WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2014

The furnace repair guy is scheduled to come tomorrow. The DH is in charge of this project and he doesn't know if the guy is coming for sure or even going to call to confirm! Men!!! Must mow the lawn this weekend. All that ran and now sun has made the lawn very green and pretty but too long! We only have a push mower now so this will be a challenge for me since DH can't push mow because of his physical problems, and now my back problems! Looks like we will be looking for a rider mower very shortly!

I had a great day yesterday from pain and over did it. I worked out at a good level at Curves, then last evening walked 3 miles. Today, I can hardly move, my back hurts so. Went to the Chiro-Accupuncturist this morning but it didn't even touch the pain this time. Oh, well, I must remember I am not 30 years old any more!

I just wanted to jump in and post before the weekend. Not sure if I will have time Sat or Sun to post but will try my best to log everything over the weekend.

Hugs and prayers to all who need them. Congrats on all the NSV's!

Rita from sunny CT

Wow, my head is spinning 4 pages already? Went to ladies night last night, we went out to eat and then painted tiles to be fired for a table that will be sold to earn money for our group. Well, I ordered the roasted chicken and it came out bloody, the waitress asked me if I wanted another chicken. Lol I said No. Then she asked me if I wanted something else, I could feel my sugar dropping and knew I was going to be really angry soon so I ordered a hamburger no bun and roasted veggies. Well we got to the pottery place an hour late, dinner took so long. A couple of the other ladies couldn't believe that I had seafood dip with cucumber slices, not tortilla chips and a hamburger with no bun. Oh well, it's their problem, one of them said, I couldn't do that, I thought yes, you could if you wanted too. So NSV for me.

Mila- sorry for your loss! Don't let the food get you like I did, stick with us!

Meg-we will be here tomorrow too. Ready to listen!

Gail- how are you doing? How's that sweet dog of yours, give some kisses for me.

Well I have to get my stuff ready for my stitchy day tomorrow. We are traveling then stitching, so I have my stuff ready just need to get it in the car.

Tigress in GA

I wonder if my weight loss is making me colder also. Whenever I would visit my Mom or MIL all the old people had long sleeves and/or a sweater on. I was dreading when I got old and was like that. Well guess what, I am that person now. And I'm not old. Well at least in my 80's. But I sure am cold.

I went out to eat today with my niece. I think I told you about her. She is the daughter of the 'black sheep' of my husbands family but such a sweetheart. She has been fat since she was 5 and has a very troubled 7 year old son. So I couldn't even brag about my 7 year old grand daughter because I dind't want to make her feel bad. We went to Smiling Moose Deli, first time I had been there. If I had known how nice the build your salad was I would have ordered that. But I picked what I was going to get from online and then made a point of not looking up at the menu so as not to want something else or to get confused. Ashley was behind me and ordered next and ordered the build your own. But even my side salad they build it right there in front of you and you get 4 toppings of your choice, with the build your own you get 8. But it was good. I got vegan vegetable soup and my calories were real good. We sat and yacked for 2 1/2 hours so I really didn't notice that I was still hungry. When I got home I went ahead and got my usual carrot sticks and apple I eat every day. I had put a note up on face book how much my girls and I had lost and I put our last name on the post saying the ........girls have lost this much weight so far. So she responded and said hey I have lost 7 pounds and want to be in there. So she is going to check with her step sister to see if she is losing anything. I really just caught up with them last September when my MIL died since for 1 my BIL never came to any family function and 2 he never, ever brought his children around even when they were little. So it was nice to see them when my MIL died even though they felt they needed to ask permission to be with us.

supposed to be warming up this weekend, spring kind of left us this week completely:brokenheart:

Joyce, Indiana

This morning I got up and I don't know if when I was doing the rebounder DVD I really worked my abs or when I took the deep water class. That's probably one of the problems with doing exercising just about every day, if I'm sore I'm not sure what it's from. On the outside chance that it was from the rebounder DVD, I decided to do Leslie Sansone's Walk Away the Pounds DVD instead. You know, to me she is very motivational. Also, the people she has doing the DVD aren't just these 20 and 30-somethings, they're older people, and yes, they many times don't have perfect bodies. But that just reinforces to me that it's OK not to have a perfect body. When I do a Jillian Michael's tape, most of the people she has doing them have really nice bodies (not the Biggest Loser tapes, tho. However, some of the participants don't use correct form)

I'm planning to do the Gilad's 45/45 Split Routine. For one thing, that's a new DVD for me and I want to be sure that it doesn't need to be returned for some reason.

