WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2014

Hello to all you beautiful ladies! I have spent half the afternoon catching up on all the post and now that my head is spinning, I couldn't even begin to respond to each and all. On that note, I will say something about the mother issues. My mother and step father were not nice to me growing up, into my young adulthood, even as i matured and a family of my own. Oh, the pillars of the community, but behind closed doors, mean and abusive people, After literally and figuratively running away from these people for years, I spent 19 months on therapy, and wrote a letter of good-bye. Never to see them or speak to them again. That was 10 years ago when I was 46 years old. Of course, they told family and friends that my husband had brainwashed me and cried their " poor us" tears. I do hear about them through the grapevine, since my DD hears from her grandmother once in a while. My step father has passed away, about 4 years ago, my husband has passed away a few months ago and I find myself wondering about my mother. Have even, ever so slightly, thought about contacting her. What the hay! Maybe this is part of my grieving. I hope and pray everyday that I will always be close to my daughter just the way I am now. That I will never give her a reason to hate me or stay away from me.

Katia - I like the way,that when you sign off and reiterate your monthly goals. I noticed you did this and I thought, hey, that is cool, so what is my April goals????????? I literally had to go back to my last post and look them up. So much for making goals, right? So, Kudos to you Katia, for helping me realize that I stated those goals for a reason and I should be looking at them daily.

I am so excited about tomorrow. I got up this morning, and weighed myself, and had a great wt. loss. I am not going to record or say what that is BECAUSE, I realized later that today is not my weigh-in day; tomorrow is....... This is gonna be good. That kind of news sure did keep me focused today. hahaha

Well, I do enjoy hearing from everyone. To all, keep up the good work, and have a good night, I am off to a 4th grade music program for my grandson. A grandson, whom I would like to introduce by the way. His name is Gage. He is 10 years old. HIs birthday is on Halloween, and so is mine. (he was born on that day that I mailed that infamous good-bye letter). He belongs to my oldest son. His mother and father had life challenges of their own and could/would not take care of this sweet baby. He came to me and my husband when he was 3 months old and been with me ever since. He is the light of my life.

Kathrine from Kansas

April goals:
* to keep my food diary daily, preferably BEFORE I eat the meal.
* to lose 5 pounds this month
* to focus on healthy breakfast recipes

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Hi,

I just joined MFP and am trying to learn how to get around the site. This looks like a great message board. I'm 70 yrs old and need to lose (again and again) about 20 lbs to get back to a healthy weight and back into my clothes. My goals for April are:

Lose 5 lbs
exercise daily walking dogs, yoga (just starting that)
track my food daily
Keep within my calorie limit.

Pat in West Sacramento, CA

Joke of the day:

:laugh:
Teacher: Class, you have 30 minutes to write a composition on the subject of

Baseball

Jonah: Here’s my paper

Teacher: Jonah, you spent only one minute writing your essay

Lets hear what you wrote

Jonah: Game called off on account of rain

:laugh:

Pat in W. Sacramento, CA Welcome !!! I am in Dublin, CA we are "neighbors" (if a 2 hour drive could be called neighbors) - this is a great group of gals.

Well tonight was garden club and I was so lucky! there was supposed to be cake and ice cream to celebrate 30 years of the club being in existence, but the cake gal thought it was next month, so there was just ice cream I served myself about 1/4-1/3 of a cup and enjoyed every bite! Stayed within calories, and was completely content with a small amount! I was very proud of myself to not inhale it but to savor it.

I read everyone's post and so wish we could all just gather for a real not virtual cuppa! not much more to report...
Oh yeah! I have another book recommendation - not health related at all; just fun :happy: It is called Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern it is a fun fantasy with magic - at the level of Harry Potter - not really far out fantasy. A gal friend recommended it to me and I loved it --

Happy Friday (in 2 hours) Kim in N. CAL

Good morning everyone; hope everyone has something good in store for herself today! :flowerforyou:

Have more knee pain than usual today (with osteoarthritis there are bad days and less bad days), so I'm going to do upper body at the gym and then go biking for a while this afternoon (nice weather).

Cynthia

well I am up, had a cup of tea, and today is my long day at work...
I feel bad,I should get out and walk,but I have my furbaby all curled up on my chest and he is sooooo comfortable..
got my hair cut short, and I like it,had the meeting at the nursing home.. and what a riot.. I feel bad for them first Annie was after my FIL, now it is the other way around, so they have to keep him separated... and the rec director keeps him with hr alot, she was hanging easter decorations and my FIL grabbed her butt:embarassed: , he said my left hand did that with a huge grin on his face.. then when they brought him into the meeting,Annie had found him and was swearing and wanted to come in with him..
Oh my are they gonna have fun..took care of paperwork, and after the first week, he hasnt complained about going home.. of course not,he has a girlfriend....he is well fed nd even though I cant get there every single day,I am down there at least 5 days a week...
My SIL and her mom went to the trust lawyer yesterday.. her nasty brother called and talked to him mom and told her that he got a lawyer and she said God Bless her ,do what you want but Im not dead yet.... so it is my SIL and her SIL on the trust now.. and I hope this man gets diddly squat....
Thank goodness the weather has finally turned around

