WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER

chicklet - you never cease to amaze me how much you do for others.

Went to see TSO in concert last night. It was Jessica's bf's first time. His reaction? "OMG - they're awesome!" I really like how at the start of each and every concert, they give a check to a local charity for $1 of every ticket purchased. Also, the strings section is always a local group. At the end of each concert, they give a guitar signed by all the members to one child. And they always say "thanks" to all members of the armed service, past, present, and future. I think that's so good. After the conert we went out to dinner. I had this salmon (could only eat 1/2 of it) and mixed veges (I had to ask for no butter) and a salad -- just lettuce and tomato. I asked for vinegar and oil on the side, only put the vinegar on.

We're going to have a cookie exchange so I've been baking, baking, baking all day. Vince says "boy, you sure are making a lot". FINALLY, the last batch is in the oven. Took me 5-1/2 hrs to do. I could tell towards the end I was getting tired because the cookies were getting larger and larger.

If anyone looks at my menu today, don't yell at me, please. I know I didn't log anything for lunch or dinner. All day I've been "sampling" the cookies. Right now I feel so so "yuk"

Oh, remember I asked if almond milk can be frozen and someone (I don't remember who) said that it could. Well, it can, but when you do, the consistency changes. I don't think I'll freeze it again. I got these smaller cartons of it so I'll use those.

Jessica left today, now I need to make her bed, vacuum the bedrooms and clean her room.

Didn't do any exercise today. This a.m. decided to make Zac's (Jessica's bf) parents the pumpkin spice muffins. He said his dad really liked them. Ken is supposed to come over this week, so I'll give the rest to him and Lynette. I also cut a piece of the triple chocolate cheesecake for Lynette. Right now to be honest, I'm just too pooped to exercise. Tomorrow I'll take an extreme pump class.

Welcome janemartin! You just joined by posting. Continue posting so we can get to know you better. Hi there lizzybluts!!! You, too, PJilly. Welcome Minicat. You do so much, sometimes it helps to give our bodies a rest. Then go back to your exercising

For the last three days the Wii has been saying that I'm overweight. Not today, but it wouldn't surprise me if it does tomorrow. I'm thinking that a lot of it is due to the cookies that I've been baking. Will I ever be glad when the holidays are over!

Congrats on the fantastic news Rebel. So...when's the due date?

Think I'll just go lie down for a bit

Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Two questions since I am just getting started:
1. I am having trouble entering exercises. If I search database, there seems to be no button to click to add to my daily diary. If I click on add your own exercise, it doesn't give me calories burned. Can someone guide me with this?
2. Where do I enter monthly goals like all of you have at the bottom of your posts?

BTW my husbands work holiday party is this Friday. I bought a cute black dress, tried it on with and without a body shaper. Definitely need the body shaper and even then, considered re-ordering it in a larger size. So I really need to amp up exercise and come in under my calorie count every day this week. :grumble:

Thanks, Joyce

:flowerforyou: Hello "to all the lovely Ladies"

It's good to read about all of your daily life schedules. It's very busy here. I still have the cough, can you believe:???:huh: :noway: I have had this for over 6wks. All the folks around who have had this particular virus, say that they still have a cough. One nurse practitioner says that it is a mild virus of whooping cough(is that how it is spelled). I haven't heard of that disease in years.

I am still going. I had an after-church function with family and friends and guess what we did ??/SANG! I know it was at least 2 hours and maybe 3. I just entered 2. Keeps me honest. I would rather enter too little as too much.

Chiclet: our hearts are with you. Any of us, who have living parents, could be in your situation. You are a good daughter.

Welcome to all the newbies...I just keep getting scooted on down the line. I am beginning to feel like an oldie:bigsmile: Age having nothing to do with it.:noway:

My eating tonight went about 150 calories over, I think. It's late and I'm not going to click back and see for sure.

Just wanted to let you know that I am lurking even when I am not posting. I love reading all the things in your lives and I hope and pray for your troubles and your struggles.

It's a wonderful time to be alive, don't you think? :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Have a good day today...

