WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2014

Calliope, you and I could be twins!!!! I started my diet Oct 2012 at a starting weight of 232.8! I had a friend that described a helpful tool for weight loss called a destination map. When you plan a 'journey', such as a vacation that you have several steps. You have a destination but before you get to that destination you have to go through several small destinations on your map. You need to plan how far your gas will take you so you know where you will take a meal/gas stop rest, you may need to stay overnight somewhere and take a break. She recommends making a destination map for your weight loss, your final destination, all the different pit stops along the way. It would read something like this:

Destination. I will label as G
Pit stop A...10 pounds
Pit stop B...20 pounds
ETC, ETC
Final Destination G... 135 pounds

Now she takes it another step. She gives a reward at each destination. This of course would depend on your financial and marital status. Believe me, with my MS rewards sure have changed for me through the years. Each pit stop may have a reward like buying a new bracelet, getting rings resized, hair cut, hair highlighting, final destination not only would be the wonderful scale weight but a really nice reward.

JB, wonderful news on Mariah. We all could take a few lessons from that young girl. You are all lucky to be part of her family.

OK, I went to my annual appointment with my neurologist this morning. First I was surprised because she was already in the room!!!! They are a completely paperless office so she was either dictating the previous persons records or looking up my things because her head was down looking at her computer. I didn't sit down. She told me to go ahead and sit but I sit no I wanted her to see me. So I twirled around and she just broke out into a big grin. She was so proud. I did tell her that it wasn't because she kept on hounding me about it but because I finally decided I wanted to do it. I have all my medicines in a cake pan, they all fill an 8X10 cake pan, that's a lot of medicines and I just finally got tired of all of it. About my dizzy episode, she said that although my family doctor has decreased my medicines once during this wight loss that it might be time to do it again and either decrease or get rid of my light diuretic especially since my sodium is repeatedly a little low. Although I have increased my sodium in my diet it doesn't show in my lab works. She also has changed her veiw on MRIs to check on progress of the MS. She uses her mentor an MS specialist up at IU med center Dr Mattson. So her view now is that unless there is no indication for an MRI don't do it. Mine have not shown anything new in 17 years. That is also her view on the the medicines that have come out for MS. They used to all be given by injection but there are now some pills. She says if it isn't broke, don't fix it. I don't have any side effects with mine, it doesn't bother me to give myself my shot. As an obese women I had plenty of skin to go through to get a shot in my muscle and I was an RN so I never had any problem. So I walked out with no changes at all, except less money in my checking account. I called my family doctor and he cut my mild diuretic in half.

Enough talking for now, Joyce, Indiana

Vicki GI NE - how good of you to keep good control of your medical records!

Alison – 6 oreos is 250 calories – you can make that up! Don’t be too hard on yourself!!

Jane – glad all is fine!

Sdps – we are all there age wise, and for me at least I have found that accepting that this is a life long adventure and the loss will be slow has allowed me to find ways to have the things I love even if it is just a small amount.

Joyce – I have done a bunch of white water rafting – it is my only high risk activity and the sports stores like REI sell water proof cases for phones/money etc… and all have a spot to put a carabineer in and then I hook that to the strap of my suit… now if that would work for the fitbit – I don’t know – but it would keep it dry!
Glad the neurologist appointment went so well.

Carol – thinking of you, I was missing you. :happy:

Katla – I have to look into a solar attic fan, any chance you know what brand you have?

Michele – CA has low humidity compared to FL 20-25% however those from AZ or NM will think that is humid… I don’t feel it; when I have visited the east coast in the summer I thought I would die.

Hartland , jfauci, Janet, Kim , MaryLynn, menogain - welcome

Sherry – love the goal To exercise out my emotions and not eat my emotions.

Cynthia T60 – there is another Cynthia, a newer visitor ---

Tere – I love thrift stores – even when I wasn’t losing I loved them – and when I am ready to replace a big part of my wardrobe I expect I will go to my favorite thrift stores first and then to the mall as that will make my $$$ go farther. :bigsmile:

Nena – enjoy your beach vacation!

