WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY

hello to you all and happy new year,

It has been an interesting day as far as eating as i should. Ate on my program and even went to the show. By the grace of God, I begged family not to buy popcorn. So J went and got the boys a small cup of ice cream. Kind of ticked me off until he handed me a coffee.

It was without cream or sweetner but I appreciated it so much, -- the thought.

Then we were going to get dinner and we got in a little tiff. He brought me home and then took the boys to eat. I came in and got a scoop of beans and rice that had been left in the crock pot. I got some and went to my room.

Sooooo, I am on program and I'll take it anyway I can get it.

Here's to another good food day tomorrow. kc

Good morning everyone,

I've been reading Joyce Meyer's book "Power Thoughts". It's pretty good so far. I checked it out from the library but may need to get a copy of my own.

Church today and then lunch with our daughter. Her 28th BD is this week but she has to work so we are celebrating it early. I made her a "Guiness Cake", a Nigella Lawson concoction. I still have to make the icing but have invited enough people over so that there probably won't be any leftovers. If there are the rest will go home with her.

My other thing is I just need to throw out or give away sweets that are sabotaging me.

Weigh in will be in the morning. Time to face the music. I will change my ticker and just start over.

I need to go out and purchase some new sneakers, Mine are just plain worn out and causing hurting feet which gives me an excuse not to exercise. So that needs to be nipped in the bud.

Hope you all have a good day.

Cindy

Quick in and out here to mark my spot. We still have our grandson here but he goes back home today. So tomorrow we will be back to the old routine around here. I sure will miss him. I am a bit partial, but I doubt there is a nicer 16 year old around. It's great to have a close relationship with grandchildren! :happy:

I then need to contact the town and see if the gym will be included in their sports/fitness plan. I rather doubt it but I may get lucky. If I'm right I will need to sign up with Anytime Fitness in either the town north or south if here. Either way it will mean a 20+ mile trip to the gym, darn it! :grumble:

Maybe this year I can come up with a program to do on my own that will get the job done. I do seem to do much better in a group setting though. It is far to easy to say later, or I'm busy, if I do it at home.

It has been quite cold, for here anyway, for most of December; however the last several days have been in the 70's. Our resident flcker thinks it's spring. I just had to run outside and get him to stop drumming on the gutters on the house. It must be that all the unattached female flickers are a sucker for drummers. :laugh: The little stinker loves to start that around 6 am usually. Fortunately it's 9:30 right now but DH and DGS are still in the bed, They went to a football game yesterday and got home late.

Talk to you all later!

Faye

A very Happy New Year to all!!!!:flowerforyou: May you all be Blessed with an attitude of "One Day At A Time" as I know that is what made the difference for me! :blushing: I try hard not to think about tomorrow or next week etc accept to plan on having plenty of healthy food in the house to make healthy choices for each.... today!!!! Everyone can deal with 24 hours! If you keep that mentality then it helps to be consistant! This YEAR can only be a great year if it is made up with many "One Day At A Time" days! It makes this program doable....:happy: and helps us to get right up when we make bad choices....:ohwell: .and we all do!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: So here's to a year of kindness to oneself....patience...and gratitude!!! The rest will follow!
God Bless!!!!:drinker: :bigsmile:
BirdieM

Oh Lord please help me! and I mean that will all sincerity.....going to my mom's house for lunch. Typical Southen New Years meal that we didn't get yesterday because I was working. I am taking baked chicked and salad just to try to have something not cook with ham or pork fat. There will be peas cooked with pork, collards cooked with ham, cornbread, fried okra, and all the things she loves to have for New Years including homemade pecan pie and coconut cake! I have posted to my food diary already what I plan on eating and will do my best to stick to what I already have down......say a little prayer!

Darlis - good luck! Try drinking more water the next few days to help wash away the sodium. It usually works. Then just take the next day as it comes with no guilt and just do better.

