WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2014

Hello,
I am new to MFP. I am 52 and trying to lose 35 pounds. Hope we can encourage each other.
It's harder to lose over 50, but I don't want to be in the same place next year.


Hope you ladies are doing well so far.

Joyce - I don't put the wat IN the cereal, I have the cereal dry and then take a drink of water. Sorry for the confusion. Do you ever find that the egg yolk runs when you put it into an English Muffin? One of the things I've started doing (mainly because I need to finish up some of the tortillas) is fry an egg and some egg substitute and put that in a LaTortilla tortilla. But I'm finding that the yolk runs. So I'm wondering if what I need to do is just use egg substitute.

tazgirl, what I do is I have a timer plugged into the wall for the crock pot. Then I plug the crockpot into the timer and set it for when I want it turned on and off.

Allison - I feel your pain. Even tho you know it's for the best for your brother, it still hurts to see. Prayers for you

Linda - I'm so glad the dogs are fine

Renny - Congrats on the fantastic loss

Melodie and Linda and stannamcd and anyone else new that I may have missed- welcome!

katla - I didn't realize, either, that sugar would cut the heat in spicy foods. I knew that milk would

Did an hour of a total body Bosu workout DVD today, then had the Newcomer general meeting, then senior bowling. Now I'm home for a bit then back to the alley for Newcomer bowling.

Tomorrow I'm planning to do a DVD that I got for Christmas Jillian Michaels Hard Body.

Viv - so sorry about hubby. Vent all you need to. That's the reason I exercise my shoulders...so they are big enough for people to lean on.

Patty - that's wonderful that you signed up. Are you going for ACE certification or AFFA or another one? Good luck to you

Rori - I just accepted your friend request on Facebook

Joyce - good luck at your physical. Do you have to fast and then they take blood that day, or do you have to have your bloodwork done before your physical? You've done just wonderful with your weight losss. Let us know the MD's reaction...I'm betting its very very favorable.

Meg - I bought the expensive Hormel turkey, the cats prefer the cheaper Aldi's brand. Go figure!

Michele in NC

Michele, I eat an egg 'fried' hard. I spray a saucer with Pam, put it in the microwave then break my egg onto the saucer. I poke my finger in the egg to break it and nuke it for 1 minute. Now sometimes I hear some exploding in the microwave and have to clean a mess but it generally works fine. By using the Healthy Life English muffin, I have to cut the egg in smaller pieces to make it fit. I also have to fold in the edges of the cheese. But it's all yummy in the end. I'm glad that I know you don't put water in the cereal. Dry cereal is my favorite, has been for years. My doctor will give me a prescription for blood work and I fast for it. My nuerologist has me do labs every 6 months and hers is due in March. So I will see if the doctors will compromise and let me do them all in February. I can't see my insurance company paying for a CBC and full Chemistry panel study in January and March.

Joyce, indiana

Hi Everyone,

Alison - I will, indeed, pray for your brother that he'll rise - and stay risen - from the ashes! I'll say a word for you, too, while I'm at it... Take care of yourself. :flowerforyou:

The fronts of my thighs are aching since Monday evening's gym workout. My regular walking gait has become stiff and awkward. :sad: 'Course, if I had followed Coach's post workout advice I may have avoided these problems. :blushing: (He said to drink lots of water and do 30 to 40 minutes of cardio each day after to get rid of the lactic acid build up.) Ah, well... Live and learn! :bigsmile:

Thanks for all the encouragement around dealing with my Coach. I'm not the bravest person but your words really helped to support me.

Tomorrow night is choir practice night. Lalalalala! Friday night is another session with the Coach.

Have a great Thursday and Friday ladies! :flowerforyou:

Anne, from wet and rainy Vancouver area, BC, Canada


A few goals for me for January 2014:

- To lose 6 lbs by January 31 (to be well on my way to my personal Goal #2 for March 31)

- To exercise a minimum of one hour, three times per week under the guidance of a personal trainer (already hired)

- To stick as closely as I can to the low-fat, high-fibre vegan diet I'm trying to follow for the month of January

Good Morning Ladies: Dr's appt went well, she said I actually lost a pound since I saw her last, I thought I gained:ohwell: , but she was happy, now she says 6-8lbs is healthy loss for the next four weeks,( easy for her to say) .

Had talapia, brown rice and fresh broccoli (out of our garden) last night, DH does not like fish much, but he said it was pretty good as long as we only have it once in a while, wish he would eat more fish. :frown: Tonight I am trying Rotisserie Chicken in the crock pot.

