WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH

Hello All! I've been a member for about a week, but it's just been yesterday and today that I've had time to become familiar with the site. I've been literally tied to the house preparing for a medical procedure (everything's normal PHEW!), so upon coming home I decided that as the "twilight" wore off I'd go through this thread and learn to know everyone. Here are some comments I'd like to make:

To jam 0525 and Girl Scout cookies - we have two GSs in the family and we buy many boxes. They go straight to the freezer and on Sundays, also known as dessert day in our house, if we decide on GS cookies for that day, we count them out and splurge. Since it's just my hubby and I and he's the counter because he's stronger than me, it works for us. Both of us look forward to Sunday dessert!

:ohwell: To msh0530 - My doctors are trying to get me to go swim because it's good for my aching joints and muscles. Guess I need to find a buddy like you do.....oh but the thought of getting into water during the winter just doesn't appeal to me. Keep talking me into it.

:laugh: To anniebnannie - I love the Wii Fit+! You can keep track of stuff and I will be transferring what I do there to MFP. I also love the bowling and other sports that I do with my grandkids. The first time I ever Wii bowled I really got into it and was good at it but the next day I could hardly sit down. Did not know how used the butt is when you bowl!


:flowerforyou: To Chicklet - blessings!

Happy Birthday Auntie BK! :happy:

Prayers for Linda in Bahrain whose story I do not know but it's on my heart that she is safe.

I have not been able to eat solid food since Sunday evening so I have lost a few pounds but I'm not updating my ticker until I've had a normal day of eating tomorrow. Looking forward to learning to know you all.

PS I live in York PA and am interested in getting a walking group going as soon as the weather is warmer. If there's anyone in my neck of the woods who would be interested, let me know. Headed to the recipe area which I've not yet investigated.

Exermom....on the cheesecake problem....lay down some wax or parchment paper before preparing your crust. Then, when finished and cooled, you can just gently lift the whole cake off the bottom of the pan and transfer it to another plate to leave behind.

Good evening ladies,
So many posts since this morning. That is great. Of course I cannot remember all that I read, but I will try. Barbie glad you got some nibbles on your house. Good luck with it. I agree with SusieQ about dark chocolate. Get Hershey Bliss dark chocolate. You wont even like regular chocolate again. One is so satisfying it is all you want. Not really high in calories either. Susie so glad your DIL is coming around. That can be so stressful for your family. of course that is all I can remember so will close for now. see you ladies tomorrow.
Vicki m

lol - I got a lot of chuckles on the "GS" cookie avoidance remarks. A sense of humor is a good thing to have in life.

Recipes- I use the recipe forum here and I got a new cook book for Christmas. It is 340 Thirty minute recipes. Like most newer cookbooks it has all the nutritional information in it. Not all the recipes are low calories, but it still helps to make me think about what I am cooking and eating.

Wii Fit - I love mine too and need to get back to it.

Have a great evening everyone,

Jeannie

Oh hi everyone......

just want to join in on this group since I qualify

Hello Everyone,

My eyes are about crossed. I just got through all the February posts that I missed and all the March one's up to this post. I know I can't possibly cover everything, but I did take some notes during reading, so here goes:

Robin,

Your pics are beautiful, the people the flowers....looks like everything turned out great!! I thought of you the day I saw the news story about the plane unveiling party at the Boeing facility. My dad was on the crew that installed the engines on the first in-flight fuel tanker that Boeing every built.

Amanda, Just got to your post of 2/16, so sorry to hear of the loss of the other twin. Such a sad time for your family. As I read your later posts indicate you have been keeping busy with your family and preparations for your surgery and family activities later in the year. I think you will be ready for your trip to St. Thomas. I got tired just reading about everything you have planned.

Mimi, I am glad to hear your got through your AF episode. Scary, no doubt, even if you know what is going on. BTW, If your new doggie is not an "Izzie" but responds to "Lulu" --I think you have the answer about her name. I agree "Poopy Puppy" is not an option, and abbreviating that to "PP" is probably not a solution either. :noway: :indifferent: :laugh: :laugh:

Belated welcome to lhague--Linda, and SallyCC, not sure if I welcomed you before I was away from posting or not. Oh I see there are way more newbies than I can keep track of, so please accept a belated welcome that is meant for all of you!!