Rori - what I really like about exercising in the pool is that there is little to no impact. You can get a really good workout. Bad part is that while you're in the pool, you don't feel it. But the next day...... You can be so sore. But I do find it to be a great workout. Wooho on the inches lost. That means so much more than a number on the scale.

Rita - what wonderful surprises you have!

While we were at the Newcomer lunch, a lady won a free month of training at this place near me. Well, she said she wouldn't use it so she gave it to me. I will definitely use it. The biggest problem I can see right now is that I don't know if I can commit to a month until March. Right now we'll be working outside, then there's the holidays, then we usually go to FL in Feb. I want to call them and explain the situation, does the month have to be taken all at once, or is it a month consisting of 30 days? It was very nice of her to give that certificate to me

Katherine - lovely pic! Thanks for posting it

Kim - yes, it is a salt water pool. We dump bags of salt into it, the salt is then broken down into the sodium and chloride. The salt water chlorine generator ionizes the salt into its component parts -- sodium and chlorine. Chlorine is used to sanitize the pool. The sodium floats in the pool and over time recombines with the chlorine. Actually, they have salt water pools just about everywhere.

Wonderful to see so many pics and be able to put faces with names.

Cynthia - Maybe this will help you some. When we had PJ who was diabetic, the vet told us that if we just snipped off the needles, we could put the syringe into the garbage. So I had a baby food jar full of the needles. when we had to give Sassy the fluids, we did the same thing, we were able to put the needles in a jar and throw the syringe away. Eventually, I did throw the needles away (like a few weeks later) but, of course, they couldn't be used by a junkie or someone else because they didn't have the syringe attached to it.

Patty - have fun dancing. What kind of dancing do you do?

Talked Vince into putting down some weed & feed and grass seed. He says that the ground is really too hard right now. I'm in a way disappointed that he didn't do it earlier. See, I don't know much about putting in a lawn -- I look more to him. I know that he finds the pool really interesting, all those chemical processes and things computerized. But I wouldn't mind taking care of the yard IF it was established.

DeeDee - ditto on what makes us beautiful. Hey, you're more than welcome the first weekend in August! Oh no, your a/c is out again! Bummer

jane - happy birthday. So sorry you're sick. How was last night?

After exercising, came upstairs and cut up some carrots. I like to have some sort of snack that I can just grab when we're working outside. I usually take my mug of water with me, too.

Gloria - T25 AND Zumba -- you go girl!

Lucy in DE - welcome back! Stop in more often. Hope you're feeling better today.

yanniejannie - if you inhaled that quarter pounder, you probably didn't even taste it!

Vince and I went outside today, he used the tractor and I the push behind mower. I really really wish he'd have worked on seeding the grass a couple of weeks ago, I really want it to be more. There are bare spots, and while I was mowing I had some very bad coughing spells, and I'm sure it's because the mower was kicking up dirt and not grass. We did put seed down on one part of the yard (at my insistence) but don't know how it'll take since it's supposed to be very warm the next few days. Pool is doing ok, only the temp is like 68 but otherwise it's perfectly safe to go in. I want to go back outside and put down this paver sand on the front walk. We'll probably rewet that grass. How I wish Vince had done that sonner! For something like this, I look to him to know when to do things and he was more interested int he pool (compyuterized stuff). Oh well. Update: We ran out of the paver sand about 3/4 of the way doing the front sidewalk. We'll probably get more at Lowe's tomorrow. I also want to use the Wet & Forget in the evening.

Can't help it, but I've been thinking about Bryan a lot lately, my heart aches at times and I really try hard to not stress and concentrate on other things. Maybe he's on my mind because Mother's Day is coming up. Wonder if he'll remember????

