WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2014

Four pages since I last posted a 'bump!" Looks like we are almost to page 3 this month!

Welcome to all the new people!

Been in a real 'funk' the last 2 weeks, not sure but think it is the seasonal affective disorder (sad) I get in the winter. Even though the weather hasn't been really bad, just not up to doing what needs to be done. I don't know.... Could be this ongoing sinus infection I have....

Well, I didn't get to read all the posts, just skimmed. To the person who lost their cat, I am so sorry. I know how you feel. I had to put down 4 dogs in 2 years because of different things, 2 with kidney failure, 1 with pneumonia (he was really old), and 1 that just quit eating. The youngest of these was 7 years old, and I raised them all from puppies, a couple from birth. It was the hardest thing I had to do. You have my sympathy.

Alison, I am so happy to hear your brother is improving! Still praying he makes the right decisions now for the rest of his life.

Have to get back to work now.

Rita from CT

My SMART goals for January: 
I will lose 5 pounds by January 31 through consistently going to Curves at least 4 times a week and increasing my daily steps to average 8,000 steps a week. My ultimate goal is to weigh 145 or less pounds and be healthy by this time next year. 

Amendment to goal: if I cannot make it to the gym 4 times in a week, I will exercise to my walking video for at least 30 minutes. 

SMART goal - Specific, Measurable, Actionable/achievable, Realistic, and Timed. 

Week 1 steps average: 6315, Curves 3 times (closed do to snow and holiday). Did my video once to make up for it. 
Week 2 steps average: 7800, Curves 5 times! Too much salt, candy, and junk food this week!
Week 3 steps average: 5793, Curves 5 Times! Not walking enough, not watching my diet enough. Not going to make the 5 pound loss either.

:flowerforyou: Good Morning Ladies,

Only time to check out the last page. I said that once I was moved and somewhat settled I'd be back and be faithful and today is that day.

Busy weekdend. I was unable to get to the lunch with the Colorado ladies:sad: but I did get my kitchen and my clothes in order so I feel like I live at my new home.

Made lunch last night and logged it right away.

I don't know what it is about Sunday nights but I never sleep like I should so getting up this morning to exercise before work didn't happen but it will when I get home.

Hoping everyone his having a good new year so far. Have a good day and let's keep drining our water:drinker:

Laura80111 in Colorado

PS GO BRONCOS

Does 48.5 count? I've started with younger groups but found that I don't even know what "shred" means! I've tried MFP before without the community and it worked for a little while, but now I think I need the support of others going through the same thing. I'm at a time in my life where the weight is really sticking very easily! I think I have gained 15 pounds in the past 6 months and I really don't think anything about my diet has changed. I want to increase exercise, and of course, eat smarter.

Good morning everyone,
I got my husband off to work this morning. Glad its him. (I think). I do miss working though. We went out and looked for a new box spring and mattress this weekend and think we have decided. We have until the end of the month. I hate what we have now, its so uncomfortable. We have only had it for about six years. The only thing I know its got to be cheap. I let my husband get it. Last time that happens. Guess you could say I'm a little more picky. But also know that January is the month that a lot of these places have them on sale. Kind of like a white sale.

I have just started MFP Dec. 2013 and just getting use to everything. I need help with my eating very much. Hope everyone is having a good day.

I'm turning 55 tomorrow, and debating the birthday cake. I've had the same kind each year for my entire life, and am not sure that I'm willing to forgo it. I'm thinking that maybe I should just make a small cake, instead of the full-size version, so there will be less damage. :ohwell:
Jane in Colorado

Last summer I wanted to make blackberry Kuchen, a lifelong favorite. I followed the recipe as always, but made cupcakes instead of the sheet cake I usually make. I had one and popped the rest into the freezer. They're holding well, and I've been able to have one occasionally as a treat and not go over my calorie goals. It is worth thinking about. I also put the recipe into the recipe calculator here and divided by 12 for 12 cupcakes, so I know what my treats are "costing" me. If you like the idea and anyone asks, you can tell them you've decided on a second childhood for your birthday gift to yourself.

Katla in foggy NW Oregon

Happy mon.Busy am.Hubby had to go for ot to strengenth his hands.
Daughter had an ultrasound to check female organs.
Had lunch,gonna chill before I go to son`s.
HUGS to u all
jane

:flowerforyou: Joyce, your brother is right in my view. Release the guilt.

