WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2014
barbiecat
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:bigsmile: : Hello to all the great friends who have been part of this thread and welcome to all the new friends we’ll be meeting this month.
:flowerforyou: The name of the thread is Women Ages 50+ but all women are welcome.
How did you do on your goals and resolutions for January? What goals and resolutions have you planned for February?:glasses: I like to make resolutions that I can reasonably expect to accomplish.
January Resolutions (with end of the month comments)
*dance at least three dances a day for extra practice (not so much at the beginning of the month but a lot more at the end)
*yoga twice a week (three times would be better)—(some stretches but no formal practice for the last three weeks)
*play with Bernie the cat at least 5 minutes a day (not every day, but often)
*don’t take things personally (excellent)
February Resolutions
*restart strength training from the beginning
*yoga once a week
*submit tax materials to accountant
*update important information list
*act the way I want to feel
:flowerforyou: Please join us even if you don’t make monthly resolutions. Connecting with other women on the same journey has helped me lose weight and keep it off.
:drinker: I hope we’ll continue with the custom of signing our names (or alias) and location to make our sharing more personal.
Barbie from beautiful chilly NW Washington where the days are getting longer 0
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jane0 -
Eilleen when I was a much younger girl and we went to Minnesotta every year to see my Dad's family, Grandma would always pack us a big lunch to have for the ride home. She made her sandwiches with butter. I hated them!!!:laugh: I loved the big cuts of meat and the home made bread but not the butter. My sandwiches are peanut butter, cheese, egg salad and then egg and cheese on an English muffin. All these are on the Healthy Life 35 calorie bread. What else could I have to put the cheese on? I guess I could buy some turkey deli meat. I haven't bought it before because I think turkey by itself is kind of boring. Right now, just knowing that cheese is in the refridgerator is making my tummy hungry and I need to put it out of my mind!
Joyce, Indiana0 -
Hi gals. Cool and windy here today and we are supposed to get snow. We got some bad news last night. Leonard’s (DH’s) cousin Bert fell off a scaffold thing while painting a church and landed on the cement. He punctured both lungs and has bleeding on his brain. He has been to surgery twice now, once to get the blood out of the one side of his head that was injured the most, then this morning he went back for some bleeding on the other side. He is in a coma and occasionally gets a little agitated, so they are keeping everyone out of his room for now. He is in a hospital in Joplin that I don’t think is a trauma center, but the family wants him there and not transferred so I am holding back on my opinions! Boy for a bossy old nurse like me, that’s hard! So please send healing thoughts and prayers.
Barbie; thanks for the information on Pat
Yanniejannie: your weather sounds atrocious! I hope it gets better soon there
Jenero: keeping my fingers crossed that the biopsy comes out fine
Michele: OMG I almost fell over laughing at what you said about the boy dog! You crack me up! I totally agree with what you said about these crazy things the teachers want the students to bring on those kind of days. I always hated it and I always signed the “homework book” under protest. I think all that stuff is for the kids and not the parents.
Susan: so sorry to hear that your father has PD. That disease can rob people of so much
Deb; when you find a way to get more hours in the day, please let me know LOL
Cynthia; congrats!
Heather: milk and whiskey???? Bleh! I’d just take the whiskey and throw the milk out! Glad you are feeling better!
Sylvia: congrats on your loss!
Carol: I’m glad you are feeling better! Those nasty bugs are everywhere
Kayakcutie: OMG what a funny picture!!!
Alison: if you are a heron lover, you should come to central Nebraska sometime! We are in the main migration pathway and literally millions of herons come here each spring. You can take tours to go out early, early morning and watch them all take off together or come out in the evening and land together. It is amazing. There are blues, green herons, and some random snow owls.
Jane: stay safe in the snow
Brenda; isn’t it great to feel stronger and healthier?
Eileen: I like to mash avocado and put on my sandwiches. It’s higher in fat but it’s the good fat you need
Rori: find some time for yourself during your travels. Be safe!
