Senior Golden Sneakers -March 2011

Hello Ladies,

Ugly day in Illinois but the temperature is a little higher 40's:grumble: :grumble: today I went to the Gym that was my four time for this week, that is my goal for the month, I have been working on cardio and this are the machines I have been using, treadmill fast walking between 3.7 and 4.0 for 30 minutes, then to the Treadclimer for another 30 minutes, this is my favorite and the last one is the Elliptical Trainer and I do this one for 20 to 25 minutes.:flowerforyou: when I get to Fla hope to go with my daugther to the Gym.:happy: :happy: :happy:

Lynn - the bed time story was priceless:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: you're correct no one can't top that one, you're fantastic.

Buzz - don't ever think you post too much, I love reading all your post, keep it up:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Sandy - you're so sweet I'll give my Mom many hugs from all of you ladies:flowerforyou: Thanks for the prayers -I agree on eating what you want as long as we stay under calories, weekend are hard because we go out to dinner but I'm careful - you're not wrong.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Irene - how are you - How are the quilts coming along, we all miss you, take good care of yourself.

Barbie - you're an exercise machine, so proud of you:drinker: :drinker: :drinker What is going on with your move..

Marie - hope things will go well for Jerry at the Dr's this time- retirement is AMAZING you're so right not enough hours in the day to get everything done, but the most important is keeping up with all of you ladies:happy: :happy:
this is a great group, I look forward to reading everyones post.

Judy - how're things in your hometown.

Right now I am going to get some work done at the house, keep having fun and hope everyone has a great weekend.

Gigi

Hello oldtyke!!
Good job, 5 day shred and jumping jacks without rest, you're doing gre8, keep it up:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Gigi

Okay..you all are too quiet.

This one is dedicated to Maddie and..... Yes, there is such a song :bigsmile: OH!

Say it now!

I'm back!

I'm back!

I'm back!

I'm back!

Get up offa that thing,
and dance 'till you feel better,
Get up offa that thing,
and dance 'till you, sing it now!
Get up offa that thing,
and dance 'till you feel better,
Get up offa that thing,
and try to release that pressure!
Get up offa that thing,
and shake 'till you feel better,
Get up offa that thing,
and shake it, say it now!
Get up offa that thing,
and shake 'till you feel better,
Get up offa that thing,
and try to release that pressure!
Get up off!
Ha!
Good God!
So good!

Ha!
Everybody ready?!

Follow me!

Get up offa that thing,
and shake 'till you feel better,
Get up offa that thing,
and shake it, sing it now!
Get up offa that thing,
and shake 'till you feel better,
Get up offa that thing,
and try to release that pressure!
Get up offa that thing, (Ha!)
and twist 'till you feel better,
Get up offa that thing,
and shake 'till you, sing it now!
Get up offa that thing,
and shake 'till you feel better,
Get up offa that thing,
and try to release that pressure!

Huh!
Get funky!

So good, Uh!
I'm first to stop, ha!
I've told them now, ha!
[I'm not sure about those last two lines]
Uh!
Ha!
Ohio player! (like the band, or maybe 'Go higher player!')
Can you hit it one time, from the top?!
Get up offa that thing,
and dance to try, you better! [?]
Get up offa that thing,
and... Help me!
Get up offa that thing,
and dance 'till you feel better!
Get up offa that thing,
and try to release that pressure!

Huh!

I need it!

That's the wise old brother at the side start good! [that's what is sounds like]
C'mon Clive do it!

Do it!

Uh!
Ha!
Good God!
God Good! [that's not a typo]
Huh!
Feels good!
Feels good!
Do it to me!
Huh!
Good God!
I want you all in the jam! [i think]
Gonna get you all in the jam!
Play that bad funk! [?]
Show 'em how funky you are!
Play it JB's!
Play it now!
Hey!
Get up offa that thing,
and dance 'till you feel better!
Get up offa that thing,
and dance 'till you, help me out!
Get up offa that thing,
and dance 'till you feel better!
Get up offa that thing,
and try to release that pressure!
Get up offa that thing,
and shake 'till you feel better!
Get up offa that thing,
and try to release, say it now!
Get up offa that thing,
and shake 'till you feel better,
Get up offa that thing,
and try to release that pressure!
Get up and... call it!
I feel good!
[Fade out]


Maybe this will pull you in here!:happy:

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Sandy, the major reason that I'm so careful about what I eat is that a lot of entertaining foods (like pizza and Mexican food, for example) make me want more, so I stay with eating foods that are nourishing and satisfying........I like that the amount chicken and veggies I can eat for the same calories as a piece of pizza is so much greater and I like having a big pile of food on my plate.......most importantly is the idea that the best food plan is the one you'll stick to so if something is working for you, it doesn't matter whether other people agree with you.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Barb, I'm sorry that the combination of lousy dark weather and not feeling well is getting you down......I know your "piggies" are doing their best to drag you out of your funk.