I was able to speak with my mom's doctor this morning. I will likely arrange to go over there next week for a week, while things still look pretty good. It is tough to get my mind on other things today, although I have a lot of business things to take care of.

So, I better get to it as this is my day off to get it done.
Renny

Good Afternoon Ladies,

Trying my best to get my week started off on the right path. Got 30 minutes (2 15 minute miles) in on the treadmill this morning but still "owe" another 20 minutes of cardio after dinner. Having my son off school today throws everything off. Took him out to meet a friend at a local gym so they could run while I sat and chatted with his mom, also a friend. We went to the mall food court for lunch and I stayed on track with a Subway 6".
Came home to an Edible Arrangement and got a little crazy with some of the chocolate covered fruit but I will stay within my MFP boundaries today....after that extra 20+ minutes of cardio.

Was not able to go to my mom's doctor's appointment this afternoon, with my son home, so I'm holding my breath for the bad news after the latest CT. As some of you already know, chemo doesn't really work on pancreatic cancer. It's not in her case and I'm wondering if her doctor is going to give her the option to discontinue instead of looking for more drugs that aren't helping anyhow. NOT crazy about her oncologist and her lack of ability of offer up realistic options.

Laughing at mid rise panties. I personally love them because my post hysterectomy belly can hang right over the band : )

Just checking in. Been areally bad weekend. Ice cream and I did not do well. All I can say is it is gone and not bringing anymore into the house anytime soon. Not even sure why I was eating all weekend. Just know that I am not looking forward to weigh in the morning, but not giving up and today so far I am doing better. I know this is a lifestyle change and one day at a time. Thanks for listening and being here. And most important not giving up on me. Hope others are having a good day and Meg and Alison pray things are looking up for your loved ones.
Blessed, Vicki GI NE

Good evening friends! I had trouble getting my wifi connection to work today, so I hope this lasts long enough to finish this post.

Today was huge fun! My son and his kids came over for lunch since they are out of school today. I cannot express just how happy those kids make me! My face still hurts from smiling. I made tiny pigs in blankets using little smokies and crescent rolls - which were a huge hit- and deviled eggs, and after lunch we made cookies and played UNO. Afterwards I took the kids to Walmart because my son needed to pick up a prescription and didn't want to drag all three kids along with him. They sang songs all the way.

Then I went to rehab, and when I got home I found that Bruno took a brand new box of Kleenex outside where it must have exploded. Big mess. Bruno is murder on Kleenex. My fault for putting the box on the coffee table.

Tomorrow it's supposed to get really cold again. And I have to go to the lake cabin at 9am tomorrow to meet the plumber. We FINALLY got one to call us back. So it will be cold in the house and there will be no working bathroom, so it will be tricky. I may just leave him there with a key. Hubby printed out photos of the roughed in plumbing from six years ago when we remodeled. It should help because one pipe is broken inside the wall between the kitchen and bathroom. The other broken pipe is under the kitchen sink.

Tomorrow afternoon I am going to my friends house in Joplin for another painting party. We've decided to do it every two weeks.
It's such fun.

Food wise I'm doing pretty well. I've added a few more calories and the weight seems to be coming off a little better. I had one tiny pig-in-blanket and one cookie for lunch, and chili for supper, so I may need a little more food later.

DeeDee, I want to throw my ipad sometimes too, but usually I love it.

Good night!

Sylvia

Well, I survived the 30-day shred from yesterday and forced myself to do it again today. Even as sore as I have been all day, it was still easier today than yesterday. I just KNEW that my arms and shoulders were going to be immobile today since that's what got so tired yesterday. Huge surprise when it was my legs--particularly my quads. Once I get up and moving, it's all fine, but getting up from the chair and taking those first few steps HURT! And, going down steps? Killer! :sad:

Congrats on those size twelves! (I promise that I will learn names some day!) It tickles me to no end that I can consistently fit into fourteens. I think I was in my twenties the last time that happened! :laugh:

It was so pretty outside today! I really hate being cooped up inside all day when it is like this. As someone else said, there's a chance of snow here tomorrow. I don't foresee it happening, but we'll see.

I know some of you have Fitbits. I have a question for you...I have my activity level set as sedentary on both MFP and FB so that I can get a more accurate count. Should I be eating back enough of my calories so that I net at least 1200? If one needs at least 1200 calories per day to be healthy, I would think that I would need to eat them back to that point. However, FB gets in a twit if I go barely beyond the 1200. I hate to ask these questions out in the forums because there are so many rude, mean people who reply to honest questions. And, I don't have the patience to search through everything to see if someone already asked the question.