Alison: So sorry about your brother, prayers for you both. :flowerforyou:

DeeDee: My hot flashes are worse at night, so they help keep me warm. :laugh:

Katla: Only very very little sugar, or you will end up making it to sweet tasting.

Michele: Great idea about the timer on the crock pot. :bigsmile:

Anamika: It's nice to be back. Thank you. :bigsmile:

Linda: Thank you for the advice, I will remember that. :bigsmile:

Hope everyone has a Blessed & Wonderful Day! :flowerforyou:

Tina in Florida, where it will be in the upper 70's today :bigsmile:

Hi All, It has warmed up here in Cincinnati and tomorrow it's suppose to be up in the 40's.

Sandy ON- Thanks for the good wishes, I will need them as I get test anxious.
Michele NC- It is the AFAA certification that I will be testing for.
Joyce IN-Good luck with your physical
Meg Omaho- Great job exercising, I bet even though you were tired, it was a good tired.

I read over my resolutions and realize I need to work harder at these. I also have a horrid habit of starting to log my food in the morning and not going back the rest of the day. Today I've logged breakfast, lunch and snack and I'm sticking to eating what I've written already.

Working both jobs today and I give blood at 3 o'clock.

Have a healthy and happy day all. Patty from Cincinnati

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Welcome to everyone new:flowerforyou: !!!

Alison So sorry to hear about your brother having to be restrained , what a terrible shock it had to be for you:brokenheart: ! Will keep you both in my prayers!

Wish I had more time this morning, but it is not to be:sad: !

Have a wonderful day ladies! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!

Hugs,
DeeDee in getting warmer :happy: NC

Alison: I hope the photo of your brother will be helpful, but I have no idea whether it will or not. I’m thinking about addictions. We all have experience fighting addiction to overeating. My parents were addicted to smoking and is shortened their lives. Mom died of emphysema and dad of heart disease. Nothing I said or did made a difference or reduced either of their cigarette consumption and I started asking them to quit when I was a small child. I never wavered from my position and they never wavered from theirs. Maybe you will be able to make a difference in your brother’s struggle with addiction, and maybe he’ll tell everyone to butt out. Be sure that you don’t take on any guilt if he doesn’t try to change or tries and fails. Going to al-anon with your dad is a good idea. Hugs.:flowerforyou:

Sandy from ON: Good luck to you and everyone with subzero weather.:flowerforyou:

Dr. Katie: I was never able to manage my eating while I was actively teaching. I was chronically exhausted and ate for energy. Of course over eating didn’t give me more energy, but it felt like a little boost. I hope you will be able to do better. I don’t have an ipad, but I use my iphone app for all of my logging. I love it because I can enter the food as I go along and don't leave anything out. I love the name Kay. Let us know if we can use it.:flowerforyou:

Carol in NC: Congratulations on your weight loss and health improvements that allow you to drop the blood pressure medicine!:flowerforyou:

Joyce: Good luck getting your doctors to compromise on the timing of your blood testing. It would be nice if they could both get necessary test results from the same blood draw.:flowerforyou:

Anne from Vancouver BC area: Good news that you’ve gotten started with your coach and are making progress. Aching thighs are evidence of hard work.:ohwell: :flowerforyou:

Tina in FL: You may get an influx of visitors if you advertise 70 degree weather.:flowerforyou:

Amanda: I’m happy to hear that your daughter will be on maternity leave. European countries seem to do a much better job caring for the health of pregnant and new mothers than we do over here. It was nice of your DH to take care of the call with the ex. :flowerforyou:

Patty from Cincinnati: I do all my logging on my phone app because I always have the phone with me and am able to log accurately as the day goes along. Some people log in advance. In the end, we all have to do what makes sense to us. :flowerforyou:

Palmscj: Welcome. Where are you from? That you are measuring your goals in stones leads me to believe you’re somewhere in the British Isles. We have people from all over the world and it is nice knowing where people live.:flowerforyou:



I woke up, came downstairs as usual, set up the coffee and headed to my desk to post. Then I heard my dog yip and decided to be really quiet so he’d go back to sleep. He yipped again, so I went out to the garage to let him in. He wasn’t there. He was outside on his lead. He must have spent the night out there, poor little guy. He’s conked out beside me now. It is a good thing he has a dense double coat for insulation. Our low this morning was probably about 40 degrees.

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

“Love yourself—accept yourself—forgive yourself—and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.” Leo F. Buscaglia

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

Good morning,

Deedee drank water first thing this morning.:drinker:

Welcome newbies.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Because I am at DSIL in Chicago I browsed the posts but unfortunately don't have time for individual responses.
Hugs and prayers for those in need.

