WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2014

Good evening all! We are getting snow at the moment. HUGE flakes and lots of them, but it's not sticking. The temp has dropped from 53 earlier today to about 33 now. We got rained on when we walked the dogs and could feel the temp dropping.

I got my teeth cleaned today then went shopping for a birthday dress for my granddaughter. It's hard to find anything to fit her because she is very, very short for her age but somewhat large in the tummy. She has outgrown size 16 girls. I found a couple of dresses at Penneys in a size 18 1/2 girls, which seems to be unusual. I hope they fit. I also found a ladies long top at Macys that I thought she could wear as a dress, maybe with a little belt. I thought I'd get her some leggings and a tank top to wear under it. And I got a matching flower clip for her hair and a set of bracelets. I was having so much fun, once I found something I thought would work.

I finally got up the nerve to go inside Chico's today! I did not try on anything though. They have very strange sizing. Size 3 was about equal to a 16, they said. I held up a pair of pants that were a 3 and I thought they were awfully small. The sales lady wasn't even suggesting that I try them on, so I suspect she thought I was too big. But I LOVE the styles they have, and things seem so well made, so when I get closer to my goal I am going back. That will be my big reward.

Carol in NC, we don't have any clothing stores in our town except Walmart. I have to go to Joplin to find real stores. When we go to Winston-Salem I always like to go to Dillard's and Belk, because we don't have them even in Joplin, and I actually consider them to be the upscale stores. I couldn't even imagine anything higher than that.

I finally managed to make the cabbage steak recipe tonight, but I didn't care for it. I like raw cabbage better.

I don't remember if I posted today's joke or not, so here it is, just in case:

:laugh:
Three men were shipwrecked on a desert island and where captured by the local natives. They were brought to the chief native. The chief gave the men two choices; they could have death or submit to unga bunga. The first man decides he does not want to die, so he chooses unga bunga. Ten of the natives took him into the woods, when he came back one hour later he was all beaten up. The second man chooses unga bunga and he was taken out the woods for 2 hours where the natives beat him up. The third man not wanting to go through all that torture decided upon death. So the chief said ok death by Unga Bunga
:frown:

Sylvia

To all you women who don't have the stores you like in your town. Order on line! Once I find a store that I like and I know that the clothes fit me and how they fit me, then I order on line. If you sign up for email notices, you will get lots of coupon deals which may include free shipping. I still get the Blair catalogue in the mail every month because of all the ordering I did for my MIL. There are so many clothes in there that look enticing but I just don't know how the fit is. My sister orders from there and gave me a shirt that she could no longer wear. It was a size large but it fit more like an XL. But yet I know not every item fits big since my Mom and my MIL fit into their correct sizes fine.

Joyce, Indiana

♥♥♫♪Happy Birthday to you ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Happy Birthday to you ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Happy Birthday Dear Barbie !!!!! ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ ¸¸.•*¨*•♫♪ Happy Birthday to you! ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥

Carol - you look amazing! Congrats on the single digit pants. I can only imagine how great that must feel

Katla - welcome home, glad you arrived safe & sound

Sylvia- good for you for going into Chico's even if you didn't try anything on.

Allison - I'm glad that FIL is being taken care of, hopefully he will get into a permanent place and it helps take some of the stress off of you for at least awhile. Be gentle with yourself.

Tina- loved the poem, thanks for sharing it.

yannie - so very sorry to hear about Gwen. You are such a good friend to her. I'm glad you are doing something fun for yourself.

I've booked my final personal training appt for Thurs before the Cardiofit Box class. It's my last free one that I got with my membership.

Heading to bed early. I'm fed up with this cold weather, it was -18 C this morning...ugh

Sandy in ON

Hi girls It was a nice quiet day at work. We had our celebration for the out-going students. That always gets me….I can hardly speak because of the tears. So that was nice. Other that that I just haven’t been myself lately. I don’t know what exactly is wrong, but I’m trying to start out on a new footing and did well today.

Carol: I see you are being congratulated for being a size 8. Wow that is quite the accomplishment! Later…wow what pictures !!! Inspiring!!!

Pennie: sounds like you have a busy week. Take care

Beth: I hear you on temptations….this entire last week was one giant calorie debauchery for me!

Jan: I am thinking I need that chili recipe!!! I have never had pineapple salsa

Gail: oh my goodness….daffodils!!!

Kim: hot and sour soup is one of my favorites and I tend to like it “vinegar=y”. I’ll have to check that out

Katla: glad you are back home!

