WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH

Posting to get March into my topics. I haven't read the thread since about 2/11, so will have to catch up.

I did see one comment a couple of weeks back from Mimi about not dealing well with Smart phone touch screens. Just want to mention that there are many Android phones that include a physical keyboard. I had much the same opinion as Mimi about touchscreen keyboarding, but I am now amazed at how easily using it now comes to me. I also had to mess with a friend's I-Phone recently, and I found it much less easy to navigate in than the Android OS. I think it is because the Android navigation parallels the Windows OS more than the I-phone. I haven't had any experience with the new Windows phones, so I can't compare them with the other two.

I will take some time in the next couple of days to catch up on all the postings. I have been sick for the last week, so not doing much of anything.

Hope everyone is well.

If you think I am ignoring anything significant because I didn't comment on it at this time, remember, I haven't read the last two weeks of Feb. or anything on the March thread as I write this.

Catch up soon.

Barb

Hey Lynn. Thanks for the get well wishes. I am starting to feel better today. I haven't been eating much and not exercising at all. I thought I would lose but not an ounce. So I guess exercise is really the key. Hopefully will feel well enought to do eliptical tonight. I see you are exercising. Keep up the good work. The pounds will fall eventually. Calroies in, calories out.
smwert

Lynn, I was taking a look at your diary. I notice you don't track sodium. You might be surprised by how much you may be consuming. That really makes losing hard. Also be careful about the entries you choose. Since they are input by members some people don't include all nutrients. For example the yellow cake with chocolate frosting you have been enjoying doesn't have any sugar grams in the listing. I am sure that there is sugar in it. probably a lot.. So you aren't always getting accurate micro nutrient totals. My other gut feeling is that you may not be eating quite enough. For me I have to eat every 3 hours or so and breakfast is a solid nutritional start for my metabolism to run all day. I am by no means an expert and I have been struggling myself lately (my issue is falling back to old habits and not working out 5 hours a day like I was) but I thought I would offer my opinion since you asked for it

chiclet, hang in there. I hope the meds work for you mom and things will be better for you. In the mean time remember that we are here for you.

to all of you wonderful women, I read every post every day but with the job I just don't have the time to really respond as much as I used to. I still love you all

Glad to transition to this new thread. I have logged my food and looked at my progress for the month. I really seem to be stuck, gaining and losing the same 4 pounds over and over. I had a tough couple of days this week. We came back from the conference and found that our whole department had been cut. I am really alright.....this was one of my part time jobs and I have a pension. I will miss the work we were doing and the income is needed to supplement. I feel so bad for my boss...she is devastated. We all got a cold/sinus thing during our stay so I think the combination of all of this has been a little down. I am without a car until later this afternoon and I teach my yoga class tonight so I think that will help a lot. I really need to think of goals for this month. Getting to the gym 5 days a week is a big one for me.

Barb - Feel better soon!

Chiclet - Yeah for you - losing weight, standing up for yourself, and getting your Mom the help that she needs! Hope the medicine works for her - keep us posted! And hope that you get better too!

Jeannie - Since I have a firm belief that Girl Scout cookies come in single serving packs, I am trying to stay away. We will see how it goes.

I am trying to talk myself back to the swimming pool, but after a long hiatus, my "lazy" woman is protesting. But "want to be fit" woman is talking back to her a lot. We'll see who wins tomorrow, which would be my only opportunity to go this week.

Here's to smart choices! Sending positive thoughts to all!

I am trying to talk myself back to the swimming pool, but after a long hiatus, my "lazy" woman is protesting. But "want to be fit" woman is talking back to her a lot. We'll see who wins tomorrow, which would be my only opportunity to go this week.

Okay, I just did it! I emailed and committed myself to swimming tomorrow with a swim buddy. (Deep breath) I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I KNOW I CAN!

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Hi All! Just logging in quickly, had a quick read of the news and will come back later...... byeeeeeeeeeeee!