I am realizing the maintenance calories in MFP are too high for me. I need to cut back about 100-200 cal a day. I am up a pound or two. So it is time to cut back. That's what I love about MFP it gives me the tools and knowledge to keep me on track. Your on help this forum is invaluable too. Thank you.

Goals
Cut back on TV/computer
contentment

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

Margaret

Wow! We must be getting close to our 500 posts already--will this month take up 3 topics instead of the usual 2?
jb2011-thank you for your eating mindfully post--wonderful tips for watching what we eat!
NSV quickly here--My HgbA1C was 5.5, all lab levels were wonderful, so my goals of being healthier are being achieved.

Jeri
Less cold, cloudy northwestern Illinois

Welcome to all the new ladies. It's great to see this group explode with support. I look forward to getting to know each of you.

Linda – doing the happy dance for your dogs, what a relief

Barbie – I’m reading Happiness Project now, so I will definitely put Willpower on my list of books to read. I love getting recommendations for reading. I don’t weigh myself every day but am thinking about it as it would hold me more accountable and maybe more motivated to move more during the day.

Drkatiebug – you can do it, I dream of Onderland and one day I will get there.

Susan – I have done the 30 day shred before and it’s awesome…maybe time to dust it off and do it again. I would have joined you on the crunches but I do them on my bed as if I got down on the floor I wouldn’t get back up again. :laugh: My knees are too bad. You should post a pic here too, I’m sure we’d all love to see you

Joyce – good luck at your physical. 53 lbs gone is nothing to sneeze at…it’s awesome. Think light thoughts when you step on the scale :happy:

Meg – good for you in getting your exercise in and putting yourself first. I think that’s a hard lesson for a lot of us to learn. I know for me, I am always putting others before myself and I have to catch myself.

Carol – good for you in getting your steps in. I can’t get up to 10, 000. I work in a very small office and am stuck at my desk most of the day.

Tina – yay that your dr’s appt went well…6 lbs – 8 lbs in 4 weeks…yikes! :noway:

Amanda – I can’t even imagine speaking to my ex and it’s been 26 years. He has had nothing to do with the kids since the divorce. I too suffered abuse at his hand. I’m so happy that you were able to get out and have a wonderful man in your life. I look forward to that day.

Patty – I try and log my entire day of food and then stick to it. It lets me know in advance if I need to make any adjustments. Weekends are harder for me but I still try and log in advance.

Allison – I went to Al-Anon for many years as I grew up with an alcoholic step-father and married a drug addict. It helped me a ton.

Jeri – congrats on the great lab results

Whew - I'm glad I had the time to respond to some posts today. I feel like I just run out of time.

I did get to the Y last night and do my strength training. Tonight is cardio on the bike. At my Y they don't have wifi and there is no tv on the bikes. I can't seem to get audiobooks to work on my tablet without wifi so tonight I'm taking my daughter's portable dvd player and going to try and catch up on The Good Wife dvd's that my kids got me for Christmas. I wonder how many episodes I can watch in the 1 hour on the bike. Guess I'll find out tonight.

Well ladies, I have to get back to work.

Stay warm & safe.

Sandy from ON

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I'm not good at taking notes and have never figured out how to make notes on a separate page and transferring them here. And so since we are in part 3 now, I can't just scroll back.

Amanda, is your ex trying to make up to your daughter by being with her to meet the new grandbaby? My daughters and myself suffered through a lot of verbal abuse when my husband was working. After they left it was jsut me to get all of it. But all that changed when he retired. He is trying double time to be a completely different guy. Yes, he still gets mad at me but not nearly like what it used to be. Allison's husband owns the title for being the biggest butt hole on that. But he may be trying to change. I'm not saying let him in your life as a friend but at least see how things are doing with your daughter.

Nancy, from AZ. I remember when our first daughter went off to college. I had had so many people tell me to prepare myself for the crying when we had to drop her off. But I didn't! I have always had a problem with not being able to cry when I felt like I needed to anyway. But I didn't feel the need to. We had already agreed to make the drive to see her the next weekend to see how she was. Well that next weekend, her laundry was done, the room was clean, she had a good relationship with her room mate, and still does, she had a boyfriend and even had his class ring on her finger. That is when I bawled. My little girl didn't need me anymore!!:sad: :laugh: I was so proud of her and the way she was brought up that she could be adjusted like that but I still realized that she was all grown up and able to be self sufficient without me. Also I could tell that this relationship with the guy was serious, even after one week. Oh, they had their 15th wedding anniversary last week. Allow yourself whatever emotions you have. I truly believe that emotions are a gift from God. We need to allow God the chance to bless us and if we use them wrong we aren't recieving His full blessing.

Joyce, indiana

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