:flowerforyou: Lynn, does your poem have a tune or is a chant like rap music?

:flowerforyou: oldtyke, I love all the different time zones, it means that there is always someone posting....when I get up in the morning I love reading the posts from all of you who are east of me and have been up for hours.:bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: I took the dogs to the dog park in OK weather and 20 minutes later we had hail, freezing rain, and so much wind that I had to be careful that the car door didn't slam on the dogs.

Get up offa that thing and dance till you feel betta is by James Brown. You can go to YouTube and put it in search to hear it or any song that we mention here. This one just makes you feel like doin a little movin! :happy:

Okay...I'll shut up after this one.. but I just had to share it since it involves ...well you'll see.:bigsmile:
An older lady was somewhat lonely and decided she needed a pet to
keep her company. So, off to the pet shop she went. She searched
and searched.. None of the pets seemed to catch her interest, except
this ugly frog. As she walked by the jar he was in, she looked and he
winked at her.

He whispered, I'M SO LONELY, TOO.. BUY ME
AND TAKE ME HOME. YOU WON'T EVER BE
SORRY.

The old lady figured, what the heck! She hadn't found
anything else. So, she bought the frog. She placed
him in the car, on the front seat beside her. As she
was slowly driving down the road, the frog whispered
to her "KISS ME AND YOU WON'T BE SORRY!"

So! The old lady figured, WHAT THE HECK, and
kissed the frog.

IMMEDIATELY the frog turned into an
absolutely gorgeous, sexy, young, handsome prince.

THE PRINCE THEN RETURNED THE OLD LADY'S
KISS. SUDDENLY THE OLD LADY FELT HERSELF
TRANSFORMING FROM HIS KISS. NOW CAN YOU
GUESS WHAT THE OLD LADY TURNED INTO?

COME ON GUESS!




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SHE TURNED INTO THE FIRST
HOLIDAY INN SHE COULD FIND!!

She's old....... NOT DEAD!!!

OLD LADIES ROCK
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Hi everybody! Thanks for your encouragement. i'm back on track today - ate a little more calories than i have been, but still under so i feel much better. Plus made it to the gym. I got done by 4:00 today.WHEW!

MARIE - you're so welcome for veggie ideas - and of course, please put the recipe for roasted butternut on the thread. For brussel sprouts - i would just steam them and use some butter spray and garlic salt on them. i grew those 1 summer - that was pretty fun! I try and plant something new and different each year.

BARBIE - i sure love your idea - and i DID work for 2 people yesterday..........still don't think i burned all the calories for both of us. DARN!:grumble:

hey BARB - i know just how you feel - i've been there and it's just a hard place. What Sandy said sometimes works for me - if i just PUSH myself to get up and out (and off of that thing like in Lynns song!) Sometimes i have to take a night off and read a book or watch a movie. Hysterical story about the terrier in the fridge - and yes! i DO remember your fridge monster!!!!!!!:bigsmile:

Oldtyke - sorry, what is BNS?

SANDY - you are so NOT wrong to eat whtaever you want! That's why we're doing all this! The way i see it - we stay on whatever "program" we've chosen for ourself, keep our calories down and our activity up, AND enjoy our lives and the times of our lives that include food! i'm never going to stop cooking for and enjoying food with my family and friends. I'm just not going to do it every single day and night. So the 7 week old (Kodi) doesn't play a whole lot yet - but i DO have to bounce her on the ball quite a bit! lol - don't know how many calories i'm burning. BUT i'm SO excited - my dil just called and asked if i'll babysit first thing Tuesday morning 'cause she has to do a safety meeting! oh BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my first time babysitting Kodi!!!!!!!!!!! I feel so honored!!!!!!!!:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

LYNN - i love your energy! Those natural high feelings are so awesome - when they come from taking good care of ourselves, being active and feeding our bodies well......it's just the BEST! Thanks for sharing that AND all the songs with us! And if we're old ladies, heck YES old ladies rock! have you read the quote on my profile about being an outrageous old woman? i love that one. Thank you for the good biz wishes too. The new busines - which is Just Bekuz Products still isn't doing that well. Our old famiy business, which is Goodwinol Products is having a kick *kitten* first quarter so far so THAT'S a good thing! That's what we've been so crazy busy with.

MARIE - so sorry i confused you. I've always signed e mails l, e - which is a phonetic for my name - elli - and also stands for Love, elli............l, e! I just started using it here............didn't mean to create confusion! it's just me!

Well, i picked up our new book group book at the library tonight - The Lake of Dreams - so i'm going to shut down the computer, AND the kitchen so i'm not tempted and snuggle up with Hercky and a good (i hope!) book! Planning on working out again in the morning.

l, e (love, elli!)