Jane: I’ll be thinking of you this weekend and Monday during your friend’s service.
Well ladies I’m off. Talk to you all tomorrow. Take care, Meg0 -
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Bump and TGIF from Atlanta!
Gail0 -
:flowerforyou: have a great weekend everyone keep warm and safe
Juanita in snowy sudbury0 -
Hi Ladies
- 24 C here the last few days..so cold.
Ive Been working hard on eating healthy and excersize. I exceeded my weight loss goal for January. .and now my goal for February is just to stick with it. .keep eating healthy and walk, walk, walk! oh and try to drink some water each day... blech,!0 -
Hi there! Is is really February already? Yikes! What happened to January? Zooooooooom, time flies.
My life has been something else lately, and I do mean busssy! I've taken on quite a few more music students which is of course a great thing, but I find my free time is now next to nil. That's ok, though, I'll manage somehow! Getting my exercise every day has been challenging, since mornings are now packed full with preparing lessons, cleaning, fixing meals, and walking dogs. It's a good life, really, just a busy one! I'll check in as often as possible, just wanted to let you know I'm still here and working away at losing a few pounds I gained last year.
Oh Meg, I'm so sorry about your DH's cousin. Sending all the best!!
jb in Portland 0 -
Saving my place!
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Well, today Vince just said to me "have you forgotten where you live?"
The day started out by my leaving the house at 7 to take my aluminum to the Humane Society (I forgot my coupons). Then I went to Bi-Lo to get what was on sale, then to the Y for the deep water class, then played mahjongg, then to Lowe's for potatoes, then to Dunkin Donuts for Vince's donuts, then the Salvation Army, then PetSmart to get more pill pockets and treats for the cats, then to Aldi for what I needed, then home.
I wore my water shoes during the class in addition to my webbed gloves. I can't get over how much resistance they add!
Tomorrow I'm planning to do the My Fitness Coach yoga workout on the Wii. I remember that you can set the length of time that you want to do a workout. I'm thinking that it's basically just repeating the same workout, but sometimes that's good.
Vince got his new battery today. Believe it or not, Sam's club was the cheapest and they installed it for free.
Susan - caliphers are more accurate for measuring your body fat percentage than those bioimpedence machines. Those machines can be influenced by the amount of liquid you drink etc. Really, the best is the hydrostatic measuring, but I don't know of any place that does that. Plus, it's probably going to be quite expensive. You can get a pair of fairly decent caliphers for a lot less money. It wasn't Ralphie who stuck his tongue to the flagpole, it was one of the other boys in the class. I just couldn't help myself.....lol I usually make a little bit of the cake for myself, and that bite wasn't dense. Really, the only spice was ginger. Now the recipe did call for fresh ginger and I used the dried so I did need to be sure that I had put in enough to give it a ginger flavor.
Heather - what a lovely compliment your hubby paid you!
Cynthia - good for you taking your bike. Awesome. Woohoo on the loss
Carol in nc -feel better fast. The weather this weekend should be better, hopefully, that'll help
Joyce - what med was that that was so expensive? I know the price of Lance's insulin went up to something like $180. Thank goodness he doesn't get a lot and one bottle lasts a long time. How horrible for your daughter's friend's mom! And not to be able to take the dogs!
While I was out today the insurance company called Vince. They approved my reclast!!!! What an uphill battle. Why is it so hard? Maybe next year what I need to do is start the procedure months in advance.
Alison - how horrible about your case! And you took such great pains, too. I do hope you get satisfaction, you deserve it
Joyce and Eileen - how I remember as a kid going to see my relatives in PA and my aunt making us sandwiches to take in the car with us, giving us fruit. Ohhhhh,..those were the days.