Vicki M--Glad to hear being back in the wagon is working for you. Keep up the good work. Wow!! Got to the post in Feb where you said you had lost almost 13 lbs. since starting on the 17 day plan. WTG!!

Debra, sveltewisher--The MFP app on Android only works for recording weight and exercise, as far as I can tell. I use the regular browser to go to the regular web page and can access community tab and anything else that isn't part of the Android app.

Peggy, bkrbabe--I certainly have the "belly" for it, but I am not a dancer. Congrats on being "overweight." I was right on the edge but had to move my ticker in the wrong direction due to the transgressions of Christmas and the new year.

Linda, lhague--You are braver than I am, but it sounds like you are having an interesting time in Bahrain. I have never seen a white German Shepard before (in your profile pics)--beautiful dogs. I have "the Three Little Pigs"--a Lhasa, a Shih tzu, and a "Yorkshire Terror" who is 15 years old this year, and shows no signs of slowing down.

Like everyone else, I am concerned that we haven't heard from you since mid-February.

Welcome Dee, I have covered about a weeks worth of the Feb posts that I hadn't previously read & just saw your first post.

I am jealous of Michelle for being able to go to Daytona, but I agree with Faye that NASCAR has changed. I really don't care for all the drafting that is being done now. (To you non-racers, drafting is when you hang right behind a guy and "push" him ahead of other racers, and hope at the finish that you will be the guy at the front of the pack.)

After seeing all the accidents during the Phoenix Nextel Cup race on 2/27 that were directly or indirectly related to all the "coupling," I thought maybe NASCAR should start a new racing concept--stock cars pulling trailers--Airstreams would be kinda classy....LOL

Auntie bk--if you send me a PM, I will personally message you with some info about smartphones. Don't want to bore everyone on here to death with information overload. If anyone else has an interest, let me know and I will pass info on to you also.

BTW, Happy Birthday, belatedly.

Suzy Q--Welcome back. Hope you are settled in to your new house. I hope your detox helps you get back on the right path. Sounds like it has from your later posts.

Thank you for restating that good advice from Joyce Meyer. It can be applied to more than just chocolate chip cookies.

Doobiedoo, Glad to see you are back with us.

Hopeful--So sorry you have had so much come down on you all at once, and to have lost your partner, also. Your login says it all, sounds like you are a survivor.

Jeannie--So glad to hear your son is doing well at home. Now that his condition is under control, hopefully your hubby can come around to the idea that home is the best place for your son, as well as for hubby. Good luck!!

Chiclet--I wish I were not so far away from you. I hope you will check in with us regularly. As many have already said, you don't have to worry about how your posts will be received. We are a broad-shouldered group, and, collectively, we have the biggest heart you can imagine. I am glad Boo has a new playmate.

I hope the meds the doctor gave your mom will help!! I just thought of how I used to refer to the meds Mai Li took when her back was bothering her--I said she was taking "my" sleeping pills--since if she took the pills, I got to sleep through the night!!

Well, I am going to post what I have up to now, and catch up with you all later.

To anyone not mentioned, know that I am thinking of you all..

Barb

Hello
Just getting this bunch on my topic. Love reading your post. Just to see how the younger folks are doing. Plus alot of the sneakers are here Just checking to be sure they are not talking about me.See you next month..

:flowerforyou: Yipee!!! I've lost 3 pounds. Finally, some movement. Have a good day all!:drinker: :flowerforyou:

Goodmorning everyone:

Just weighed in at the St. Patrick's day challenge and kind of stayed the same. Hope to do better next
week. I do have some food challenges this weekend. Monday is my hubby's birthday and we will going out for
dinner on Saturday night. Sunday will be another birthday for the twins in the family who are turning 7 (boy and girl).
This is always my downfall to just say no to certain foods. When I am at home I do really great until I go out to eat.
I am doing better and still trying to get down to the weight I was before my daughter's wedding in November. It has been
a roller coaster ride to keep going. So I decided to enter some challenges to keep me accountable. So wish me luck

