WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2014

Did an hour of training games on the Wii. This is my "active recovery" day. Tomorrow I'm planning to do more of my "10 Minute Tummy Toner" DVD, hold my plank, and then go to the extreme pump class.

Welcome to everyone new!

After exercising and having breakfast, I made salmon that I had marinating in the refrigerator since last night. Then I made salsbury steaks for us for later in the week. Afterwards we went outside and I guess you can't guess what we did??? Afterwards, I went in the pool, cleaned the spa, and came in for dinner.

Kim - you must be kidding -- me come there to riverrock We figure we'll be done rocking under the deck next week -- but don't despair, we still have outside the fence to do and alongside the garage and fill in places where the rock settled over the winter, so we'll be at it for a while longer. I totally agree with you, we have our own little paradise. Congrats on those jeans -- love the pullups!

Viv - my back was hurting but then I used the foam roller. Boy did that make such a difference. Like my own personal massage only cheaper....lol I can feel my back hurting a bit today so I'm going to use the foam roller. I know what it is and why I didn't feel this way last year. Last year we got a mix of stones, some smaller some larger all mixed together. This year we ordered the same thing only the delivery guy made a mistake. He thought we wanted two separate deliveries -- one of each size stone. When he looked at his paperwork, he realized that he did make a mistake so he had to go back to the landscape place and get the smaller stones. So I have to constantly bend down and get the larger ones. And some of them are buried under the smaller stones. Do you have any idea how heavy the smaller stones can be when you're trying to get one of the larger ones underneath it? To be honest, I think Vince is a bit miffed that Lynette asks me to bake. More than once he's asked "does Ken know you're doing this?" I suspect that if it wasn't me, she'd be asking her mother to make something for her to take

Just finished making some apple bran muffins to take to Jess when she goes away. I made her brownies, too as I doubt she'll eat the apple bran muffins.

CynthiaT60 - I'm with you, I wish all the days were longer. It is sad that yesterday was the longest day and now they're going to get shorter.

Heather - you'd make an awesome first responder. You're so caring and thoughtful . I do hope you go for it. The world needs people like you

Tomorrow we'll concentrate on taking the mulch that's under the deck right now up by the house. We're almost at the end of the rocking under the deck. Then Tuesday we need to cut the grass since it's growing and we'll be gone. We don't want it to look really bad. Wednesday is bowling and then Thursday we leave for VA until Sunday.

Phyllis - I agree, you have to find what works for you. So many people will say, and this is true for some people just not me, that a calorie is a calorie and it doesn't matter when you eat it. Now for me, if I eat late at night I can be guaranteed of a gain the next day. However, and I learned this from -- of all places -- the Wii. I try to have some silken tofu with cocoa in it. That seems to fill me up and I don't gain the next day.

Cindy 781 - happy birthday to your hubby. The recipe said to marinate the salmon for an hour, but I was so tired after making those muffins last night that I left it marinating overnight. I don't think it'll hurt it. I tend to make my food for the week and either freeze it or just have it refrigerated so that all I need to do is heat it up. I don't think I would find the time to cook every night, and so I'd wind up "hamburger helper"ing it or ordering take out (yikes!). So I marinated the salmon last night then broiled it this morning. I'll freeze most of it but leave just a little for dinner later this week. Did I make myself confusing enough for you???? lol Love your pill!!!!

katla - Vince is a bit OCD and to be honest, if we were to hire someone to finish the riverrocking, they probably wouldn't do it right (at least not to his way of thinking). But in some senses his being OCD is a good thing. Like when they were installing the pool, he was out there each and every day, not making a pain of himself and telling them how to do their job, but looking and asking questions. He made a few suggestions that they finally did and things worked out. When they were building the retaining wall, it's very fortunate that he was there because he had them move the wall a bit back so that he could get behind the equipment. Had he not been there they would have just built it close to the equipment pad. When they put in the fence, he looked and saw that the posts weren't straight. He actually took a level to each and every post (we have about 40 or more) and documented how far off each one was! There was one that was so far off he had them replace the post. The weren't happy about that because it was more expensive for them, but he wouldn't have it any other way. I honestly think that it would get done much faster him doing it himself (with me). He has to put the landscape fabric down a certain way so that the rainwater flows down and doesn't get caught. He puts in landscape border to divert the rainwater from the house. It's little things like that. Hope everything goes well for your son.

Vince went out by the pool so I'm going to go out now and just sit there and relax. Be back soon

Margaret - when you had to add the layer of rock, did you have landscape fabric down first, then the first layer, then the second? You say you vacuumed? Tell me more about that. Because we have one area where we put rock down last year, a week or so ago it rained REAL hard and some of the mulch that was under the deck went down on the rock. Now we're thinking that we'll have to remove the mulch by hand, but you say you vacuumed? Maybe that'd be an easier way to get the mulch out from between the rocks.