JB – thanks for keeping us in the loop – So glad for Mariah and family !

Gloria – you go! Adjusting to what we need at the time is what it is all about.

Pamala- welcome, join in anytime – eating out is hard, and I don’t know about in the Netherlands but in the US most chain restaurants have the calorie counts online so you can just quick add calories, it doesn’t give you all the micros but better than nothing. Congrats on the 3 lbs!

Yanniejannie - I prefer beige under light things, it is closer to my skin tone so doesn’t seem to show as much, but my skin tone looks a bit like I was swimming in a bottle of bleach! The sizing seems weird, 32 instead of 34 is ok but the cup size… maybe it was miss marked…

Tigress – great idea to share a garden!

Suzy – are you logging your food? Weighing and measuring everything? I know I am not a very good judge of size --- but even a few tablespoons of a calorie dense food (ie peanut butter) can add a bunch of calories. – I am thinking since is around the middle it is not just muscle verse fat

Patty – 33 and 15 sign up for 8 weeks – that is super awesome amazing!!!

MamaCindy – congrats!!!

Well it took me forever to read and respond! after 2pm and I need lunch!

Kim

Katla – I have to look into a solar attic fan, any chance you know what brand you have?

Kim, DH bought the attic fan at Costco. It is model number 1012 TRS/HW on their web page. Go to the Costco web page and search for attic fans: It is made by the US Sunlight Corporation. The price quoted is $300.00.

Happy Tuesday beautiful ladies. Hope everyone is having a nice day. So far mine is going ok. I weighed in this morning and up .2pounds, but really upset as had to use a different scale. The one I always use at the hospital is missing so went to another deptment and will start using that one.

Allison--Thanks for the info I emailed fitbit and asked them about the pool.

Jane--glad to hear all was well with your test. I know I had one when I was bleeding heavy and afterwards it was alot better and then stopped ever since.
Can honestly say I do not miss them.

Patty--Good Luck with your class tonight. will be waiting to hear all about it. Just read post about class. Proud of you.

Sherry--Welcome. I also have been overweight my whole life. I remember in 5th grade I was 210 as they put a poster up in the hallway with everyones weight and height. I have 7 pounds to lose to reach 210. I am excited, 32 pounds and I will have lost half my weight. I never believed before I could do this, but with the support of this group I am doing it and it is a life stylechange.

jb--Great news about Mariah. God does good work!!

calliope610--Happy Happy Birthday! Thanks for sharing your story.

Cindy--good work on the cholestero numbers

Joyce--glad your appointment went well.

Katla--Good luck with the haircut. Right now I am letting mine grow out and see what I can do different.

I got my new hot pink fitbit band today. Makes me feel cheery. LOL. Well ladies have a nice rest of the day and know that we are in this journey together.
Blessings, Vicki GI NE

Howdy ladies. I stayed home today instead of going to work…still have the sinus headache and sore throat, but I felt well enough to take a walk and lift weights. Did a little watering out in the garden, and that’s about all. DH is going to see Tanya after dinner to have a “come to Jesus” talk. Can’t wait to hear how that goes.

Michele: are you still hauling that river rock around?

Sylvia: I sure hope the bp gets straightened out soon

Belinda: welcome aboard

Joyce: why is buying bras so difficult!!!

Katla: the optical-rectitis made me spit my tea out! OMG I laughed so hard!!!

Kim: I can’t imagine not having AC but I bet you don’t need it all that much. Here it’s the humidity more than the heat, but we run the poor thing constantly after about mid-May through late September. Good job on the clothes fitting so well! It’s hard sometimes to figure out what to do with those relationships

Cynthia: happy doggy birthday!

Jane: what did I miss? Surgery? Oh now I see. I hope you feel better soon after the meds and the news comes back good.

Alison: a cruise! I love crusing!

DeeDee: when you find more time please pass some along!