Anamika: what a splendid movie and even better that you resisted the popcorn!

Heather; so you strip the chard away from the stem > Hmmmm no wonder it was bitter. We tried some the other day and it had an interesting although bitter taste. I imagine the lemon would be great on it.

Patty: sounds like you have a great plan for the week

Cindy: smoked salmon spinach salad sounds great

DeeDee: I bought a new water glass for work….32 ounces and think of you when I chug it!

Gloria: hope you are back to normal soon

Jill: I too like the idea of practicing maintenance. It’s too disappointing to keep counting the plateaus.

Michele: silken tofu sounds like a great substitute for the oils

Barbie; you have a birthday soon? Hope it’s a great one

Juanita: snow? Oh my goodness

Grandmallie: I hope your FIL does get the care he needs at the new place

Ok girls. I made my goals for today which were to exercise and get my 6000 steps in. Success! Take care everyone. Meg from chilly Omaha

Good evening,

Deedee:drinker: thanks for the get-well wishes.

Gail Love love the daffodils Ahh spring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beth catching yourself!

Kim waiting on finishing taxes. Our state is changing some tax deductions for this year. I agree taxes.

Anamika thank you for supportive comment. Queen sounds like my kind of movie. Meditation is something I find helpful to keep me balanced.

Patty Cincinnati I agree about cable. My husband wants to watch soccer so to get this we have to get the super package. I wish it had super content.

Yanniejannie prayers for your friend Gwen.:flowerforyou:

Carol love the bargain on pants!

Gloria and Sandy feel your cold weather.:grumble:

Alison sounds a great time at the party.

Barbie your walk sounds spectacular.

Tina Friends Online well said.

Michele sounds like you might be starting to get sick. I know when I get the chills I am concerned about getting sick. My dad had a saying you want to make sure to keep your core warm. My nieces laughed about how he would wrap scarves around them to make sure their cores stayed warm. Take care. Cucumber soup?

Joyce hope you find the Florida arrangements that are going to work.

Rita happy for your son. I know it is a relief for you!

Kata glad you made it home safely.

Sylvia the shirt in my picture is from Chico’s. I do not shop there often, but I agree they have fun clothes. I do hand wash this shirt. I have learned because it is a dark color not to leave it in the water long. I like it because it is 100% cotton.

Beth you will get back on track!

Sue SD yes youth! They do have a learning curve.

Meg good job today!

Feel much better today. I think what helped me is having a quiet Sunday and eating a healthy diet with minimal sugar. Had a great class today. That helped too. The super stress I have been going through is getting better too. Tomorrow the furnace replacement comes. It will be noisy, My DH said he will stay and I will go to our Art Museum for peace and quiet. Enjoyed watching Dancing with the Stars tonight.

Goal:
To do something healthy for me today, so I have a healthy tomorrow.
I said no when someone wanted to trade classes with me. They wanted me to take a more challenging class while they took mine. I felt I paid my dues last Friday.
2014 word: contentment

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I hate it when I buy those Quacker popped rice snacks. 13 chips is one serving and there are supposed to be 7 servings in the bag. But they are so darn good:sad: I just sat and ate the whole bag full. I like the snack size more than the big individual round ones. I can sit and eat just one of those. Unfortunately I have a bag of the chocolate snack size I have now eaten more than half of tomorrows calories. But as a diabetic I can't save calories from one day to another, although on the main message boards a lot of them preach doing that in order to enjoy their beer guzzling weekend fun

Joyce, Indiana

morning ladies~
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARBIE :drinker: :drinker:
well I didn't sleep well last night, couldn't be all the sugar I consumed:grumble:
my FIL finally got to the place at 6:40 last night , I didnt end up going over there last night but will go see him this morning before work..
my SIL will be going over there today to do paperwork so I will have her bring his walker and his glasses, and the DH said that Iris should tell him that he is staying there.
once she does the paperwork,I think that will be her last time there, one he is out of her hair,why bother....I could be wrong but, usually I am spot on...
got up at 3 a.m. , will get the DH dinner together and maybe go for a racewalk.. and crap we are getting snow tonight and into tomorrow

Just a quick Hello this Morning. We're still trying to adjust to Hubby's schedule, we making progress. If we could just get the sleeping thing straight.

Have gained 7lbs back, :embarassed: that comfort food eating will get you every time. Trying to get back on track.

Have missed talking to everyone. Hope all is well.