I'm supposed to usher at the Green Room tonight so off to heat up dinner (it might be nice if I were to decide what I want to have!)

tigress - good for you, great choices under difficult circumstances. Cucumber slices with dip...how neat!

Michele in NC

Morning everyone!
Was very tired from the workout yesterday and other stuff I did; mostly tired in my back. Luckily I slept well, though it could have been longer.
Charlie (cat) is eating small amounts, but nowhere near what he should be eating. I wish I could get "baby meat" (baby food with just meat) here; my mom always had good luck getting sick cats to eat that. I don't eat meat myself, but have some in the freezer for my dog; maybe I could puree that somehow (don't have a real blender, but maybe my hand blender will work). I give him special food from a syringe a couple of times a day, though he doesn't enjoy that.
Will continue this and the medication and giving him the fluids through the weekend and hope his appetite picks up. As you can see, I'm preoccupied with this, but will log as always etc.

Hope everyone has a good day,
Cynthia :flowerforyou:

Hiya All,

I'm really encouraged...and discouraged all at the same time. I started my fitness program 12/28 - and I have really changed how I eat/cook. I go to the gym 3x week, work with weights for 30 minutes, and cardio 30 minutes. So I"m at the four month mark, and have lost just about 35 pounds. This past month was only 4. But I"ve lost a total of 63 inches. I just don't get why the scale isn't really moving.

Liz

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Sue in TX Hope you get to see your brother:flowerforyou: !

Jane Martin Happy birthday:flowerforyou: ! Hope you feel better:flowerforyou: !

Sylvia Hope you have a great time at the pottery show! I feel cold most of the time, except when a hot flash decides to hit me:grumble: !

Kim in N Cal I laughed about you taking a selfie!!! I took a picture of my eyes once and sent it to my oldest granddaughter, told her I was watching her:laugh: ! Congrats on getting rid of 2 more pounds:bigsmile: …woo hoo!!!!

Patty Hope you had a fun time shopping with your DD and granddaughters!

Alison Hope you had a nice day at work!

Beth How is the weather in NY? Has spring finally made an appearance?

Gloria Hope you feel better:flowerforyou: ! Springtime colds are no fun:noway: !

Tere Hope your weekend will be wonderful:flowerforyou: !!!

Margaret Sharing coffee:drinker: and water:drinker: !!! Art in Bloom sounds just awesome !!!

Katla Hope your day got better:flowerforyou: !!!

Vicki Hope your fund raiser ride is full of fun and not wind!!! What a fabulous way to start the day!

Lucy How nice to see you again! Have you had your ears checked when you get vertigo? That happens to me from time to time, usually in the spring and fall, mine is allergies. They gave me a prescription for Nasonex to use and it helps unclog the ears. It`s a steroid nasal spray, I hate to use but it really does help. Nasacort is a steroid spray too and it has just gone over the counter, but check with your Dr. first!!

Carol I wouldn`t be happy about the meal either! I can`t believe others don’t bring food that your son can eat, except a bag of pork rinds…grrrr !

Cindy in OK How exciting your floors are getting ready to be installed!!! I`ve been moving things upstairs, we`re getting ready to get the carpet out from up there, I`ve ordered the new carpet but they won`t install it until the painting is finished! I can`t believe all the things I`ve collected over the years:embarassed: …

Yanniejannie Have fun!!!!

Rita Hope your back feels better soon:flowerforyou: !

Meg Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!!

Tigress Ick….chicken not done:sick: !!! Congrats on the NSV:bigsmile: !!!!

Barbie I love this picture!!!! You look so sassy:smokin: !!!! Love the saying on you shirt! My friend bought me a coffee mug for Christmas that says “Eat, Sleep and Shop”, it`s my youngest granddaughters favorite mug to drink out of!

Joyce Sounds like a delightful time with your niece!!!

Michele It`s supposed to be in the low 80`s on Sunday , good day to get in the pool, although I bet the water is still cold!

Renny Hope DD is feeling better everyday:flowerforyou: ! How awful to be pregnant and sick at the same time, along with the stress of a toddler, they are wonderful but demand a lot of attention!