I think I'm going to bed early tonight. I brought work home but forgot half of what I needed to actually do it. I'm afraid I'm going to have to work this Friday afternoon to get enough time without interruption to complete my year end tasks. :grumble:

Rest well, my friends, and stay warm and safe.

Carol in NC

50 Ladies - good evening Goddesses :laugh: :happy:

:yawn: :grumble: I woke up around 4 am this morning, thinking about work I had to get done today and worrying about my mum. Her appt with the vascular surgeon (OMG he is gorgeous! i nearly pee’d:devil: ) went well, he is so sweet .. like he walked out the pages of GQ or Mens Health.. wow (still rubbing my eyes:blushing: ) He is going to do a special cat scan on her with dye, and she must come off of a couple of her meds prior to protect her kidneys. From there he said they will make a decision weather she needs surgery, or ballooning of what arteries she has - blockages below the knee being the main difficulty. She was left with poor lower leg circulation after they removed veins years ago for her heart bypass surgeries. Neuropathy pain is getting bad but I can only give her ¼ of the med to treat it, any more than that stupifies her so badly she can barely speak or reason. She was so cute with the doctor - I think she was actually flirting with her poor diseased foot in his face:embarassed: . On the plus side she was approved for a heart defib/pacemaker implant, which is a great relief:happy: . Did my weekly weigh in and was down 5 lbs from last week . I know much of it is water and big drops like that are not usual and certainly won’t last but it helps me to think I may reach my first goal sooner than planned - if so - then I can get well on my way to the next 25. I'm down from size 18 pants to 16, and down from 22-24 tops to 18’s. Plantar faciitis was playing up today so no walking workout but did plenty of arm weights, some yoga and pilates stretching.. and hanging upsidedown like a bat on my inversion table .. i’m blonde so the extra blood flow to my head can only be a good thing!! LOL :bigsmile: :laugh: :noway: Have a great evening all, drink your water, log your food, weigh in .. and stand naked in front of your mirror once a week (I hadn't done it in months, now I do every day - wow, what a difference a few pounds make!)

Michelle exermom - did you like the wii Zumba? thanks, i put pic’s of my fur-kids on my blog in in my photo storage here in MFP - everyone is welcome to take a looksee. I miss it when I am here in Canada.. they have the best coconut cake ever!

Katla katla49 - thanks, ol’Winston is one of my personal hero’s. great TEdison quote too! you’re so right about the D3+calcium citrate .. i add a little 5htp in the winter time too, it works well for me

Heather cityjanelondon - hope you get feeling better soon, does anyone in your family address the Haggis? Robert Burns style?

Amanda tiarapants - sorry to hear of the IBS, it can be awful. interesting article on gallstones adn dieting i came across http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/gallstones.htm I wound up with a fatty liver after having gallbladder removal.

DeeDee2211 - drinking lots of water and logging all my food

Joyce jmkmomm - great shopping trip & kudos on the jeans VW has nice comfy stuff .. so i wouldn’t normally ask a person i don’t know well this but “So, how’s it goin with the new underpants?” LOL

grandmallie - i hope your brother is feeling much better

megblair1 - 65! devine! that spinach chicken waterchestnut recommend would be yummy

genhosaddict - welcome, jump right in

Carol nccarolb - that shred sounded tough, the cake & casserole sound carb-a-licious!

Cynthia CynthiaT60 - try not to worry too much about the calorie overage, you can get control back.. haggis is surprisingly good (if the chef is good)

Margaret margaretturk - thank you, and the movie sounds good i’ve been wanting to check it out

RebelRenny - spending a week with your mum sounds good, no doubt she will appreciate it. love
my inversion table, don’t know what i would do without it.

Sandy Kalley1959 - aquafit sounds wonderful, i just love the water, congrats on -79!

