Love your quote about thinking before you speak.

Heather love ear waggel exercise.

Lucky like “Love how I look more than I love food”

KathyDB ,Harper, and Virginialee:flowerforyou: welcome

Rita hope you feel better.:flowerforyou:

Helped my friend in her Kindergarten class today. Since i don't have grandchildren it gives me a chance to enjoy being around the little ones. My niece did send me some great pictures of her children today.

Goals:
limit TV/computer
Act with intention

Life is too short for a bad cup of coffee. :drinker:


Margaret

Good afternoon.After a day of snow,strong wind with-3 temp,today is blue skies & lots of sun.This is our anniversary.Don't do gifts,but will have a nice meal out tomorrow.

The steak house isn't low cal,but once a yr is worth it.This eve will be breakfast for dinner.Home fries,sausage(for him),eggs & toast.Then get the dishes done & settle in to watch OSU at the Orange Bowl. DH is a huge fan.Our DD,SIL,their DD with her BF will all be there.
Are there any quilters here? We are looking forward to our 1st Great Grandchild,a boy in March. Have the top sewn for a crib quilt.
Need to get busy & get it done.Just enjoying a few days break after the holidays.....doing nothing much . Hope everyone is making it thru the big storm. Pat in Ohio




The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books - how not to eat what you've just learned how to cook. ~Andy Rooney

I hope that everyone in the path of the storm is staying warm and safe! We're having warm weather in Denver today (nearly 60), but we certainly get our share of weather at times, as well. Think of a big pot of vegetable soup to keep warm and get your veggies in! I always used to think of baking, but have modified my thinking somewhat.

Today is Day 6 of my "no sugar" week to break the holiday sugar addiction. It's harder than at the beginning of the week, though, as I'm a stress eater and things haven't been going as well as they could the past couple of days. I'm not going to give in, though, when I'm so close to making this first mini-goal!

The new treadmill took 10 minutes longer today than 2 days ago to hit the same number of calories burned. Yesterday it was 5 minutes longer. I'm sure it's good for me to walk, though!

Joyce – I’d be happy to be added as a Fitbit friend with you (I don’t have any, either), but am not sure if my name will stay the same when I get my new one, since my old one went missing. Give me a week or two to get the new one and then try janehadji@yahoo.com. Or send me your info!

Teral – Huge congrats on getting into Onederland!!! :flowerforyou:

Sylvia – I loved your Dillard’s story, thank you for sharing it! My hubby has had his moments, too. He used to wait outside the dressing room for me to come out and show him outfits. When I’d arrive, he’d reach for the price tags and then immediately tell me that whatever I was modeling make me look fat! Of course, I couldn’t buy it then.

Meg – I scrapbook, too, but haven’t touched it in quite a while. I recently ordered one of the on-line type ones that they print out, and was fairly pleased with it, although it isn’t the same.

Barbie – It sounds like you have a 5 year MFP anniversary coming up. :flowerforyou: You are an inspiration!! Thank you for the juice calorie counting advice, as well.

Michele – I have the same problem with the skinny jeans and my fat calves (also hard to buy boots). I have several pairs of colored jeans, though. Try INC curvy fit bootcut (from Macy’s) or Reba (from Dillard’s), as both go around my calves and come in colors. I recently found BOC (Born Concepts) wide calf boots which work for me, with even a little spare room to tuck in jeans. I bought them in both black and brown, as I’d been looking for years! (Hubbie was lucky that they only came in 2 colors).

Cynthia – To respond to others, I use my word processor. I have it open in another window and write my comments as I read the thread. Then I cut and paste it to MFP.

Brooke – Congratulations on your one year anniversary! Since I was gone for so many months, I missed that you had been to California. Was someone ill?

Jane in Colorado

Hello, Denise from north Idaho. Yep, I'm one of those January newbies, but have been on MFP prior, just never active on the boards. I saw this thread and you all seem so friendly so I thought I would try something new this year and make new friends. I'm working on setting my goals (long term) but my January goals are really simple:

Back to Basics and Developing Good Habits:
Weigh and measure my portions and log everything
Drink at least 64 ounces of water every day
Develop an exercise habit - cardio 5 times a week, strength 3 times a week

I'm really hesitant to set a weight loss number at this point as I just want to get some good habits developed. I know that if I work on the above weight loss will come, I just don't know how much.

A little bit about me, I'm 51 and have been married for 32 years and have two adult sons. I also have two adorable Brittany Spaniel puppies, they just turned one year and are so much fun. I manage a business service center and have three employees. I love to quilt, garden, stamping (none of which are good for sustained calorie burns).

Look forward to getting to know you! For everyone in the storms path, stay warm and safe!

I am new to the message boards here. Do I have to do anything in order to be notified when changes are made to this board? Or do I just log in and check?

Susan,so sorry about your daughter`s puppy.
hugs
jane

:glasses: Crazy Colorado weather - - it is a sunny and gorgeous 60 degrees right now, just back from the park walking Dillon the Wonderdog. Tomorrow the high is expected to be in the 20’s and 2-3 inches of snow here in Colorado Springs by the end of the day. From sandals to snowboots in less than 24 hours :noway: Warming thoughts to all who are/have been in the storm’s path!

Wanted to share with you a meditation/affirmation/prayer that spoke to me, I plan on using it daily:

MAY I BE SAFE
MAY I BE HAPPY
MAY I BE STRONG
MAY I LIVE WITH EASE


Margaret – I completely agree re: the “bad” coffee!! :bigsmile:

JaneH – Yes, my FIL was hospitalized in November and my DMIL asked me to come out to be of support. I drove to CA November 15th and didn’t get back home until Dec. 14th due to my FIL passing on Thanksgiving. I then stayed to help deal with pensions/social security/insurance and the like. So it was an unexpected and lengthy trip, but glad I could be there for Mom and my sister-in-law.

Susan R. – Oh, that is sooooo sad!!! My heart aches for your daughter and feels for you in wanting to be with her during this tragic time. Thoughts too to the caregiver who was watching the puppy, I’m sure they’re feeling horrible that this happened on their watch. :sad:

Dvorah17 – Welcome!! You can check in any time and read/post to the board. Just go to the top of page “Community” then look for and click on “My Topics” then you’ll see the board and can join us :flowerforyou:


Brooke from Colorado

“Change your thoughts and you change the world.”