Joyce - I put cheese on those wheat thin crackers or sometimes a rice cake (low sodium)
Meg - big prayers for your dh's cousin. What a terrible thing to have happen
Michele in NC0 -
Meg, I'm sorry to hear about your hubby's cousin. I hope he is at a Freeman. That's the only big hospital left after the tornado, but I thought they had a trauma center. St Johns blew down, but it looks like the new building is about done. We've been to Kearney a couple of times to see the Sand Hill Cranes. Those are pretty amazing, too. And there are some wildlife areas between here and Kansas City where we've seen huge flocks of white pelicans in October, which I really enjoyed seeing. The whole area was a sea of big white birds.
Goals for February...maybe
Lose 5 more pounds.
Get back to swimming every day at the Y.
Go to my studio at least three days a week making pottery.
Paint one day a week.
Pay more attention to my appearance. Sick of being a slob.
Teach the dog some new commands. Hoping keeping him busy will make him less destructive.
Take grandson to story time at library every Tuesday.
Sylvia0 -
Hi! Only logged for 20 days kinda new and not sure how all this works yet, but I'm over 50 and working to lose 50 lbs.
I'm from central Idaho, on the bank of the Southfork of the Clearwater river.
LindaG0 -
Hello everyone.
I'm going to be brief tonight.
Meg- I am so sorry to hear of your cousin's fall. I hope he gets well, what a horrible ladder accident. My prayers go out to him and his family, that includes you.
Michelle- after doing all that stuff today, what time did you finally get home? I'm getting a caliper cuz I really want to gauge my BF%.
Tried to stay under 1200 cals today but fried up some bacon for a BLT salad and ended up dunking crusty bread in the hot bacon drippins.r..I seriously have never done that and it was SO GOOD! I thought about the pioneers eating bacon drippins. Notice how I spell drippins? Makes it sound mighty good!
Thank you, Barbie, for another month ahead. Such a worthwhile thread.
Well, back to my movie on antenna tv.
Good night all
Susan0 -
Hello Ladies,
Really Really fell off the diet this January. Looking make better choices during Feb.
I am a team member (run/jog) in the Chilly Willy at Fort De Soto Park. My sister is doing the bike.
Been very busy at our company. That is a good thing. Working on renovation of kitchen. So much dust uggh!
Tomorrow we will be back into the upper 70's. So ready to get back to yard work and cleaning.
Goal is to walk/jog 5mi 5x a week. this February.
Eat better and get this weight off!! Would love to add friends who want to take off 20lbs in the next 90 days. Please keep diary open if you friend request me. Otherwise what's the point right.
God Bless all of you and keep the faith for this journey.
Patsy0 -
I’m tired & not ready for anything but a good night’s rest, but I wanted to catch the link for February’s thread. I have made my new goals, which are slightly modified from January. I dropped the strength training to the category of “when I’m able.” I’ll get back to it when I can but will be focusing on cardio for now. I kept the water goal. I’m still not perfect but I’m doing a lot better at drinking water. The reminder of specific things that plenty of water does for my body helps keep me motivated to drink more of it.
Happy Valentine’s month!
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
February goals:
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Move more: cardio at least 3 days a week and strength training as soon as I am able.
3. Water: According to an article I saw on facebook, drinking water at certain times maximizes its effectiveness for the body. I’ll work toward following these guidelines:
* 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
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JANUARY! JANUARY! WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN FEBRUARY?!
Well for one thing, IT'S MY BIRTHDAY MONTH! And another, IT'S HEALTHY HEART MONTH!!!