Thankyou so much for the welcome. I lost 1 1/2 lbs today so the exercise has gone from hindering to helping again as I knew it would!
Chicklet, I love your avatar! Do you make jewellry?
anniebnannie, I have had a wii for nearly 2 years. I dusted it off in January and have used it nearly every day since It depends what you want to do re exercise. If you haven't done anything for years, then Wiifit + is a gentle way to start. The cycling is fun and addictive and only really needs you to walk in place on the board. Wii step is a little bit more energetic but still achievable if you're starting from scratch. If you feel more energetic, EA Sports Active is a challenge, but gets results very quickly, but if money is a problem then The Biggest Loser is good value, and if you feel like a good swear! The 30 day Shred dvd is tough but cheap!

I am trying to give up eating my hershey kisses this month. I so look forward to them at night, but realize I am addicted to them. My problem is that I'm afraid that I will just replace them with something else, like a glass of wine!

Have you considered buying the dark chocolate ones and keeping them in the freezer? You'll be surprised how satisfying just 1 can be if you pop it in your mouth and let it slowly melt instead of chewing it up. Just sayin

IceskatefanRN - after mrsanderson mentioned how great a cook you are (and I don't doubt it for one minute), can you give me some quick, easy, ways to incorporate beans (pinto, kidney, etc) into my diet. My goal for Lent will be to have beans at at least 2 meals. For some reason, I don't like the texture. Now I have no problem with having hummus, as a matter of fact I like it. Edamame, same thing. But cannoli beans, red kidney, etc. that I have a problem with the texture. Honestly, I in one sense blame my mother because she never really cooked beans so I wasn't exposed to them. As a kid I didn't eat mushrooms, but she cooked them and I was exposed to them, today I eat them. I probably need to start out slowly, not a bowl of just beans -- at least not at first. So can you give me some ideas on cooking them? Do you have the nutritional values of the dishes?

oh, another thing - a friend of ours usually has a St. Patty's day open house. I'm thinking about taking a jello mold with me. Can you put the jello mold into a bundt cake pan? If so, what would you suggest that I put in the center? What do you think of red grapes? The red and green would contrast each other, I would think. Any other ideas?

And one more thing for anyone - As you know, they usually celebrate the month's birthdays at the Y with some sort of "party". Well, I'm going to make this triple chocolate cheesecake. Only problem that I can think of right now is that whatever I usually make, I just leave the rest there. However, there's that bottom on the cheesecake pan. How can I make the cheesecake but take it out of the pan and maybe put it on a plate that I can leave there? I'm afraid that putting even heavy-duty aluminum foil on the bottom won't be strong enough to lift the cake out of the pan so I can leave the rest of the cake there.

fittocycle - welcome.

oh, we went to the Mexican train dominoes tonight. Jessica called while we were there. Seems that one of her housemates didn't latch the door and we assume the wind blew it open. She's fostering two cats for the Humane Society, one of which is diabetic. Well, that cat went out. So it's been about 24 hours since he's had his insulin. I just feel so badly for her. I can hardly imagine what she's going thru. Update: 3:30 the next day. Still haven't heard from her. I'm going to try to think optimistically that "no news is good news" but somehow I have this sick feeling that that won't happen.

chicklet - I do hope that bipolar med works!

Jeannie - I plan to handle the Girl Scout cookies this year the same as last year, I'll buy the ones that Vince likes that I don't. Jessica likes them, too. They were $3.50 a box in FL but they are $4 a box up here. No fair frogmamma!

annie - I'm not crazy at all about the strength on the Wii, They do one muscle but not the opposing muscle (they do biceps but no triceps). I do like the hula hoop and some of the balance games, tho. I'm not real crazy about the yoga. I know that I need more when doing the step, so I don't do that one.

suzyq - I was about to suggest to frogmama about having a piece of dark chocolate too! It seems to really fill me up and satisfy me.

Tonight is our next-to-last bowling session. We're going to go out to eat with a few other couples. I've already scoured their menu, I'll get the steamed chicken and vegetables. They told me it comes with a sauce but I can request the sauce on the side, which I'll do.

So in case I don't get back in here, have a great evening everyone!

Michele