Hello to All, We had lovely weather yesterday, and it is suppose to continue all week-end. I'm so excited about that. We have a Y retreat that I will be at tonight but I won't stay the night, I'll go back tomorrow at lunch time and spend the day. Not sure about Sunday though, I need a day to clean, shop, plan next week-ends meal, do laundry and prepare the yard for the Easter egg hunt.
I worked out last night, did the elliptical and free weights. Today I have a half hour exercise class at lunch and plan to walk my breaks. I'm hoping when I get on the scale Monday morning I will see a loss.


Patceoh and Beth, My father was a Korean War vet and had planned to take that trip to Washington D.C., he fell ill and never made it. I know he would have loved it and I’m glad I get to read how others went and enjoyed it.

Jb Potland, Cute poem.

Sylvia, I have to laugh at the soccer story as I experienced myself when my girls were little. My oldest did OK but the younger was more the center of my world at the time and of course thought she was the center of everyone’s world. Maybe you can have Ian watch some soccer and see how it works, Anyway, I feel your pain.

Heather UK, Glad the lunch went well, it sounds like you had a lot of fun as well. I am having my kids and grandkids over for brunch Easter morning and I so want it to go well, I pray the weather cooperates so we can have the Easter egg hunt outside. I invited my sister, her son and 2 grandsons as well.

So glad it's Friday and the weather is suppose to be awesome. I feel like I want to be outside and just soak up that sun, let it warm me all the way through.
Hoping everyone has a happy and healthy week-end.
Patty Cincinnati, OH

Good morning from sunny...err...rainy Ohio!

Typical Ohio spring weather, 75 for Sunday and snow for Monday. heh....I am at my half way point, 31 pounds; And have never felt better, I"m not dieting as much as a total change of eating habits. I have gone from a 20 (if I have to be honest and I do) to 14, depending on how it's made. The wedding is 6 months away, and I will make my goal weight sometime this summer, so I can get a really pretty mother of the bride dress. As it's all about my daughter getting married this year.

Have a great day - and take 5 extra steps!

Liz

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:flowerforyou: marking my spot, have a great day
Juanita in sudbury

Good morning! Mostly marking my place so I don't have to go searching later....

I do plan to go to the Hospice clothing store right after work to see if I can pick up a few summer tops. I hope I can find a couple of blouses so that I can wear them long sleeved or roll up the sleeves. Although, to be honest, I'll probably end up with knits because almost nothing woven fits both my boobs and my waist. I'm sick of looking in the closet every morning and struggling with putting together an outfit for work.

Had a really bad night. It was at least 2 a.m. before I got to sleep. My mind was like a beehive! In fact, I had to struggle mightily to keep from giving in to an anxiety/panic attack. Finally got up and took another Xanax to get my mind settled enough to rest.

On the bright side, I got in almost 15,000 steps yesterday!

Off to yawn my way through work.... :yawn: :yawn: :yawn:

Carol in beautifully sunny and warm NC

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Good morning Lovely Ladies,

It is another gorgeous day in Oklahoma.

Dee, I carried the sample of my countertop with me (still do), it helped me choose my wall color. Now I carry both wall and countertop samples so I have them for the accessory hunt. Good luck in your decorating journey, I'm sure everything will be wonderful.

Sylvia, love the joke!

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Cindy in OK

Good morning to all,

Looks like another lovely spring day here as well. Hoping to get my boy motivated to do something outdoors since his break is winding down. He hasn't really wanted to go anywhere or do much. Part of me is good with that because neither have I and part of me is a little sad and disappointed. I think we're both suffering with a bit of post trauma/grief as the one month mark of my mom's passing hit this week.

While I'm still whiny over my lack of weight loss situation I AM happy to report that after 3 weeks of T25, I have lost nearly 2 inches off my waist/abdominal area. I've been measuring between waist and hips at my belly button. SUCH a relief to see some sort of results for my VERY hard work.

I appreciate the suggestions and words of encouragement/compassion, etc. Sometimes a girl's just got to get it out. As anyone (and I did hear from one) who's had a hysterectomy and the same weight loss issues knows, it's just not the same and none of the stuff that worked before applies anymore. I've played with the calorie allowances, higher doesn't work either. I've played with the balances of proteins, fats, carbs, etc. I do eat most of the calories I exercise away so I always actually eat more than 1,200, usually closer to 1,500 per day, since I burned 300+ exercising.

Either way, I'll keep on working hard and hoping.

Have some candles and lip balms to make and get shipped today. Hope everyone has a great day!

xo-Gloria in Metro Detroit