47Jacqueline: hope you got lots done on your book

Patty: yes I do log every bite….or at least most of the time I do. You could try making a casserole and dividing it up into smaller servings and freezing them for later. That would cut down on your prep time.

YannieJannie: insufferable! That’s a great word for it

Anamika: happy birthday!

Katla; I have a great catfish recipe…oven fried and spicy if you want it I’ll send it to you (or anyone else who wants it)

Heather: I love farmer’s markets too!

Tere: it’s so nice to see you posting again. Thanks for the good wishes!

Rita: I’d be looking for a new doc also!

Vicki: I count it as a nsv when you find a bathing suit you like and feel comfortable in! Good job!

Pat: she does seem to respond better to dh, so that’s why he is going to visit her tonight. Interesting she doesn’t want him
coming over to her place. She has never had us there,

Sherry: welcome to the group

Jb: sending best wishes for Mariah! That’s a tough road for such a little one!

Gotta run; dinner's ready. I'll be back to finish in a bit Meg

Ok ladies I’m back to finish my post! Dinner is et, DH went to see Tanya, who tried to get out of the meeting by saying she was tired, so DH offered to come to her place and she refused….so they are still meeting at subway..

47Jacqueline; I struggle to get enough water too and I like it! I’m just plain lazy

Sylvia: great joke. RE bras. I hope my cup size goes down. The last bras I bought in the spring were 40H and they are totally impossible to find PLUS they don’t work with many of my summer clothes…too much “full coverage”. I need to go back to
Cacique and try there again. I still can’t fasten the hooks unless I pull it around to my front. But the 42s are definitely too loose.

Jill: thanks for your good thoughts. I too am on a looooooooooooooooooooooong plateau. I can’t seem to get motivated enough to lose instead of maintain. Well yesterday and today were great and I can only go from there.

Suzy: have to talked to your health care provider about other reasons to put on weight besides menopause? There are many conditions that can cause that and it seems like yours is a lot to have gained. Are you counting all your calories?

MaryLynn: you are in a group of newbies! We have lots of new ladies which is always fun, Come back often!

Calliope: congratulations on your amazing weight loss!

Susan: I too am in Omaha, actually Papillion. Welcome to our group! What part of town are you in?

Patty: great news on the class! Congrats!

Menogain welcome to you too

Cindy: congrats on the cholesterol! That is fabulous!!!

Joyce: so glad your doctor noticed your great weight loss!

Katla: yuck I hate meetings, even short ones!!!

Heather: I remember all those windows stories! I’m glad they got that figured out. I’m glad we don’t have so many troubles with our rentals now. Our old manager stole a bunch of money from us then killed himself in one of our units……that took about 3 years to recover from, but they are all doing well now. We have a niche renting to refugees.

Vicki: glad your fitbit came. You’ll enjoy it!

Jmsic: welcome to you too.

OK now I have caught up on the posts…whew…we are a chatty group. Thanks for all the ideas about hypnosis. I’d like to get more information and think about it some more. Take care all Meg from humid OMaha

Did an hour of Kelly Coffee Meyers DVD 30 Minutes to fitness. It's really two workouts, each 30 minutes long and I did both of them. Tomorrow I'm planning to do Denise Austin's Boot Camp DVD, then we have the general meeting of the Newcomers. After the meeting I'll go to bowling and Vince wants to be home for the plumber.

hartland - so sorry you were in the hosp. but so glad you're back with us now.