:flowerforyou: Hi everyone, wow there's quite a few newcomers joined since I last posted. Welcome to all of you.

Just another quickie :ohwell: :ohwell: I'll try and read all the posts later, this is just to check in with my December goals.

For December I'm going to ( I nearly said try then!!!) no I am going to start the gut n but exercises.

Keep up the running, the weather has been against us this last week. We are not used to snow for more than a day at a time here in the UK and the snow has been with us more than a week now :noway: and no sign of it thawing :grumble:

Drink lots of water.

Eat more veggies and fruit

and choose healthy choices when eating out. (I'll take a doggy bag and bring some of it home)

Hope to get on the PC later on today to read and catch up with you all.

Love and best wishes to you all.

Happy Monday!

Amanda- I still find it hard to believe that you loss so much over the last year. That is fantastic, but especially with all you go through.

Rebel-Congratulations on the upcoming grand-baby.

Chicklet- I know what you mean about "problems with care givers". I hope that settles down for you soon.

Barbie - As always we love your advice and comments.

To all others: I hope you have a really good day filled with great choices. I am actually on time for work today and if I keep posting, I won't be. lol

Have any of you seen the article on working out like a man? Well, I'm starting to think about trying it: doing more weights, etc.

Jeannie

Good morning. I've just spent a fair amount of time reading through all the posts in this thread to get to know you better. What an amazing group of women. Thank you again for welcoming me.

I've been thinking about what my goals should be and how MFP fits into my life. I joined in August 2009 a few days after my dad died (he's still my inspiration). I reached my initial goal weight of 145 last March by eating 1,700 to 1,800 calories a day and working out six days a week. I wanted to lose a little bit more, but I increased my calories to 1,900 at that point and have gotten to a very comfortable place with my weight, which is between 135 and 140. I'm going to increase my calories slightly to 2,000 and see if that's the right number for me for maintenance. I love food (and drink!), so I'm all about eating the most calories I can without gaining weight. :bigsmile:

When I first joined here, I had zero intention of becoming involved in the community aspect. I just wanted to mind my own business and use the food diary to track my food, as it's the best tool I've ever seen for doing that. My head was in the right place to achieve my own personal success, and I didn't need motivation or inspiration from anybody else. But I discovered something. There are quite a few people here who have met their goals, but they stick around and help others, and that is inspirational to me. I've also discovered there's all kinds of support that has nothing to do with health and fitness, and I definitely don't have it all "together" in other aspects of my life — mainly the trials and tribulations of trying to help and cope with a young adult daughter who is struggling with severe depression and has been for years. I've reached out to friends on here and gotten support that I never even knew I needed.

Enough rambling already. My goals for December are somewhat vague, but basically I want to continue to do a good job staying on track with my food and exercise, and I especially want to give back however I can. I want to work on being more aware of how I can serve others. I also want to remember it's OK for me to lean on others when I need to.

On that note, I think I'll go do today's workout. Happy Monday, all.

Thank you all so much for your warm welcome.... I feel it through our very cold evening! Its so hard NOT to eat yummy things when it's so chilly - I was thinking about the food calculator all day at work today!! I am so ready to change!

happy thoughts to all,

Nancy

Oh and I forgot to say that I've also decided to give myself a break about things... I got on this "clean eating" kick where I tried not to buy things with all these artificial ingredients and tried not to eat protein bars because they really are kind of glorified candy bars. But it didn't lead to good things. I never did make my own bars like I kept saying I would and I didn't find good replacements for the foods I stopped buying so then I'd eat junk instead because it was around and was easy.

So I bought some of those cottage cheese and greek yogurt that have a pocket of fruit on the side to mix in. Yeah, the fruit is mostly sugar and it would be healthier to cut up my own fruit and add it myself, but I didn't do that 4 times out of 5 and I should know myself better by now to know what I will and won't do. I got a bunch of protein bars too. I know some days I eat too many of them but when I didn't have them I was eating a lot of carby and sugary stuff instead because it was available. I find I can maintain my weight better if I incorporate a protein bar for an afternoon snack.