Cynthia Hope Charlie is feeling better:flowerforyou: !!!! I used to have to feed my dogs baby food when they were sick, vet told me to feed them chicken and rice. I also used to boil chicken breast unseasoned and rice unseasoned for them too. They are our babies !!!

Heather I knew your dinner would be a hit:bigsmile: !!! So sorry to hear about the student! Happy birthday to DGS:flowerforyou: !!!!

A/c was repaired yesterday around lunch, they actually had not replaced some wire, so no charge to me:bigsmile: !!!! I interviewed tile people yesterday….3…I finally choose a women. I loved her ideas on the design! Hired the painter too, still interviewing the patio people, although the landscaper is really doing that, but I do meet them, 2 so far and one more to go on Monday! I had an appointment yesterday with my dermatologist, she frozen three different places yesterday, one on my arm, one on my hand and one on my side:frown: …so I will say again…please ladies wear sunscreen when you`re outside!!!! I wish I had taken my own advice years ago!

Have a wonderful Saturday ladies!!!! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee in gorgeous NC:glasses:

Good Morning,

Deedee your selfie story gave me a chuckle. :laugh: :drinker:

Kim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 pounds down.

Cynthia hope your cat is on the mend.

Liz 35 pounds in four months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!63 inches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heather sorry about your student.:flowerforyou:

Tere sorry about the car. Frustrating! DH tire went flat this morning before going off to the store.:grumble:

Katiebug congrats on the hard work with students! Lucky to have you.

Vicki hope CMA meeting went well.

Lucy I noticed you said lower sodium not lately. I have a friend who when she eats foods too high in salt she gets vertigo. She learned she needs to stay around 1000-1500mg a day. Hope you feel better.

Yanniejannie I hear Joshua Bell is wonderful. Enjoy!

Rita hope back feels better soon.:flowerforyou:

When DH tire went flat I let him borrow my car. I had a winter coat back in the trunk because we were still in the high thirties this week. Unfortunately in pulling it out, I accidentally hit my eye with the draw string that has metal on it. Since I had that torn retina I am very sensitive about my eyes, so I am afraid I wasn’t the nicest when it happened. My eye is fine. The lesson to me is to slow down. I don’t think it would have happened if I had. I am trying to remember the saying. SiBerian North RailRoad I got from the book Search Inside Yourself. S is for stop B is for breathe, N is for notice R is for reflect and R is for react. In other words chill. In this case I went right to react.

Went to see Monument Men last night. I wanted to see it especially after going to the Art Museum. I guess our museum has some of the five million pieces they recovered. I still haven’t had the chance to seek them out at the museum. It was way too crowded during Art in Bloom. Plus I went to see the floral arrangement on that trip. I will seek them out another time.

Today I will log my food, so I wake up to a healthier tomorrow.

2014 word: contentment

Margaret

Hope everyone has a good sat.Got sick with the diarrhea and cramps last night,no B/day party for me.
Sorry Violet
hugs

The weather is BEAUTIFUL so I did only the 45 minute portion of Gilad's 45/45 split DVD. Tomorrow I'll do the aerobics portion.

Renny - glad your daughter is feeling better

Cynthia - ask your vet about the food. I remember when Vince and Jessica were force feeding Sassy, there was a food that was soft that came in a can. I remember they would put that in the syringe. It was so long ago that I don't remember what the name of it was, but I do remember that the can had a white label with printing, the food was the consistency of baby food so they could put it into the syringe and force it down his throat. I'm pretty sure I got that food at the vet's office. You might even be able to get it at PetSmart, I don't think it was a prescription. About the fluids, I remember we would hang the IV bag on a towel hook since it was higher than the cat on the floor. Yea, now that I think about it, it was just the needle that attached to the IV bag and then you put it under his skin.

Liz - you shouldn't be so dscouraged. That works out to about 2 pounds a week. Don't worry about the scale as long as that tape measure is moving!