DeeDee - the strawberry shortcake cake came out quite well. I took it to mahjongg last night. One of the things that was commented on (and that I liked) was that there were pieces of strawberries in the middle, not just a strawberry puree. I want to make it again, so when you come down I'll make it. To be honest, I really want to make it again, I thought it was pretty good

Pat - you are so right about the mountain, not the plateau. Seems to be my life. I like that "gotta control what I can and let go of the rest". I've been thinking about Bryan a lot lately, I'm going to try to keep this in mind

Pat - I'm sure your class will be a success. I have had aerobic instructors who have been heavy. They've usually reminded the class that a person can be heavy but also be fit. Tell your class how much you've lost, I'm sure that'll impress them. And how you lost it (not with surgery). Sometimes my chicken is dry, too. Have you ever had beer butt chicken? You cook it on the grill and is it ever moist! You don't taste the beer, but it is so very moist you won't believe it. Even the white meat, which sometimes can be dry, is moist. Another time I tried roasting it in my oven in one of those bags. As I recall, it was pretty moist. Oh, in case you were wondering, you can roast a whole chicken, then when you cut it up put it in two containers, one for the refrig and one for the freezer. The one in the freezer will last longer. If you put the whole chicken in the refrig, it may go bad before you can finish it up. I do that lots of times.

Sherry - welcome! I'm sure being here will help you in your BL competition. I wish you the best of luck. Do come in often and let us know how its going

Allison - I always get the Hint of Salt triscuits. Some cut back is better than none is the way I figure it. I just realized that I don't have any veges to take to bowling tomorrow. Looks like I'll have to go shopping some. Can't disappoint those seniors and not bring my carrots....lol (I'm known as "the carrot lady") Update: decided to take some of the "Just Peas" with me. I like them.

jfauci - welcome! I'd be more than happy to give you 10 pounds!!!

tere - there are some things I like on the Wii, and some I don't. Like the body sculpting (is that what it's called? It's been so long since I used it) doesn't work the opposing muscles. I remember it did do the biceps but didn't touch the triceps. I'm never sure how effective the yoga is since since I don't know enought about yoga. But I do like the balance games and the training games. I also have the "Fit in Six" and use that for pilates sometimes.

Meg and tere and everyone else dealing with teens - I remember this book I read (when I'd lock myself in the bathroom otherwise I'd have killed someone), there was a quote that said "the more they pull away, the more they come back". It seems to be so true. Jessica would give me such problems, I was about to kill her at times. Now today she's the one who comes to visit us at least once a month, I don't know what I'd do without her.

jb - yea for Mariah. Not yea that she'll be in treatment for the next year (poor baby), but yea that the tests came out clear

Pamela in the Netherlands - welcome! Losing gets harder and harder the older we get and the closer to goal we are, but as someone once said, you only lose if you quit. So keep at it. You'll get there and be healthier in the process.

Jan - I like to get only white bras, and you are right, they ARE hard to find. Plus, I don't like the underwire, it really bothers my breastbone. So not only do I try to get white, but I need it without the underwire. In addition to that, I like it somewhat padded since I'm so small. With those criteria, I have a hard time find them, especially in my size

Exercised and then Vince and I went out and put down a bit of riverrock. Now we get a reprieve for a few days because we need to get more landscape fabric. Picked up stones to get to the tarp, then took a shower to get this stupid red clay off my legs and then into the pool I went. Rummikub here tonight so I'm busy trying to get ready for it. I totally forgot to make some green tea, so it's in the freezer hopefully cooling down.

Jacqueline - I'm exermom but my real name is Michele in NC. I swear, in some ways, I think I'm addicted to exercise. How I really really wish they'd have aqua zumba. There is one gal who is a lifeguard who got her zumba certification and what did they do? Put her on the sub list for zumba on land. Not like a few of us haven't asked for aqua zumba. Yes, I know that people our age or older will certainly respond better to someone closer to their age rather than a 20 or 30 something. I try to have 24oz of water while I'm getting dressed and putting on my makeup.

Sylvia - sometimes I order things (grilled chicken not the hot dogs or mac & cheese) off the children's menu.

kim - welcome

MaryLynnJohan - welcome and congrats on quitting smoking. That's awesome that you did that.

Calliope - wonderful story and amazing pics. You've come so far, I'm truly impressed.

Patty in OH - I KNEW your abs class would be fantastic. Thanks for confirming it for me.