Take Care and Have a Blessed and Wonderful Day! :flowerforyou:

Tina in Florida

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Barbie:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Happy Birthday:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: !!! May your day be filled with all things (and people) you love !

Tina in MD Love the poem !

Tina in FL So glad to see you back:flowerforyou: ! Once you get back on track you`ll get those 7 pounds off:bigsmile: !!!

Cynthia Dreaming of barbells:laugh: , did you get a good workout in:huh: ?

Alison I hope your FIL will enjoy his new home, I`m sure it will take some getting used to:flowerforyou: !

Margaret coffee:drinker: and water:drinker: ! Have a great day!

Have an early meeting this morning ! Have a wonderful day ladies! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!

Hugs,
DeeDee in NC where it is supposed to snow and rain today:grumble: :frown:

Good morning ladies,

Marking my spot AND wishing Barbie a very happy birthday. Busy day, will try to check back later. Wanted to share this quote too...saw it this morning and had to share.

"I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think about, born in God's thought, and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest, and most precious thing in all of thinking."

C. S. Lewis


Prayers and love to all,

Cindy in OK

I MADE IT TO ONEDERLAND!!!!!!! I weighed 199.2 , then went back to take a picture of the readout and then it read 199.0! I'm pretty darned happy this morning. Finally!!!:drinker: :blushing: :flowerforyou: :laugh: :smooched: :smokin: :ohwell: :noway: :explode:

I watched a pbs program last night about a bunch of ladies who had weight loss surgery. I think it was Independent Lens. I thought it was really depressing and sad. Did anybody else see it? These were a group of friends who bonded because they were so big and had been friends for years, then one by one decided to get surgery to lose weight. These were the only friends most of them had. Some of their friendships dissolved, one lady separated from her husband, and one lady gained back a lot of the weight she lost. They had been part of that BBW movement and had sort of celebrated their large size, and some had gone to big convention type parties to meet men who preferred big women. That part really bothered me for some reason. (I went to a BBW lecture in the 80's and was put off by it.) One lady did really well and even became a yoga instructor. One lady died, but I don't think she ever had the surgery. At the end she was housebound and living on Ben and Jerry's. It didn't seem like they were really learning to eat properly, they were just learning to game the system and when they stopped, they regained the weight.

(I just looked it up. It was called "All of Me" and is on the Independent Lens web site.)

So it made me think. And worry about my own future. I have friends of all sizes, not just big women, so I don't think my being big is our bond, so losing the weight shouldn't hurt that. Same with my husband. He's very supportive of me losing the weight, so that's not what bothers me. I think what worries me most is gaining it all back. But I really think the MFP thing has helped me, and I can stick with this for the rest of my life. I hope that's true.

Gotta go. Busy day today. Have a great day!

Happy birthday Barbie!!!!!

Sylvia

Congratulation Sylvia!! So proud for you! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

OK, I'm back...

Congrats Sylvia!

Focus T25 Day 2, hello lattissimus dorsi! Something tells me you and me have a little date with some Aleve tonight. Other than feeling some muscles I've been neglecting, I found today's DVD a bit "easier" than yesterday and actually feel pretty good after finishing. I think the trick is those extra 20 minutes on the treadmill or stationary bike to cool down and get my wits about me.

Lots of work to get done this morning. Have a couple orders to get out and some more to get in :laugh:

Have an organic chicken to roast tonight for dinner and several other projects to get done before it's time to pick my boy up from school. I have finally decided that his charter Montessori school is just not cutting it (after 3 long years) and am on the search for Plan B. Major problem being there's simply no Montessori as they're too caught up in the state politics and $$$. There is a school of choice district that has a gifted program. Might be a better fit but I have some research to do.

Happy day to all!

Gloria in Metro Detroit.

Good Morning,

Deedee:drinker:

Barbie Happy Birthday:flowerforyou:

Sylvia Happy Dance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Patty I agree about the sitting. I try to remember to not sit more than a half an hour before I move. I try to convince my 95 year old mother if she can just get herself to stand at least once an hour she will be better off. For her it is like climbing Mount Everest.

Alison the winter that does not want to end:grumble: .

Joyce sounds like you have learned what works for you.

Kayzoola we have used an electric lawn mower for over twenty years. We like it because it is quieter, always starts, no smelly gas. You do have to get used to avoiding the cord and have a yard that is not too big.

Goal:
To do something healthy for me today, so I have a healthier tomorrow.
Going to the Art Museum today to drink in some no calorie beauty.

2014 word:contentment