Although it has been a record breaking month in temps(subzero) and snow(40 inches), I did manage to lose a total of 13 pounds despite being snowed in a few days.:bigsmile: I owe that to giving up sugar, white flour, baking powder, baking soda, meat and meat byproducts. I surprised myself because I really did not think that I could do it. BUT I DID!!:blushing: :bigsmile:
I had to change my mindset, read every label and cook most of the things myself. And since I have a "close relationship" with bread, , i had to make my own; WITHOUT using eggs, butter, milk, baking powder, and baking soda. :noway: So that left me with only a few options, flatbread, aloo parathas, or tortillias. I didn't think that I could do without my dinner rolls, toast, biscuits, etc... you know what I mean? BUT I DID!!:blushing: :bigsmile:
So to all you ladies who are joining or visiting this forum, I say welcome to the family. There are a lot of women here who know what you are going through and can help you get to your destination, There are a lot of women here who will inspire you by their hard work and efforts to continue to live a healthy lifestyle. There are a lot of women here who are just like you, looking for a friend, a shoulder or an ear. So don't be afraid to share your story because it will motivate someone to begin and inspire someone to keep moving forward.
So I want to thank Barbie for starting this forum and for sharing her life even when she is not feeling well.:flowerforyou: I realize that I am not one who "enjoys" the computer because of my eye, but I do get on to log in. But I do find myself coming to this forum and reading everyone's posts. I don't usually reply, but I do pray for their circumstances. I did not think that I would be here this long. I did not even think that I would lose as much weight as I have so far. BUT I DID!! And I owe it to this forum, and these women who keep me accountable for reaching my monthly goals. THANK YOU LADIES!!:flowerforyou:
HELLO FEBRUARY!!
Nancy
IN THE DEEP FREEZE OF MICHIGAN0 -
Linda G, it works this way. You just post and learn from us and we learn from you. We all give each other encouragement. We enjoy talking about our lives, that helps us to be more of a family and supportive of each other. So pull up an easy chair and tell us about yourself.
Oh, those days going up to Minnesota were the simple days. We camped one night going up there and spent all week at their old farm, helped with the chickens played games with the cousins, went to my uncles house and my cousin I think always staged a pig escape from his little farm so we had to chase the pigs down and then he would throw us in the horse tank to wash us off. We ate watermelon on the hay wagon and had seed spitting contests. Clean air, all food was home grown and home made. I still have some of the toys that Dad played with when he was a boy. They were kept in the same place under the stairs for us kids to play with. Being farmers, they have 5 meals a day. Of course us city kids weren't up early enough for the first meal. Grandma always had cookies for every single meal. They ahd a well and I tried not to drink the water or anything made form the water like lemonaide or tea while I was there. I swear there was so many minerals in that well you could chew the water. Oh but we had a good time. We never ever considered a vacation that you went to a park or stayed in a hotel or anything like that. I just didn't like butter on my meat sandwiches. That is reserved for mayonaise only.
Joyce, Indiana0 -
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Lin in Central Iowa0 -
Hello February!
Hello Ladies!:bigsmile:
Well I started the month well. This morning we went to the National park where we were meeting a friend of ours to walk on the trails and spot some animals. we saw deer, monkeys & a blue kingfisher. The view of the rising sun ,across rolling hills covered with thick old trees was blissful. The music of the various birds twittering and calling was worth the effort to drive down there.
Meg you and your family are in my prayers. Hope Bert is blessed.
Welcome new comers.:flowerforyou:
Sandy it was nice to read your post I was wondering where you'd gone.
As for Jan goals: were attained till the endless party began with my sisters coming over. Glad to be back on track.
This 5:2 fasting I'm trying is about training myself to eat significantly limited cals on 2 days of the week so that the body learns to use the fat deposits. Was a little difficult at first, but have pushed back my breakfast so getting used to new schedule.
So far so good.
Barbie thanks for binding us together on this wonderful page.:bigsmile:
Drinking lots of water:drinker:
Best wishes to all, Yay to all with victories and warm thoughts and healing angels for all those struggling
Anamika from Mumbai0 -
:flowerforyou: happy February, lovely ladies. My mom seems to have perked up while I am here.
It's been quite cold, so borrowing one of my sister's winter coats. Should be warmer today.