DeeDee - that is so cute that you took a pic of your eyes and sent it to your gd. You know something, even IF the pool water is cold, I'll just rationalize that I'm burning more calories keeping my body warm. How's that for rationalization? Unfortunately, we're invited to a friend's place that day (Sun) at 2. She said she's just going to have snacks and desserts. Not like I need any desserts. I told her that I was bringing these shrimp bites with me. For some reason she tends to cook very heavy. And she's not a light person to begin with. She has problems with her knees and they won't operate until she loses something like 30 pounds. Why she doesn't try harder is beyond me. For a while there she was doing pretty good, but not lately. I'm afraid that what she's going to be serving will be high fat, high calorie and very little if any grains or fiber. Yea no charge for your a/c

katla - here in the South there are a lot of overweight people, too. I always cringe when I see thenm wearing clothes that are VERY revealing. I guess the worst thing is when they don't even bother to try to cover up the flab but let it hang out over the pants. I just feel so bad for these people, but then I look around and what are restaurants pushing? Deep fried foods and bread and desserts. Wish I could even facetime with Bryan.

jane - hope you're better today

namacheri - welcome and congrats on stopping smoking. You've done a great thing for yourself and your grandkids.

Michele in NC

Good morning Lovelies!

In a hurry again today. The high school class party is this evening. Must work out, make pizza bread and get ready. I plan to eat something before leaving so I won't be tempted by goodies.

Welcome new ladies!

Lollyhil2014' I am 55. My best advice is you have to want this. Decide every morning to be good to yourself and give YOU the gift of good health. Healthy food and exercise become a habit over time. Once you conquer your thinking, your body will follow. Smile and enjoy the journey! Keep coming back to this thread, this is a great group of ladies!:flowerforyou:

Hug and prayers for a wonderful day,

Cindy in OK

Hi, yes, I've got the Recovery force feeding food (Hill's), but he doesn't really want it (I've given him some anyway). He didn't even want cooked and ground lamb's heart (yuck). I got him to eat a couple of pill pockets (without the pills, haha), and twice he's eaten a teaspoon of tuna mousse cat food with a teaspoon of warm water in it. I hope this is the beginning of improvement, but it's too soon to tell.
I can get baby food in jars, but never just meat; it's all "meals".

Cynthia, worried this weekend :flowerforyou:

Hello ladies! Taking a break and getting caught up on your posts.

Michele … are you able to do any of your workouts in your own pool? I don’t have access to a facility’s pool with classes, but we do have our own pool. (Crazy concept in Buffalo, NY … but hey, we make the most of any good weather we actually get!) I’ve not been in our pool for years … too embarrassed… but that’s going to change this year! Would like to see if there’s some kind of aerobic routine I could do on my own.

DeeDee … it’s been very dreary, but the cold temperatures are finally moving out. We are way behind the rest of the country with blossoms and such! But my trees are starting to bud!

A comment on skin tight clothing. I don’t understand it! I remember when I was a young girl agonizing over clothes that might show a bulge. So now I never wear clothes that are too tight. Today, people seem to embrace their muffin tops! Friends often comment on how “thin” I’m looking … and I still have a ways to go … which they never believe. I think the reason is because I wear clothes that fit.

Liz … hang in there. Your body has undergone an amazing transformation in a relatively short period of time. The body goes into shock and slows down for a while, but persistence will win … the pounds will release! I’ll go weeks without anything and then … bam … several pounds. This is definitely not a linear process!

Jane … so sorry you’re ill. My whole family came down with the stomach bug … hit each of us different. We’re finally back to feeling well. Hope you are soon too!

Cynthia … hoping your “worried” status soon changes!

Time to get off my duff! Way, way behind on cleaning … and believe me, after the week we had, it needs a thorough airing out and scrub down!
Beth in Western New York

Alison, you are so thoughtful, creative and sweet. :flowerforyou:

I am going to try to post 2 pictures. It was tough to find pictures of me when I was heaviest, because as many can identify with, I hated getting my picture taken.

Well, I am using photobucket, but it's not working. I know how to do it, and don't understand why it has to be so hard in MFP. Okay, next time.

Renny

oh wait. Here is the new me in progress under the blossoming apple tree:



and this is one that I typically don't wish to share


Now to figure out how to make it smaller.