Jeannie

Day 2 starting out with Dance DVD, wii and a few minutes on the floor, still feeling pretty "GOOD".

Thank goodness for all these inside alternatives, temps here ranging from single digits to the 20s with wind that makes outdoors unappealing. And thanks Michelle for the Play it again sports lead. I don't mind getting 1/3 original price back as long as its not store credit but CASH... :laugh:

Anybody played the Zumba fitness game for wii? :huh:

My hope for this journey is to be consistant. I can't tell you how many times I have started then stopped. I know I can do this, but I will be difficult.

Hello,

My house guests left this AM despite road conditions reported to be in only "fair winter driving condition" and snow falling. I did try to persuade my parents to stay until the road conditions were reported as good but they were determined to head home. So far I have received 2 cellphone calls from them as they proceed on the long trip advising that things are not too bad and they believe the road conditions are improving. Must admit, it is difficult to respect that of course my parents still make their own decisions. It would be so much easier if they would just listen to me!???

Despite not wanting Dad to drive in the current road conditions, it is very nice to have my house back. Silly but with Dad and Mom here, I didn't use my some of my usual "tricks" to manage my eating and now I can. For example, when I am very "snacky" and need to eat a lot, I hot air pop a big bowl of popcorn, spray it with a little olive oil, sprinkle with a little parmesan cheese and eat it all myself very slowly. I allow myself to eat this whenever I want (as long as I include it as part of my calorie total) and sometimes this is my breakfast! Now my husband, hates the dry popcorn so he doesn't even want any but also has no comments or opinions on the normalcy of this "trick". But my parents, well this isn't an acceptable or normal thing to do (or anything they have seen before) so they are full of comments and opinions, and well, it is just easier not to have popcorn when they visit. Now that my visitors are gone, I will have popcorn anytime I want again! Funny that at 53 my parents influence over my actions is strong but my influence over them?? Well they are currently driving in road conditions that I wish they were not!

I am hoping that eating healthy and exercising will also be easier with the holiday season over. I look forward to getting into a good rhythm of healthy habits.

Darlis I will keep you in my thoughts today and send out good wishes as you enjoy the family times, cherish the traditions and are tested by the tastes of the family favourite foods. I second Jeannie's recommendation: H20 is a great help for big or little slips. The important thing: tomorrow family temptations/triggers (and really any of today's successes and slips) will be over and the water will be available! Rereading the last sentence, I realize I will take that advice myself!:embarassed:

Today, I was very challenged to maintain my goal of inner calm. I may have made some bad decisions and eaten a little too much at lunch to salve my spirit. Only 140 calories left for my supper: so soup is now on the menu and perhaps some extra exercise for the evening agenda. And I too will put the family triggers in the past and drink water!

Take care all,
Karlene

Happy New Year Anyone have any liposuction tools? ......:bigsmile:

Rebel

I had to skim a bit as I'm supposed to go the store for the weekly groceries.

Viv - if you want to have a serious go at running, it's very important to have good fitting running shoes. The running stores have people and equipment to evaluate your running gait and get you in a good shoe for you that will minimize injuries.

Likewise to Amanda- a good bike fit is important too. I know I was having knee issues with my first bike before I got a bike fit.

Does anyone here use a FitBit? I bought one with my Christmas money and when it came, I realized it wasn't what I was expecting and it wasn't going to work for me. (1) It doesn't work in the water so no swim workouts would be recorded and (2) it doesn't work with road cycling because it's just an accelerometer and has no other sensors. (So it thinks you are running really, really fast when you bike.) But for someone who wants to evaluate their sleep and count their steps and does workouts the involve mostly running, walking or otherwise stepping, I think it would work quite well.

I know a lot of people love theirs. But it's not going to do enough for me over what my current pedometer does (that I'd still have to keep wearing because it's tied to a program at work where you earn $$ for the steps you take). I thought I was buying the BodyMedia FIT when I ordered it. I guess next time I should pay better attention. :indifferent: