WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2014

Hi everybody; long day and I'm turning in early.

Rita and Amanda: thinking of your health problems.
Joyce: hope things go better soon.

Hope everyone has a good night,
Cynthia :flowerforyou:

Heather- I'm addicted to Star Wars books. Lol

Vicki-I took Wellbutrin to quit smoking. I took it for about 2 months, and then stopped cause I started thinking about killing myself. I've never thought anything could be bad enough to kill myself for.(I'd just disappear, run away). My doctor put me on Citalopram 20 mg. I've taken it about 2 months and feel better with no thoughts about killing my self. He said it was to be only 6 months if I needed it.
Well dinner is calling me to start cooking.

Tigress in GA

I'm here. I am 50 something and I was a Take Off Pounds Sensibly member. I stopped going because it conflicted with my exercise class. I have not been able to move the scale for a good solid year. I lose a few pounds and gain them back. I want a different approach. I suspect if I'm not in TOPS I may do better if I check in on a regular basis with people on the same life journey. On paper I "merely" have about 20 pounds but I'm not sure if it's metabolism, really bad eating habits, medication (I'm taking Cymbalta and feel I can't stop that along with high blood pressure,cholesterol and just feel stuck. If I could lose a bit even if I never make my tops goal of 130 I'd feel that I'm doing more than spinning in a circle. I go to MFP and for a while will regularly log in and then I stop. I noticed at times that I eat at least 2-3 days a week twice as much as my caloric goal. I guess I'm frustrated and close to feeling that maybe I just need to get adjusted with where I am.

I started gaining in my early 40s and it just kept coming on. I don't want to go back to my really bad previous state so I'm hesitant to give up the ghost because I could see without some plan of action all that I lost could come back on. It's nice to know there are other women out there 50 something still trying to keep it real as the children say! :frown:

Hope you feel better Sandy.

Have a nice evening everyone.

Cindy in OK

Hi gals. Not much to report today. Quiet day at work for once. I’m getting frustrated with my co-writer on the test bank; I haven’t heard from her in about 3 weeks so I emailed her and her response was “I got all the chapters and I’m working on them.” Not that helpful! I’m done with my three copyedited book chapters so I’ll have a little break from that for a couple of weeks. Did my weight lifting today. Tonight “Deadliest Catch” starts a new season. I love that show!

Cara: welcome aboard. You joined by posting! I am a fat addict…not so much the sugar but things like chips and cheese…..manna from heaven. In fact my favorite snack is fritos with cheddar!

Yanniejannie: you go girl! 1950s it is, except I think texting is fun for fun stuff, not important conversations. We do have an answering machine, but what I refuse to do is look at caller id. I’ll have someone say “I called last night, why didn’t you call me back”. “did you leave a message?” “no.” ‘Then how do I know you called!” I also hate call waiting…I hang up. Congrats on the weight loss

Cynthia: ok spill…what’s a Antartian?

Alison: I hate to say this but I am pretty disheartened about the state of medical care these days, particularly physicians. They seem to have no common sense.

Carol: I adore asperagus. We had a stir fry last night with it and corn and tofu. It was magnificent! Good news on the hospital bill.

Kim: I SO love the fact that I don’t like chocolate….at Easter and Halloween I buy tons for the family and the goblins and am not tempted. Now jelly beans I’ll eat any day. The real ones though…the old fashioned ones.

Debbie; welcome aboard and congratulations on quitting smoking! That was one healthy decision!

Sylvia: one day and one piece of pie won’t undo you! Glad you looked great in the jeans. I have dog/cat hair all over everything!

Joyce: I always feel bad reading about hubbys who talk like that to their wives. I’m so sorry. Good for you to tell him to take you home.

Michele: OMG I just realized I need Easter tablecloths too! LOL Shopping spree!

Beth: sometimes you have to make those decisions! The stress and drama are often not worth it.

Barbie: yay for the new truck!

Moutainsong: someone has probably already answered, but typing “bump” just saves a spot….the thread will show up on top of your list of places you post. I open a word document at the same time I’m reading and read one post and reply before going on to the next.

DeeDee: I had to secretly smile at your cranky old lady!

Amanda: hope you find your head and some relaxation

Patty: yes I have decided I’m done with being so involved with DD#1 and her issues. She’s a big girl and will have to work through this. Her BF texted us last night that she had already decided to keep the child three weeks ago. Counseling….she would not ever go to a counselor. We took both kids for a while and DD#1 thought it was horrible, so that’s out.

Cindy: enjoy that great weather. Soon it will be hot and humid!

Katla: canoeing sounds like so much fun!

Jane: hooray!

Jb: cha cha away!!!!

Tigress: you go girl!!!

Cindy: Tomasina was one of my favorite movies!