Have my carrots all cut up for tomorrow. I just leave them on the counter and when I come in to go to the bathroom or something, I just take a few and munch on them. Also, I have some instead of a lunch (so I can go in the pool)

Brenda from MD - (((HUG))))

Joyce - I totally understand about how you feel not going to church and being afraid of falling into the habit of not going. I don't think you will, to be honest. You're too much of a fighter

Carol in Monroe - good for you being sad but not overindulging! So sorry for your loss

Nancy - what is the EFT to not eat?

lisabinco - sounds like you have a full day there

Michele in NC

Today I went to a Zumba class that was supposed to be scheduled for 3PM, but when I got there there was no notice that it was supposed to be there, so I went shopping. ;-) Then I went home and did an hour of practicing the basic moves for the underlying dance routines in the Zumba program I am learning (made up for the missed class). I'm licenced in Basic Zumba and Zumba Gold and am planning on specializing in Zumba Gold. My trainer from the licensing class offered to let me sub for her after going to a number of classes she teaches at for a couple of weeks. It's at a nursing home and class is Zumba in Chairs. very interesting and my first step into the field. The manager of the place said he would hire me if I could teach a yoga class, so I spent today researching Yoga in chairs for seniors and found a couple of Youtube routines that I could combine. I talked to my yoga teacher at my gym and she agreed that I probably didn't have to be licensed in yoga to teach this sort of class.

I'm very excited about these opportunities.

Hope everyone is well. I'm not doing too well at getting to know people on this thread.

Marking my spot. Good evening, everyone. :flowerforyou:

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

When someone says "this is you?" You can reply "it was, but now I'm just a shadow." Congratulations on your success.

Hello all,
My first posting on MFP: It's so nice to be on a forum with other ladies (and guys too if you're here) and we're all in this together so to speak! I'm very new here, just started 4 days ago to AGAIN try to lose weight. I haven't even weighed myself to see if anything is happening, since it's kinda early. Just added a ticker but haven't used it yet.

Oh gosh...what to say? I know quite a bit about food, cooking, health and nutrition - but all of this hasn't helped me stop this weight gain since my mid-40's to now, where I'm about 60 lbs overweight depending on how you figure that (I was 109 lbs when we got married 35+ yrs ago) It's been a slow thing...health getting worse & worse (CFS/FM, some heart disease and now a bad back) and now, most days, I don't really feel like I'm "living" at all.

But I'm trying! I realized that I really don't know & haven't been TRULY counting calories nor have I really measured my food -- I've got the measuring spoons/cups out and may buy a scale, too. It's a real change for me to do this. I've juiced (think Joe Cross), done Medifast, Nutrisystem, 30-40-40, Atkins, South Beach, protein shake replacement plans. I have a very hard time sticking to anything! I tend to give up or get bored quickly and am terrible with routines, structure & schedules.

Anyway, nice to meet you here and give this a go. I really MUST make this work -- my body isn't happy being this heavy and I'd rather not die before my grandchildren are old enough to even know me! And my hubby...he needs a 'better model' wife.

Barb ~~

Good morning everyone!

Heather: orange drizzle cake sounds delicious.
Yanniejannie: your sudden back problem rings a bell. I’ve had something similar the last couple of weeks. I turned to walk into an elevator and got a terrible muscle spasm in my lower back, on one side. Went to my PT, who said my sacroiliac joint had kind of gotten stuck in the wrong position, which means the surrounding muscles try to preserve stability by working really hard. He mobilized it again and showed me things I could do at home. Maybe it’s worth checking something like this out.
Vicki: being in bed while it’s raining is the best. Chicken toothpaste: that was the toothpaste for the dog. :bigsmile:
Alison: hope you get a little R&R there.
Kim: thanks for your good wishes! Have you checked out a B&B in the Seattle area? Off lead dog: you did the right thing. In dog parks etc. it’s often a good idea to let your own dog loose as well, since he/she is on the defense if leashed. But avoiding the situation altogether is good. Which pedometer did you buy?
Joyce: sure hope you get help soon for your dizziness. :flowerforyou:
Jane: sorry you have to move again. Is there any renter’s protection if the house is sold?
Nancy: I have used EFT in the past, off and on, to help deal with strong feelings. It seemed to help some. There are also EFT apps if you have a smartphone.
Barbie: peaceful days; love them. Seems like I love them more as I get a bit older.
Michele: ah, apple bran muffins, lovely. Once in a while I make the ones from Laurel’s Kitchen (one of my favorite cookbooks). I don’t know exactly that Nancy was “prescribed” as far as the EFT goes, but for me it was a way to (1) identify (very important) and (2) deal with emotions that would make me eat or not take care of myself.