Happy Birthday to the lady on this thread I forgot her handle. You know what they say the brain goes first. LOL

Quick post while my friend is napping. I am looking forward to weighing at the gym on Monday - or Tues if the GGS is born on Monday. I should have gotten a new scale but I haven't bothered as I knew eventually I would be rejoining the local gym or going to another one if the local one failed to reopen. I really think I have lost a bit; we'll see. I just may give the elliptical a hug when I get back on it. I miss that thing! Who knew I'd get so fond of exercise machines. :noway:

Regarding Girl Scout cookies - I like Vicki don't bring them home. I give them a donation instead. That way they come out ahead as they only get a fraction of the purchase price and I don't have thin mints yelling at me to eat them. :laugh:

I'm going stir crazy here at my friends house. I need to get outside and move!! But that's what friends are for and she would sure do it for me. All is looking good and she should be on her feet before long.

I have been playing with some new lace knitting stitches while I am here with nothing much else to do. I think I will make a couple more lacy receiving blankets while I am in the mood. I want the GS to have a couple for when he has kids (way in the future please God) and you never know, I may not have nimble fingers by the time he has kids. I saw a really intricate lacy peacock evening wrap that I may get the nerve to try when I'm done with the next two baby items. That will keep me occupied for quite a while. Knitting in the evening does seem to help keep me out of the pantry. :laugh:

Friend woke up and it's time to torture her with her exercises. :laugh: :noway: Maybe I have an evil streak.....

Faye

Hello All....I have had a terrible cold that just seems to be hanging on:sick: I have lost 2 pounds in the last 2 weeks so I feel like I have done something right. It has been so terrribly cold here in Alberta (Canada) and just haven't gotten outside to do some walking. I have been doing a bit of exercise around the house...but just isn't the same :noway: I will just have to keep plugging along and soon it will be Spring....It has been a long winter and more to come. Oh Well, I will try and stay positive and as soon as the temperature goes up a few degrees I will get back out walking. I really like Barbie's quote about trading off what I want most for what I want at the moment....It really gave me incentive and I appreciate all the support. My March goals are to keep going and get more exercise and continue with losing 1 pound a week.
So, Ladies, hang in there and keep up the good work....Cheers, :drinker:

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!

Smileys, you ask? When you are posting, click on "add smiley" in the upper right corner, and click away!

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:happy: :mad: :explode: :noway: :ohwell: :flowerforyou: :indifferent: :glasses: :embarassed: :frown: :smokin: :devil: :sick: :drinker: :brokenheart: :sad: :huh: :yawn: :sad: :bigsmile: Thank you!!!!

I am back! After a six month leave of absence from the pool, I swam 1/3 of a mile in 40 minutes. Not bad for an old lady who has been sick for 3 months, if I do say so myself!

Robin- boy you must have been exercising up a storm last summer when you were burning 6000 calories a week! I sympathize with you needing a huge deficit to lose. I feel the same way.

Doobiedoo- Congratz on your 3 lb loss!

SuzyQ- You certainly showed lots of will power skipping the bakery and going grocery shopping instead.

Theresa-.6 pound loss isn't such a bad thing. All of those .6s will add up. I have been tracking on NFP since Jan 2010 and have lost about 37 lbs since then. Most of my weeks were less than a pound loss.

Shirley- I know those birthdays can kill you, but what are you gonna do? Our month is April. My husband's birthday is April 4 and two of my daughter"s are April 7and April 19. I'm hoping that they will share a birthday cake celebration day. I have also entered a few challenges to help me stay on track for March.

Zuback 55- Congratz on your 2 lb loss

Anniebannie- Glad to see you found the smilies! :bigsmile:

Mary- Good job getting to the pool!


Thanks for the suggestions of the dark chocolate in the freezer. Maybe the dark chocolate will satisfy my sweet tooth better. However, I'm not even going to give it a try until Lent is over.

Off to bed so I can try to make a 6:15 spinning class tomorrow morning

frogmama-thanks so much for the encouragement! By the way, I love my spin classes too! I plan on going to the 9:30 class tomorrow. Great workout!