Ttyl
Renny
Temporarily in the Netherlands.0 -
I have reached my goal, back before Christmas and my family swears I do not need to lose another pound. So I am toying with the idea of stopping MFP and seeing how I do. After 700 some days, nearly two years, I think I will feel lost without it. I still think I could stand to lose a little more. I am thin but the stomach area still has visible fat. I now weigh 147 pounds and having lost an inch to age, my height is 5' 7". It seems to me that most of my pals here have either left or they have all lost interest in my progress. I seldom get a comment on my diaries and one or two if I have a good burn exercising. What do you think I should do?0
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Happy February my friends.
First of all, swat1948 - stick with it! Even after I reached maintenance I kept on logging (in fact I have only missed one day since I joined back in April 2010 - and that was the day I had my heart valve replaced!) I find that logging just makes me more mindful of what I am doing. Good luck whatever you decide to do.
I'm at work and expecting a busy day so I can't write much more. Will try to drop by again later today if I get a moment.
Have a good weekend - a great one if you can manage it!
Love to all.
Amanda x0 -
Good morning from lovely sunshiny Hampshire!
Terrible rain and wind last night, but we should be in for two decent days now.:bigsmile: Snowdrops under the apple tree, hellebores under the birch and an iris has popped up in the front. Spring is on its way!:happy:
Anamika - lovely to hear about your National Park.
Barbie - thanks for starting us off again.:flowerforyou:
Meg- many good wishes for Bert. Those head injuries are the devil, as I know you know. It took months for a friend of mine to get back to normal after he fell over ice skating.
Linda - stick with us. Though 9 lb in 20 days! Wow!:flowerforyou:
Pat phoo - Welcome back.:flowerforyou: Let's hope Feb is better and your SO gets the help he needs. I love your posts.
Jane - thinking of you over the next few days.
Nancy - 13 lbs! WTG!:flowerforyou:
Katla - my fish and eggplant dinner was so delicious DH said it was fantastic and I was a genius! (I think he is a keeper
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Actually I am no a genius, I am just good at following recipes.:laugh:
Tonight I am keeping one of my February goals which is to try a new recipe from the Hairy Dieters. It is Lamb Tagine, and includes chick peas, sweet potato, tomatoes and apricots. I don't normally like meat and fruit mixed, but I will try it out as it's getting hard for me to find something new. :blushing:
I am still having a few after effects of the tummy troubles, but this morning I have taken some Imodium as a last resort. Strangely I seem to have gained a lb, but I ate quite a bit of cheese last night, so v salty.
DH'S team is not doing too well recently.
He has a home game tomorrow up in North London so I will have the day to myself. I hope he will be able to chat to his nephew who has the(probably) autistic child, if the nephew can get to the prematch pub. Unfortunately it's a bit difficult as the nephew's dad is there, DH'S sister's ex, and he is not an easy character. DH doesn't feel comfortable talking with him there.
Next Wednesday we are going up to London to help DS babysit the two GC while their mother does a day's work. I am going to make some zucchini tots (skinnytaste.com) as DGS wolfed them down at Christmas. They were the first thing he reached for on the plate! They went down very well with the adults as well as a canapé with chilli jam.:laugh:
Love to all. Heather in sunny and sprouting Hampshire UK:drinker:0 -
Hi again,
Just changed my main photo to show a jug of spring flowers on my kitchen windowsill.
Actually they sre artificial, but they still lift my heart!
Heather in sunny Hampshire UK0 -
Bump, still sick :sick: :sad: :sad:0
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Morning my friends,
Joyce- I use the laughing cow garden vegetable wedge on my salt free rice cakes,split one wedge between 2 rice cakes and it is 125 calories.
Oh if you all knew how crazy I am over Heron's you would think I had lost my mind(which I probably have ):bigsmile:
have photo's of Heron's that I took to Florida in December,I found a Heron Jacket on Ebay many years ago,cannot find it now, so took it to a tailor to have taken in, I have Heron sweatshirts and t shirts, most of them to big for me,that I gave to my DB/DSIL and they wear them with pride.