Kind of a busy day today; have to figure out when to do what. Watching soccer this evening. Tomorrow morning I get my bike stress test. We will probably bike to the hospital as well, so I can warm up my joints well and go for it during the test.
Enjoying sunny weather these days.

Wishing everyone a good day!
Cynthia :flowerforyou:

morning ladies~
I slept 10 hrs:noway: got caught up..now for the next 4 days I am going to stress to the hilt until the girls get here and we get going on vacation
I know things wont be perfect,but want to have a nice time..
My dad and brother are going back up to Hampton, to work on the cottage.. they have quite a bit of work... there are certain triggers that set my DB on drinking, and my dad is one of them, opinionated and thinks his way is the only way at almost 86 ,physically he is doing alright,but he is getting much more opinionated , he couldn't fathom why Sean had to take me up to the lake to show me how to open it up,DSIL dad was an engineer and there are a few quirky things about the place...I did fine,but was glad that I saw what to do, my father thinks if you just write things down I would figure it out.. thought the whole trip was stupid,, that kind of opinion not needed...
So with my DB not able to drive and have to listen to dad drone on and on all the way up,should be interesting.. my DSIL and her mom want to help moneywise to fix the place up for future generations.. but my father is proud so Sean will have a chat with him about that on the way up there.. well off to get ready for work.. I asked if I could work from open to close so I could at least get my 30 hrs in, and the other girl who works in the office is on vacation,so I would be able to help the office manager out, she said no your hrs stay the same.. just because she is ticked that I have a life and go on vacations,her family doesnt.. my DB and DSIL call her the troll...

Hi

Been a bit lazy lately due to a back injury and piled on 2 1/2 stone, so back on it. Anyone else find it harder when 50+ and menopausal?

Good morning everyone,

Today is strength training for arms and legs, then treadmill. I made it through brunch and did not bust the calories yesterday. Thank you again to everyone for the complements on my drawing. I will share more in the future. Mostly only Hubby and I get to see them.

Michele, you are so busy. I will try marinating my salmon longer.

Joyce, please see a dr soon.

Kim, congrats on the pedometer.

Jane, best wishes on the house search.

Yanniejannie, I sure the more you move the more the muscle loosens. Some yoga stretches can injure..been there. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Welcome all new ladies.

I've got to start my workouts, then housework. Hopefully back to my drawing this afternoon.

Best wishes to those I missed today.

Cindy in OK

Good morning everyone!

I got up at 7am, leaving hubby and the dogs still sleeping, and went for a 3 mile walk. It was beautiful out there. We have a paved road that makes a loop around the lake and it's the perfect place for a long walk. Funny I never noticed that before. Of course, today I didn't do the whole loop, which is about 10 miles, but maybe someday I will. This morning I saw several bunnies, a deer, two scissor-tails, a pileated woodpecker and a bald eagle. Nice way to start the day.

Last night we walked the dogs across the dam at about 8:45. It was beautiful, and all the weekend boaters had gone so it was peaceful. I even jogged part of the way, and thought, hey this isn't so hard! Molly isn't too good at jogging though. She has two speeds. Stop or 35 mph. When I started jogging she thought, oh boy, it's time to run! I don't think my fitbit gave me full credit for the jog though, because my arms weren't swinging the way they do when walking.

Joyce, your BP is even worse than mine! I hope you feel better soon. I'll let you know what I find out from the cardiologist tomorrow. With me it seems like when my bottom number is in the 60's, I feel pretty good. When it's in the 50's, I'm light headed and can't feel my feet, when it's in the 40's I can't stand up safely. But other than a few days, I've still managed to do my walking. It really fluctuates though, throughout the day. Higher one minute and lower the next. Good luck getting an appointment. It seems like I've been waiting a month for an audience with the pope! He'd better be good!

KatieMC, yes. It's harder but it can be done. Stick with it, and keep checking in here and let us know how it's going.

Cindy in OK, your drawing is very good! I can't wait to see more.

Barb, I measure food with measuring cups, but still have not bought a diet scale.

Dora, I can't wait to hear more about your life in Athens! I lived there from 1978-1980 and I'm sure it's very different now. I really miss the beautiful fruit and melons I bought at Tuesday Markets (peaches the size of grapefruit) and the fresh bread from the bakery in our neighborhood. Yum! I also miss pulling up the shutters in the mornings and seeing the beautiful blue water. We don't get that in Kansas!

Gotta go for now. Have a great day everybody!