:bigsmile: First day that I actually logged my food intake honestly in a long time. Also went to the gym today and on the treadmill and elliptical, so some good calories burned. Yay.:bigsmile:

Thanks for all the good thoughts on my DD pregnancy. We are very excited. FYI - we have 4 grandchildren already, however do not see them (sad story which I won't bother you about). Needless to say we are totally delighted with the news. I will keep you posted on the due date.

Having a bit of a situation at work: one co-worker on my team somehow decided she has something against me. Will have to sort that out, because it makes no sense. Hopefully it will blow over and it is all about a misunderstanding. I know she has something against others on the team, but why me is beyond me Booo.....

My mom had an "episode" this past Friday. On the brink of a heart attack. Fortunately one of my sisters was just coming along and the "red button" was pushed. Emergency help provided and disaster prevented. Except that my sweet momma is left very tired and even more confused. It does appear the lack of oxygen has done some more damage. We are prepared and so is she. But still.

:drinker: I had a wonderfully restful weekend. Read a whole book, drank wine, had great conversations and played computer games. How sinfully excellent!!! I love my life.

Rebel

Day 11 for me. Most of the days I met or was under my calorie allotment but the scale still hasn't budged. :frown: And my new black dress for Friday's holiday party hangs in my closet, mocking me. The good news is that reading everyone's post has motivated me to exercise more so I pulled out my wii fit plus. After it chastised me for not checking in for 239 days, I used it for about 18 minutes in the morning before work and another 45 minutes of aerobics after work. I forgot how much fun it was and like the immediate feedback on calories burned. Especially when those extra burned calories allow me to have a little treat in the evening! My dilemma will be balancing wii use with taking my girl out for her exercise. Tomorrow, shoe shopping for shoes to go with my dress. I don't like shopping and I particularly hate shoe shopping. My feet have always run narrow all my life and my heel still is narrow but now I have bunions making the top part of my feet, wide. And I never wear heels except for parties.

Still, if that's the most I have to worry about this week, I'm pretty blessed.
Joy

Thank you everyone for bearing with me and my ordeals with my mother. I appreciate all the well wishes and kind thoughts. I try to sneak a peak at the posts whenever I can, but am not always able to post. Still your comments cheer me on.:flowerforyou:

Today was a pretty good day.:drinker:

My caregiver called me twice over the weekend apologizing profusely, and on the second call I told him to forget it and not worry about it. It just isn't worth it to dwell on. I told him I was sorry to and said lets forget it and move on. He was happy and is now back to his old self....hitting on me again.:ohwell: I don't know ....I just don't get it. I am 52 years old, he's 32. What the heck does he see in me???? On the other hand he is a cutie and I think can be a player.:glasses: Maybe I should just do it with him and get it out of his system. The plus side for me would be a major release of stress pent up!! I'll have to think about this if he keeps it up.

Mom started prednisone and some kind of arthritic medicine on Saturday. Today was her first good day. I think the Pred kicked in finally because she wasn't complaining of pain at all. It helped her do her exercises without her yelling at me and she and I actually ended the day laughing with each other while I changed her. She said she felt like her legs were stronger this evening. She stood for a solid minute today, and she was very happy. So was I. Maybe there will be a rainbow after all.

She was evaluated for Physical therapy today and he went over some exercises we could do when he wasn't there. Turns out they are all the exercises I made up on my own and my mom looked at me astonished and told the therapist, "She's been doing all that this whole time!" (She bitterly complains that I don't know what I am doing and am killing her!) He said, "Well that's great! So you are having her open and close her legs?" I said, "Yes, we call them snow angels." He said, "Having her bring up her knee as far as she can?" I said, "Yup, and then I have her push against my arm as I push against her foot." He said, "What made you think of those?" and I said, "Just made sense." He laughed. Mom then said, "You were right and I was wrong. Guess you know what you are doing after all." I said, "You think??" She later suggested that maybe I should be her therapist and I said, "I think I already am.":huh:

Today also was my first day of eating breakfast, lunch and dinner. Lunch and dinner was normal, but dinner was a peanut butter sandwich. Hey but at least I ate!

