WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY

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:

My BIL sent this to me this morning. I thought y'all would enjoy it too

Cindy

With more and more “older people” texting and tweeting, there appears to be a need for a STC (Senior Texting Code).

· ATD: At The Doctor's
· BFF: Best Friend Farted
· BTW: Bring The Wheelchair
· BYOT: Bring Your Own Teeth
· CBM: Covered By Medicare
· CUATSC: See You At The Senior Center
· DWI: Driving While Incontinent
· FWB: Friend With Beta Blockers
· FWIW: Forgot Where I Was
· FYI: Found Your Insulin
· GGPBL: Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low!
· GHA: Got Heartburn Again
· HGBM: Had Good Bowel Movement
· IMHO: Is My Hearing-Aid On?
· LMDO: Laughing My Dentures Out
· LOL: Living On Lipitor
· LWO: Lawrence Welk's On
· OMMR: On My Massage Recliner
· OMSG: Oh My! Sorry, Gas.
· ROFL... CGU: Rolling On The Floor Laughing... And Can't Get Up
· SGGP: Sorry, Gotta Go Poop
· TTYL: Talk To You Louder
· WAITT: Who Am I Talking To?
· WTFA: Wet The Furniture Again
· WTP: Where's The Prunes?
· WWNO: Walker Wheels Need Oil

Well I changed my ticker. Time to own up to the last 2 weeks of indulgence. My goals for January are to drink less alchohol, exercise more - at least 5 times per week and stop mindless eating and snacking after supper.

I joined the 28 day boot camp on Sparkspeople today. You do 10 minutes of an execise video every day and 30 minutes of cardio 5 days per week. After 10 minutes I was really perspiring. I am way out of shape and now have to admit I haven't been doing any exercise at all.

Best thing about this boot camp is that it is free on Sparkspeople.com. Anyone can fit 10 minutes into their day and I think I will do the 30 minutes of cardio while I watch the news after supper each night.

2011 is the year I must stop making excuses and get at it. -I have a closet full of beautful clothes I can't fit into. - 25 pounds will make me happy. I will just take 5 pounds at a time. My goal is to drop 10 by February 18 when I leave for Florida.

Happy New Year - new beginning - to everyone
smwert

Today my GF called. It is the first week of her official retirement! She & I are going walking at 3 today. Oh, it is going to be so nice to have a walking partner!

She is a little uncertain about this whole retirement thing but I think she will like it, eventually!

Cindy

:flowerforyou: Popping in to say HI, will have to read later.

Hoping all of you had a good Holiday Season....and we are all off and running in this new year...

Laura:drinker:

Alice,

It's been awhile since I worked with HSAs and I know the rules have changed with healthcare reform. Wish I could help! Basically with an HSA the money comes out of payroll BEFORE you calculate taxes. When spent it has to be for medical necessities. When I was doing payroll all I had to do was take the money out, deposit it with our health insurance company, they took care of the spending part. If you use a payroll computer program there should be an area for this......before tax payroll deductions.

Hope that helped a little.

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Hello Ladies and Happy January!

Well..here I am again..on a New Year's Journey to a better me...
It's great to read all the posts again..haven't had time to keep up with all of them lately. Just trying to get back "in the groove"..it's so much easier with all the rich foods gone!
Welcome -Jane, Darlis, Candy? and Diva..hope I have those right. (don't know about the rest of you but I have a Holiday Fog-Over)

Amanda..I am so sorry you have Bronchitis..I had 2 rounds of that in November and December...It's rough!

Robin-my DH has gone back to work today and it's easier to keep up with this eating when they aren't around. Mine had the flu from Thursday before Christmas untill this past Friday AND was on vacation. Whew! He had some cabinet people in here two days. We built our house in "99 and the cabinets, in the Master Bath, finish hadn't stayed the way they should so he worked out a deal with the cabinet people and replaced them. I had a 3 man work crew in here 2 days on top of Holiday Mess and a sick husband. :noway: Needless to say I was stressed! THEN, he decides he can't sit still any longer and all the Christmas deco HAS to come down. The man is up putting decorations in totes with a fever. :noway: :noway: What do you do with a guy like that?

Birdie was glad to read your posts...you are such an uplift.
Barbie- thanks for re-starting our posts for the year.
Rebel--I believe you wanted liposuction tools??? Let me know if there are volunteers.
Mimi -Veggie queen- VEGGIES VEGGIES Veggoes for me too::bigsmile:
Jeannie- am so sorry you had sickness too..:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Michele- I always read your posts...you are a busy girl!:flowerforyou:
Wizzy-I lost a post too the end of December. I barely had time to do it once and I just threw up my hands and said, "forget it."

I've probably left someone out...I'll try to "get you" next time:blushing:

I read all your posts and all of you help me.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Barbara- I hope to be a size 10--eventually too all the sweets drag us down...that's for sure!

Good evening, everyone. Just popping in to say hi.

I've been doing pretty good today but my son's birthday cake is going to be eaten soon. Luckily it's a very small cake and I don't think there will be any leftovers!

Welcome to our new members!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: You'll find loads of support and motivation here!

I also joined the 28 day challenge at Sparkpeople.com. I use a lot of their exercise videos and I really like them. Their website was having some real problems earlier but they seem to have resolved them now. I bet it's all the new people joining!:laugh:

Well, going to make a cup of tea and relax for a bit. Have a nice night.

wizzywig - I used to sometimes have a problem where I'd be ready to post something (have it all written) and then I must hit a button by accident all the entire document disappeared! Oh, that's frustrating! Then Vince looked at it and showed me to hit the "undo" tab. Hopefully, next time that'll work for ya, try it!

Michele

Michele thanks for this, where can I find the "undo" tab. I can't see one when I am logged in to mfp.

Viv x

Happy New Year everyone. I've just skimmed through weeks of posts by all of you. I joined mfp right after Thanksgiving and was quite consistent up until people began giving me delicious and decadent, home baked goods for the holidays. I have an uncontrollable sweet tooth. One of you posted about giving up sugar and flour because otherwise there is no control. I feel that way a lot. And every nutritionist, acupuncturist, holistic practitioner says the whites are bad for you. So I gave up logging in to my food diary and posting for these holiday weeks, consciously, not defeatedly. I'm not beating myself up over it, that's just how it was. But I'm back and I am re-inspired by those of you who have mastered the cookie conflict. I probably have to change the weight on my ticker because I'm pretty sure I gained a couple of pounds. Those should come off with my return to mindful eating....plus the sweets are all gone, now.

Joy