Eileen: congrats on the upcoming grandbaby!

Rita; I hope you find something that works for the arthritis~

OK gotta run. Dinner is on the table. Night ladies. Meg from beautiful Omaha

Hello Everyone :flowerforyou:
Missed this board =(

Using my phone is just not the same.
Keep up the good work Ladies :flowerforyou:

Molly
In West Virginia

Ok. First, I want to preface this post by recognizing that while it was an emotional and stressful day for my 16yo son ... there are certainly more serious problems in life as evidenced by many of your posts. There are more serious situations in OUR family. But here's what happened today.

A headache last night after baseball morphed into a raging migraine this morning. He was unable to attend school. By late morning he had some improvement and we had a heart to heart talk. As a result, this afternoon he met with his high school coach and pulled himself off the team. It took a lot strength to personally close the door on one of his dreams, but it was the appropriate and responsible thing to do. He told his coach that as much as he loved playing ... and yesterday's performance was just a bad day ... he needs to focus on his classes and his future. His health situation has been making that difficult. We're all a little deflated tonight ... baseball has been our focus for years ... he was hoping for a college scholarship down the road... but there are no regrets. Son is expressing relief and that says it all. He plans to still play ball for a second travel team he's on ... he seems to stress less with them ... and most of their games will be after school is over for the year.

Sigh.

Needing a laugh ... I went to Zumba tonight ... I really am clueless there! But I worked up a good sweat and just wiggled when I couldn't figure out what they were doing!:laugh:

Didn't eat much ... but my system has needed a break from chocolate overload so that's ok. And when I'm stressed I cook, so today I cooked up individual portions of steel cut oats and crustless quiche to freeze for quick breakfasts.

Tomorrow is another day ... thanks for letting me share!
Beth in Western New York

Wow! This is a crazy busy thread, isn't it???

Two days keeping track and so far so good - walked 45 minutes each day, logged my food each day and kept to my calorie limit each day. Yay!

I need all the reinforcement I can get, so don't mind me if I post what's working & what's not... thanks!
Deb

Beth I have a young very talented in several sports and was also oping to have a full scholarship for college using his sports. He was on only child and his parents devoted their entire lives into his sports. They were in the traveling sports teams and everything. It also put them into a group of people that lived a little above their budget. Anyway, Alex was a B and C student in high school. He decided on his own that he wanted to quit all sports so he could concentrate soley on studies so he could get an acedemic scholarship instead of athletic. He is now straight A and in Honor club. His parents couldn't be prouder of him. It also has made him gain a lot of weight since he isn't in the gymn all the time. But he is so proud of his own decision. Your son will do fine. I think he knows how much you all care about all of him, not just how he does in sports but how he is physically and emotionally. You may even be closer as a family because of it. He sounds like a good guy.

Well CBS had reruns on their NCIS's tonight so we looked at our DVR to see what we had. Recently DirecTv had a free HBO/Cinemax weekend and we recorded quite a few movies. We love all the Star Trek movies and Star Trek Insurrection was on. It was from 1998 so even though we were sure we had watched it we went ahead and recorded it. Well we watched it tonight and found that we hadn't watched it. Or maybe we are old enough we forgot all of it:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: When I was looking through all the listings to see what I was going to record I decided to record the Abraham Lincoln movie. I thought it was strange that it was vampire slayer but I recorded it anyway. So this afternoon I put it on. The first 15 minutes it seemed like it was a good movie about what we all believe Lincoln was all about. But then it switched from Lincoln as a boy to him as a man and he got attacked by this vampire. Well that was enough. I selected delete real quick.

Joyce, Indiana

Hello to my long lost friends...and to nine kazillion new ones. I'm amazed by how much this board has grown in the time I've been away. I've been gone too long. That's the crux of the matter. Too long translates to too many pounds. I thought I'd never regain the weight I lost. Sadly, I did. But only half! Hey...looking at it as "cup half full" that's a victory. Or, at least, half a victory!

My ticker shows the number of pounds I want to lose to get to a healthy weight. I like it better than the one that shows my weight. It's a new way of looking at it for me. And, even though 79 pounds may sound like a lot to some, it's not that big a deal to me considering where I started. I can do this. Gosh darn it, I don't know why I stayed away so long because I really can do it.

Barbie, I'm taking a page out of your book and will track the number of steps that I take using the cute little Fit Bit tracker that my daughter gave to me for Christmas. I don't know how many steps to expect to take so I'm making my goal for the first week just 5,000 steps a day. A second goal will be to walk more steps by the end of the week than at the beginning.

There. Those goals shouldn't be too hard. Those and a pound a week are all I ask.

It's good to be back.

MimiPersists (formerly Mimi7Grands)