One thing I have noticed happening lately is I think my hair is falling out on top of my head. I haven't been able to get a haircut since October and it is a little long and straggly, my bangs look frizzy and I know I need my split ends cut. But the thinning hair on top is bugging me. I actually am seeing scalp there girls!!:noway: I need a major haircut and my stylist says that once that is done the weight of my hair won't make it look squashed down and have it expose my scalp so much. I have thin hair already but this is getting ridiculous!:noway: My doctor says it is from the nutrients missing from losing weight, so I went out and bought adult gummy vitamins, something called Biotin for hair, skin and nails, calcium chews, and B12. I have an appt to have my hair cut on Thursday. I hope cutting it shorter masks my thinning hair.:embarassed:

I received a phone call from a guy I was seeing off and on again right before I picked up my mom from Washington. He has been out of town a lot and lost his phone. He called me to ask if I would like to go out with him on Friday. It's his birthday and he doesn't have anyone to celebrate with. He said, "Let's have some fun and do something." So I made sure my caregiver (the one who hits on me) will be there that day for mom and I told him I was going out for the day. He wanted to know if I was seeing a guy and I said yes. He wasn't too happy about it. Said he wants to talk about it with me tomorrow. I also have some guy I talk with on the internet who claiims after talking with him for a couple of months that he has feelings for me. I swear, when it rains it pours. I thnk I just may play the field for right now. I'm not interested in getting into a heavy relationship at this time, mom just eats up all my time right now. So I think I shall become a player too and have a good time for awhile.
Don't worry ladies I will practice safe sex! But honestly, I really don't understand the attentiion I am receiving lately from these guys. PLUS, they are all younger than me. What gives??? At least the one I am seeing on Friday is mature in his thinking, but boy does he know how to make a girl feel good. Extremely romantic Just what the doctor ordered for me. Seriously, my doctor told me to quit being so uptight and go get some. :laugh: Just practice safe sex. This will be a new experience for me. Wish my luck in my new endeavor.:drinker:

Did I tell you that even my Ex is geting jealous of me going out? Go figure.:ohwell:

Well I am off to bed. Hope I haven't scared off any of you ladies from my deviant life style. :smooched: I really am a good girl.

Take care all,
Chiclet:flowerforyou:

:drinker: water/tea break don't you just love the coments the wii says. i haven't been ableto use our everytime we put a disk in it shoots it back out and i mean shoot i am hoping the grandson didn't put something in. i do miss the workouta and games i am seeing more snow showers this morning we are in the circle of what everyone is gettinghave anyone seen the exercises that are on cable now i am working on the one mile walk and they are free so i am glad for that mark was laidoff three weeks now and the benfits haven't started yet. i am looking for some low salt receipesfor the hoildays would yous share them please i hope everyone has a nice day and again i want to say thank you for all your storys it does help' debi(momof10)

Just popping in to say good morning to everyone!

Speaking of gaming systems, we ordered a Kinect for our son for Christmas, so I am really excited to play around with it and maybe even burn some bonus calories. I am so happy he put it on the top of his list. I think the whole family will enjoy it. At least that is my hope. It would be wonderful if there was something that would get our daughter to get some physical activity. I think that would do her depression a world of good.

Not much time to write this morning. I have to get my workout done sooner than usual. One of my customers is taking me out for a holiday/thank-you lunch. A few weeks ago, that would have made me panic, but after surviving Thanksgiving relatively unscathed, I feel more confident I can deviate from the plan once in a while without the whole world coming to an end.

Hope you all have a great day today!

:drinker: water break good afternoon. weve been having a good day. we are seeing lots of snow flakes it really is winter. this is when i love the wii the best a few mths before it stop working we were learning the golf game and i will tell you that is a work out i love the skee ball and you do these just like the real game i think you and your hubby would have fun with it. well everyone hope your afternoon is good debi