Gail gardengail - 50 degrees would be a welcome right now, lucky you!

sandykendrick - welcome, we started about the same time, same goal, and getting a good nights rest is a good start.. on that new mattress

KayKallsen52 - your low fat plan sounds good

valerieray - cooking and baking is great, i’m sure you’ll find a way to work it into your plan with a little portion control - good luck to you

Rita kevrit - hope your sinus infection clears up soon and your feeling better and brighter

Patty moeggep - dancing is so much fun, great exercise, a shame it was so loud

Laura80111 - sunday nights a problem for me too, going through all the work i need to get done on monday.. like working well before its time to clock in

debbyl - sure it counts! i’ll be 49 in a few days - welcome and good luck with your weight loss

texasgal22 - howdy, definitely geared to get fit by 50

Barbie barbiecat - congrats on your 25th!

Jane janehadji - happy day before your Birthday! have a great one.. how about a cheesecake? yo get the benefit of additional protein

Jane janemartin02 - i hope your DH does well with his ot, and that your DD is well also .. hugs to your friend Thelma

Jill jfenner141 - waiting for the cold here too, still my DH in Alaska gets it so much worse than I do here in southern Ontario

Gloria gmom316 - good job with your workout today, it’ll help balance out the chocolate mmmmmmm chocolate (my worst temptation). I hope your mum can get some better alternatives to choose from

Hello to anyone I missed today;
Viv wizzywig -
Ann answerinthesky -
Sylvia molliewhippet-
Gloria gmom316 -
Kay kayzoola -
redalee1 -
yanniejannie -
Carrie perfetrun -

Marni (canookie) .. feel free to add me .. I have fun pics on my blog and help to share Motivational and Dietary tips
Goals for January
- Get a jump start on moving the scale down to reach 1st goal of 50lbs by 50 yrs old
- follow the DASH plan and Mayo Clinic type 2 diabetes recommended carb (15-30g per/meal)
- eliminate processed foods, wheat, sugar, occasional starchy veg
- stock up on fresh fruit, veg and lean protein
- exercise more often, longer, build up stamina in order to get leaner and stronger

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. ~ Winston Churchill

Marni, had to laugh when I read your comment about the underwear. It gives a totally different contour to the belly. It's like I have a panty line that one would worry about so much in a tight skirt but I see it with my jeans and especially without the jeans. Plus I'm not used to wearing purple, But that's one of the colors in the pack. And when you shop with a 33 year old daughter, that's what gets put in your shopping cart. She also put Cadbury mini eggs in the cart. We were both buying things, so I told her that she better hide those things from my sight.

She does so much for me and I owe so much to her how she keeps my spirits up so. When I was looking for shoes at Kohls she found a pair of Crocs that are flats but she has a home with a lot of problems, with her old house, she is a single woman, wasn't when they bought it. So money is pretty tight. She even dropped cable, internet and a cell phone plan to keep on budget. She has one of those non contract $35/month phones. Anyway, Charlie agrees that I need to go to Kohls and buy them and just drop them off at her front door some evening when she is working. I'll also get her a dark chocolate bar. She was going to get Cadbury dark chocolate but I told her we had 4 dark chocolate Hershey kisses at home that we don't like. So we get back home and Charlie had already eaten them. He said he heard it would be healthy for him. Well since when has he worried about his health?????

I don't worry about what my FitBit puts my calories at. MFP has my settings at 1200 calories. I don't like it, I try to stay closer to 1300 calories which is what my doctor wants me at. But it is really hard to get to 1300 and still stay within my carbs MFP has me at. But now that my activity level has increased, my diabetes teaching tells me that I should be having more carbs anyway. I have tried to change the settings, think I am successful but it never shows it. So I just eat what I think I should eat and don't particularly worry about the fact that the numbers here don't look good. Well, I just looked at my diary and took my calculator out and the carb count is accurate. I don't seem to be losing anything lately and I wonder if it is because I am closer to 1200 calories but it is so hard for me to be at 1300 and be correct in my carbs. Wait, I think I have already said that. AH,, the joys of having senior moments in addition to MS!!!!

Found my resistance band at Walmart. Charlie wondered what you did with one and he was surprised with what all we do in a Silver Sneakers class. So I showed him some of the movements with the weights and leg movements together. I know it will build muscles but I just wonder how long the flab on top of the muscles will be there.