Cindy - good for you, your cholesterol down so much. I'm so happy for you

Joyce - I always look for a doc with your doc's attitude "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Wonderful that you got your diuretic cut

Kim - I think just about any area has a lower humidity than FL. Here in NC it can be 102 degrees but I feel I can still work outside because it isn't ungodly humid. Now the local natives will say "oh, this humidity is terrible" but they don't know what true humidity is! I love to go shopping at the Salvation Army. One thing I can't find there, tho, is pants because I absolutely need a petite size and they just don't carry them. But that's where I get most of my shirts and shorts from. Which reminds me that I probably should get a new pair of work shorts. When I'm working outside, I like the short shorts only so that I get a decent tan....lol Yes, I'm vain to a certain extent. I wouldn't wear short shorts anywhere but outside when I'm working.

Heather - I can't get over that they had already put in your window!

Vicki - you've come a long way, that's for sure

jmsic - welcome

Meg - we will get a "bit" of a reprieve from the riverrock only because we need to get more landscape fabric. It'll be delivered Friday and we know that UPS usually gets here late in the day, so starting Saturday I'll be back at it. I'll be SOOO glad when this is all over

Michele in NC

Katla – wow, thanks!!!

Heather – pizza with a salad center what a great presentation! :happy: I work in a garden with 180 rose plants, the Constance Spry sounds like one they would like ! No one who doesn’t have to should travel in rush hour – it is just a crazy time…:grumble: have a great time tomorrow.

Meg – Glad hubby is going to see DD, hope the conversation gets through to her. Wonder what she is hiding at home? :ohwell: maybe I a making something out of nothing.

Sherry – great idea to find another way to walk, weather is an issue for many.

Barbie – what a great dance weekend outing! Have you kept the 70ish pounds off since 2009? I am a way from maintenance but am afraid of it. And I think because I am a bit of a foodie – eating and cooking are both recreation for me…. :grumble: although I know Heather does it.

Michele - We have 6 different thrift stores with in a 20 min drive..so depending on which direction I am going depends and where I'll end up, some have a better selection than others!

Hearthwood, what a great surprise!

The heat has broken here - it is going to be cooler for sleeping tonight! yeah!!!

Kim in N. California

Bebubble, I don't set goals either. Not that I don't think I may or not need or use them or that I don't think that they are important. I just don't right them.

hearthwood isn't it wonderful that we have these new toys that are now connected to us the rest of our life. My Fitbit tells me so much about myself, good or bad. Kind of like a husband.

Sylvia, please can I go with you, please please???? I promise to be good and not talk to much. I'll even pretend to like dogs while I'm with you. The Pacicific northwest and the extreme north eastern are both on my bucket list. I would love a bed and breakfast right on the cliffs, could hear the breakers all day and see the sea gulls and listen to the boats and see the lighthouse through the evening and morning fog. Oh, I ant to go. I think I am going o have to have a different husband in my life in order to do those things though. Well for the other things on my bucket list I KNOW I would have to have a different husband, sky diving, scuba diving, hot air balloon ride, para sailing, see Ireland and Switzerland and the French Alps, take a complete cross Canada tour through the Rockies, Go from Maine to Washington state, then to either Hawaii or Alaska and then go to the other one and then come back home. Have a rental home somewhere on the beach that all my family and extended family could come for a whole summer. I could live in my dreams!!!! Sounds like I need to start that dream tonight!

Joyce, Indiana

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Jb So glad to hear about Mariah!!! She has a long year ahead of her but it sounds like a good outlook :bigsmile: !!!!

Barbie Sounds you like had a fantastic fun weekend:bigsmile: !!!

Meg Hope hubby had a good talk with DD:flowerforyou: !

Heather Glad your window was repaired:bigsmile: , sounds like the leasing group needs to be a bit more organized !

Kim in N CAL Glad the temp is cooling off a bit for you! It was hot here yesterday and last night was filled with storms!

Welcome to everyone new! This is a great group of supportive and fun women!!!