I wear a pair of Heron earrings that are in flight and they are never taken off
waiting for the laundry to go through the wash and then will chuck it in the dryer..
trying to create a shopping list as I will go grocery shopping tomorrow.Had my lemon water ,now having my tea0 -
Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:
Barbie Thank you for our February thread:flowerforyou: !!!
Pat (Phoo) So glad to see you back:bigsmile: !!!! Sounds like you`ve had a difficult January! Hope you pop in more often, I really enjoy your posts!
Joyce I would put the cheese on a few crackers !
Meg Prayers to Bert and the entire family:flowerforyou: !
Juanita Are you feeling better:flowerforyou: ?
Jb So nice to see your post!!!! The months are flying by aren’t they:ohwell: ?
Michele How long did you stay out yesterday:huh: ? I get tired from just reading all you do!!! I`m so glad they finally approved your reclast!!! It`s supposed to be nice this weekend as far as temps go….it will feel like a heatwave !!
Sylvia A sea of big white birds….sounds beautiful! Any new news on the custody issues?
Linda G Welcome! Come in often and chat with us! 9 pounds in 20 days is marvelous!!!
Susan A BLT salad sounds delicious!!! I don`t have bacon often just because of the sodium:grumble: ! I`ve never dunked crusty bread (which I love) in bacon drippings, I have dunked it in good olive oil with a sprinkling of fresh cracked black pepper …yummy!!!
Patsy So nice to see your post:flowerforyou: !!!! Sounds like your January was extra busy!!! I`m so ready to see 70 degrees!!!!
Katla Hope you slept well!!! Goals look good!!!
Nancy (Christchild) Congratulations!!!! You made lots of changes and stuck with it all, I admire you!
Lin Hi:flowerforyou: !!!
Anamika I wish I had been with you at the National park, it sounds just beautiful and peaceful !!!! The 5:2 fasting sounds interesting, it may be something I do, need to research it a bit more. Let us know how you`re doing on it!
Renny It`s nice your mom has perked up some:flowerforyou: !!!
Swat1948 Congrats on reaching your goal:bigsmile: !!! Only you can decide if you want to stay here and continue to log. I will probably be here forever logging my food. I think it keeps you accountable, I certainly don`t want to gain back what I`ve lost, and logging is a way to see it in black and white! Maybe you need to focus on toning instead of losing more, lifting weights maybe? There are several ladies here that lift, I`m sure they could give you more information!
Amanda Hope you have a great weekend as well!!!
Heather Dinner sounds good !!! Hope your tummy continues to improve!
Yesterday was a hard day, one of my friends, a women who has treated me like a daughter since my mom died, lost her only granddaughter, she was only 23 years old, she had a pulmonary embolism several years ago, and had been in a nursing care unit, she got pneumonia last week and was too weak to fight it off. Such sad news, prayer service is tonight and funeral is on Monday. I can not imagine losing one of my granddaughters, my heart is just broken for her:brokenheart: !
On that sad note I will sign off….
Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!
Hugs,
DeeDee in sunny and warmer NC0 -
I just had an early lunch of vegetables, couscous and hummous. Fingers crossed that I don't get pain!
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Good Morning Ladies!
I just found this thread. I'm pumped to be joining. January was great/bad for me. I lost 6 pounds but gained 4 of them back. (Now how crazy is that?) February will be my month to get back on track eating healthy clean foods and getting all of my water in. I like the goal I saw of 2 glasses of water when you get up, a glass before lunch, before dinner, before bed, etc. I also plan to "move" this but a little more. :laugh: I'm 52 and today is a new day. I am encouraged!
By the way....What does "bump" mean?
"It's a brand new day...What will I do with it? :flowerforyou:0 -
Welcome February! After a challenging January with the weather, etc., I'm going to try and be more consistent this month. I'm already happy to hit the boards here on the actual First DAY of the Month!
Here we go! Wish me luck as I wish you all consistency and great health!!
xoxo
tammy0
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