Sylvia

Dpdora & Fairbreez: Welcome to a great group.:flowerforyou:

Cynthia: Good luck on the bike stress test. Be sure to tell us about your experience.:flowerforyou:

Yanniejannie: I’m sorry you’re sore and living with some pain. I hope it eases soon. Gentle stretches might help. So might advil, aspirin & ice.:flowerforyou:

Katymc226: Welcome. I can’t say that I've found losing weight harder at this age than when I was younger but it is slower. I was foolish back then and starved myself, then resumed my old habits and regained all the weight and more besides. This time the weight was slower coming off but I never felt starved or deprived and I’ve learned healthier habits. I wish you good luck.:flowerforyou:

Dr. Katie: I’ll cheer you on. I’m sure your break was more serious than mine by far. I’m also sure that persistent gentle effort and time can work miracles.:flowerforyou:



DS and DDIL will be here for dinner and I’ve got cleaning to do, plus a dinner to plan. I’m still not sure what will be on the menu. DS will be having surgery on his neck tomorrow, so I’d appreciate good wishes or prayer for him and for the surgeon.

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison


June Goals:
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least two glasses of water daily, preferably more!

Good Monday Morning to you all. Did some cooking this weekend, my family doesn’t care for the pizza around here, so I make my own. It got a little hot in the kitchen, but we survived. I did 50 minutes on the elliptical on Saturday morning and then cleaned. My steps were over 13,000! Sitting out on the deck Saturday night I saw a shooting star, at least that is what I thought, but it was quite big and seemed pretty low. Of course no one else really got a good look at it. Maybe a UFO?? Grocery store yesterday and watched the World Cup. I thought we had it, but oh well. I really don’t understand soccer at all!

I tried a new recipe from the Whole Foods for “Mediterranean Veggie” burgers. I made it last night and brought one for lunch today. This is my attempt to eat better and try to lose some weight and improve my blood sugar. The recipe calls for oats, garbanzo beans, potatoes, kalamata olives, roasted red peppers, kale, parsley and onion powder. Sounded good on paper, we will see…. I made a small salad too. From now on, taking my cue from all of you and will be eating more whole grains, veggies and cooking healthier…… I was down 1 ½ pounds this morning! Keep your fingers crossed.

DD got her train ticket to come to St. Louis the end of July for the wedding. Only $54 round trip from Chicago. She doesn’t think it’s fair; our flight leaves Philly at 9:30 AM and gets in at 11:30 AM. She leaves Chicago at 7 AM and arrives at 12:00 PM. She is much closer to St. Louis than we are. She is a teacher and just finished her 1st year in a Middle School. She was a “Temporary assigned” teacher, which means she will need to find a new job for the fall. She really needs to get a car but doesn’t want to buy one until she has a permanent position. I have my fingers and toes crossed that she can find a teaching position for the fall.

Hope you all have a wonderful day.
Kathy

By the way, I found what seems to be a solution for the heat rash I've been getting in my fat-folds. Apple Cider Vinegar. I read that it helps athletes foot, so I thought why not try it. It sure feels good, and after a couple of days the rash appears to be gone. I don't mind the smell. I'm thinking of it as my new cologne!

Sylvia

Done a LOT of watering today. :ohwell: Shouldn't have to do it tomorrow, but we're still waiting for rain. So many people love the fine weather and it is besutiful, but for gardeners it is a pain, not to say for farmers!

My copy of Strong Women Stay Young arrived today. Can't wait for my ankle weights to arrive, but I shall soon need heavier ones I think. I am starting low because of my knee, but it is behaving itself at the moment. Barbie, you are right - it is a very inspiring and hopeful book. I am doing almost everything in it already, but the knee ones. I have seen a huge improvement in my body confidence since I have been doing strength training and feel I now move about like a woman at least twenty five years younger. I used to feel 75! :laugh: ANY of you can do it, so, if you aren't, then get going! Get the book, it will inspire you! :bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

I've been downloading and saving photos of the grandchildren on my flash drive today. DDIL is so good at sending me photos and videos. The one on my profile is DGD in Portugal last week. We are seeing them on Saturday and staying over night with my son. My DDIL is off on a hen weekend! ! ! ! DS wants some support.:laugh:

Yoga tomorrow. Funny how I think of that now as my "rest day".:laugh:

Veal escalopes tonight with asparagus. Served with "persillade", a chopped mixture of lemon zest, garlic and parsley. I also sqeeze lemon juice over in the pan. They take about a minute to cook, so excellent for people who say they don't have the time.:bigsmile:
Then DH has stewed the last of our rhubarb.

More World Cup matches tonight. I haven't seen much of DH these last weeks as he's been upstairs watching the soccer. As we also have Wimbledon there is nothing on for me to watch. I don't like watching sport. I will catch up on a film I have recorded.

Love to all. Welcome new people! If I can do it, anyone can - and I'm not just saying that - it is true.:happy:

Heather in warm and sunny Hampshire UK

Funny!!! I could live with this if the Cubs really would win the World Series!