My painters started setting up things yesterday afternoon, will start the actual painting today. They are starting upstairs in the grand girls rooms. One room is blue and the other is lavender, can't wait to see the actual paint on the walls:happy: ! This is also the week of my conference, I'm going this afternoon for a bit, and then on Saturday all day, what I like most is seeing all my friends I only get to see once a year !!!

Hope everyone has a lovely day! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!

Hugs,
DeeDee in bright and sunny NC:glasses:

Good Morning all. I was talking to my sister awhile back about my yoyo weight loss and gain. Been doing it for years. My sister said I give myself a license to gain weight by keeping clothes that I lose out of. I am beginning to think she is right. I would always box up the larger clothes and instead of donating them and then when I gained weight I would pull out the size I needed and would instantly have clothes. There was no thinking about "oh my I have no clothes to wear so I need to lose a little weight". I would just go to the extra closet and bam I had a wardrobe for that size.

So my question is..... Do you keep your old clothes or do you purge them from your house?

Sherry
Indiana

Hi, all,

Very overcast and cloudy here and very, very humid; supposed to be scattered showers today. Big news is that one of my (older) tomato plants has one turning red!!!! I see a bacon and tomato sandwich in my future! Last night tai chi and yoga were beyond hot! We went to a new place afterward..........all I had was water (and lots of it!!!) but the food looked good and got rave reviews from my two friends. Got home about 10pm and tonight is going to be another late one. Going to Sams Club later; the concensus is that we all go together, the 4 of us, and provide chicken salad salad on croissants for the potluck tonight at line dance.......I'll be happy to share the cost but probably won't eat any.

Meg...........hope you are feeling better and that your DH was able to "get through" to your DD.

Heather............The window is DONE??????..........feels like a celebration is due!!! Enjoy your day!

bebubble.........WOW! 5lbs. in 7 days..........that's great and a fantastic start!

Dee Dee.............Hope your painting goes well, we are more than due

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I still have one light lavender bedroom with stenciled teddy bears!!!!

47jacqueline........Your goals look great.........that certainly was a lot of exercise in one day, I'd be wiped out!!!

jillfenner..............Nice to see you again!!!

Off to shower and have breakfast, then pick up Gwen for a morning of drs.

yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic

Bump - I'm woefully behind on the thread and have missed it - I think page 13 was the last one I read. Maybe I can catch up some tonight, but know that I think off everyone and wonder what is going on when I'm away.

Working too much -- with the boss so he was ready to go on his family vacation, now trying to help cover that and -- HOORAY -- training a new person to help with the admin work. The boss' phone is not working in any fashion and they are out of country. I tried calling the hotel last night to reach him on a couple of things and the hotel desk managed to convey he was at the hospital, so I left a message. Of course I didn't know why they were there. if it was for one of the adults or children, but then his wife called and HE is the one hospitalized. He's picked up an intestinal parasite of some sort and is very ill. I've said several prayers!! His wife said she and the kids don't usually take their phones on vacation so she has really felt isolated -- said prayers for her, too! I expect she will take her phone from now on, just to have a backup.

Our Missy-dog has been miserable of late with the thunderstorms, so DH purchased a thunder shirt. Tried it last night, but ended up not having as severe/noisy storms, so I'm not sure if it was that or the shirt, but she was better. Will keep you posted.

Need to get some breakfast and get ready to go back to the office. I hope everyone has a terrific day!

Gail, metro ATL

Good Morning,

Deedee sounds like you are in the home stretch of your renovations. Yeah!:drinker:

Jb adding my voice In glad things are better for Mariah.

Jane so pleased you came out of your surgery with no major problems.

Taking it easier today after working so hard yesterday. Our yard is showing the effects from all the work. Our garden is like a pet to me. It takes daily tending to be its best. Today we hope to go visit Minnehaha Falls. With all the rain we have had we hear they are quite spectacular.

Today I will log my food and exercise, so I wake to a healthier me.

2014 word:contentment

MNMargaret