Joyce, Indiana

genhosaddict - welcome! Stop in very often. I really find it helps so much to log my food, even prelog it sometimes

Meg - we finally got all the Christmas decorations put away. Had them down but needed to leave them in the garage to dry out so that we could put them away. Finally! We can get the cars in the garage!!! I never thought of making some sort of meal for her! That would be something. I guess I was just in the mode of thinking "oh, gotta make a dessert" that a main never even entered my mind. The thing is -- I don't want to offend her by bringing food because she speciafically asked that we not bring something since she's making her chocolate chip brownies. Really, she made them one time and brought them to my house. What it really is is just package brownie mix (I saw bits of the mix that were still dry on top) and she puts a bag of chocolate chips inside it. Well, she's not a real big cooker so I don't fault her. I know what'll happen. She can only have a little chocolate at a time, so she'll give the rest to everyne ese

katla - I'll probably go to that yoga class at her church, but maybe only every other week or so. Maybe more often in summer, tho. What I used to do was go to the farmer's market and then go to yoga. Since I'm that way, I may still do that. We'll just have to see how it all plays out. Glad I have some yoga DVD's, tho. At least I can still go to the Wednesday yoga class and get instruction from the teacher. I remember when I worked at the Y (where we used to live). I got so fed up with the bs that would go on that I finally got to the point of feeling "just leave me alone and let me do my job". At my annual reviews I always got high marks on everything except remembering member's names.

Joyce - Kohl's is very good about taking their coupons, even expired ones they give you credit for. I do like shopping there, just wish they had a larger Petite department. Congrats on the size 12's. Yea for you going the entire length of your class. Your daughter sounds lovely

Heather - feel better fast

Amanda - good for you bringing your lunch

Elaine - welcome back!

Debby - of course 48.5 counts!!!! You know, lately I've been feeling so "bloated". My weight has gone up some, too. And I honestly don't think I've been really off. I admit, I went off the calories for the christmas, but I don't think I am now. But I still feel "bloated" and have this "middle age spread" that I really didn't have before, or at least not as much.

Sandykendrick - my dh is the same way -- he has to have a certain kind of mattress or he has a hard time (if not impossible) time sleeping. Not me. I'm a heavy sleeper and can sleep just about anywhere.

Jane in CO - happy birthday!

gmom - all the best for your mom and you. Let us know the final verdict, OK?

Jane - praying for Thelma

Sylvia - I can tell in your post just how happy you are! You know, I'd never heard of pigs in a blanket with hot dogs in crescent rolls until we moved to NC. To me, pigs in the blanket were always cabbage rolls. Which reminds me, that's something that I should make, we haven't had in a long time. Only Vince won't eat the cabbage, only I will. But I like it. I hope the plumber is able to totally fix it.

Carol in NC - today WAS nice, wasn't it? But I understand that we're due for more cold weather. It can ge bitterly cold at the end of Feb, I don't have a problem with that especially since we'll be in FL

kimber in SC - yea on the weight loss

Marni - I don't know if I like the Wii zumba or not. I would like to be able to do different type of dances, but you evidentally have to get it "unlocked" in order to do others. I'm not a real zumba person (that's putting it mildly), but it IS good for a change.

Well, today has been a really busy day. It started out by my doing a little bit more of that bellydance DVD, then bought gas on my way to the extremepump class. Took the class then went to the soup kitchen planning to drop off the donations. I was shocked, to put it mildly, that they weren't open! j People are hungry regardless if it is MLK day or not. Then went to the mall, wound up returning the sweater Lynette got for me (the only thing you really could wear under it was a turtleneck and that would just make me look shorter) but I did find this really nice sweater that has green in it. I'm always looking for something green since I have a pair of pants that will match it.

Then on to the movies. "Saving Mr. Banks" was good, but honestly, I don't think I would have paid $8.50 to see it. Then they wanted to go out to dinner but I needed (really wanted) to get home to make Vince's dinner. Found out that what I thougtht I had defrosted, I really didn't so he wound up having ravioli. Then to mahjongg. The gal laminated the workouts for me. She made some of those chocolate chip brownies -- I think I told you about them. They're really brownie mix with chocolate chips in them. I had one to be nice, brought about 3 home for Vince. We're going to have mahjongg at another lady's house next week. I'm not real crazy about going to her house, her driveway is SOOOO narrow and you have to be careful because there is a big ditch on one side. Well, the following week I'll suggest we have it here.

After mahjongg stopped at Lowe's Foods and got some organic apples. I didn't realize how low I was on them.

Planning to do a spinning downloadable workout tomorrow. Haven't done spinning in a while. Then I'll take the things to the soup kitchen, since I'll be right by the post office I'll mail Denise's package and see about Bryan's, then take the cake to Lynette.

michele in NC