We often have a tray of roasted veg. BNS is a favourite, but I do chicken with BNS courgettes,red onion wedges, carrots and baby potatoes with frylight (low fat spray) garlic lemon zest ,juice and balsamic. Just bung it all in the oven for 35-40 mins at 190c. Actually a recipe from Slimming World, a club over here which I think started in Florida last summer. I like it cos you don't have to count calories.

I know courgettes are what we call zucchini but for the life of me, I don't know what BNS might be. Beef Noodle Soup???

Connie,

Your story was hilarious. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I guess one could say that the old outrageous lady "jumped" at the chance to get better acquainted with the frog prince!!!

Today I managed to get up earlier than I have been, took the doggies for their first walk since last weekend, before the rain arrived. Drove to 3 different stores to do my mom's shopping, and then visited the friend from whom I caught my bug. She is healthy now, but when she wasn't, I was over their a lot, and about a week after I started taking care of things she couldn't manage, then I caught it, but my case was nowhere near as bad as her. She was on heavy antibiotics for a sinus infection, and almost had pneumonia, according to her doctor. I was just tired as all get out.,,have been sleeping about 12 hours a day, but my schedule is all goofed up, as it is after 4am PST, and I am still wide awake, haven't been to bed yet.

As I had mentioned in my last post, I had only been out once since Friday, and that happened to be to grab a bite at Applebee's with my neighbor. Today, when I went to put my Bluetooth in my purse, I realized my wallet/id, and my credit card case were both missing. A quick search of the house made it clear that I hadn't taken them out and put them down. I reviewed my weeks activities, or lack thereof, and realized the last place I had used my wallet was at Applebee's. If my stuff had fallen out of my purse in my neighbor's car, he would have been in touch long before now, so I crossed my fingers and called Applebee's.

Was I ever relieved to talk to the on duty manager, who quickly assured me that a server or busperson had turned both items in immediately, and they had been locked in the safe, to which only managers have access. She said she was beginning to wonder what had happened to me, since it had been almost a week since they were turned in. So how do I spell relief? F - O - U - N - D W -A - L - L - E - T!!!! I would have discovered them missing much earlier, but the one transaction I did online, the credit card info was already saved in my Paypal, so I had no reason to look it up. As near as I can figure, I got the money out to pay my half of the dinner, then put my id and card case on the booth seat next to me. :noway:

When we got up to leave, I was so intent on not forgetting my phone or my leftovers that I picked up my purse without looking next to me, and left them both on the seat. What a fiasco!! Don't even want to THINK of the problems I would be having if my stuff had fallen in to the wrong hands!!:noway: :noway:

Hope everyone has a good Saturday. I am supposed to attend a dinner with a friend this evening (Saturday), so may not be on here again until later in weekend.


Barb

Good morning Ladies.

Another dark day in Central Illinois, looking forward to going out to dinner with friends tonight, we're also going to see a performance at the Local College "Chemical Imbalance" A Jekyll and Hyde Play or dark comedy.
Today I need to get things rolling for our trip on Tuesday, but I don't feel with the energy to do anything, but maybe reading will be good:ohwell: :ohwell: :ohwell:

Lyn loved the joke, more power to old ladies we ROCK.

Barb - so sorry you went thru all that, my feeling exactly when losing any documents, so happy you got everything back:flowerforyou::flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Hope everyone has a super weekend.

Gigi

Who was it that said her pants were longer so her butt must be getting smaller? It sounds like a Maddie phrase, maybe a Buzz, Barb too, except she has been unwell. Anyway, this morning, I noticed my long pants, and had to laugh! Of course this may not mean Ive had a shrinkage, but Im not weighing, so I can take it as a SIGN! Then again, some pants are longer than others :-) !


Either way, im sticking to my plan, more or less! My cheat is with roasted dark chocolate almonds. They only vary slightly in nutrition content, and it feels like an indulgence. It is not the same as chocolate covered almonds. Try them if you find them!

It seems to be an epidemic of gray days, rain and traffic everywhere. We are in TN now, will deliver and pick up another load Monday and be California bound again. Maybe we will go home for a couple of days after that. Just to see the weeds I guess. I dreamed we drove slowly past our house, and we waved to it! Dh got a kick out of that!
judi, love your garden 'scene'. The trouble with it is that for me, I could watch the birds all day! They are so much fun. Percy must be a regular, since he has a name. Are you sure he is not Sir Percy? Lol!
our two cats love to watch birds, and they chatter to them, which is probably why they never catch them:-)
barb, so glad you recovered your wallet, it is a terrible feeling! Makes me weak to go thru something like that.
barbie, happy wet dogs, love that image, especially the way they dry themselves, no towel needed, just shake shake shake! Maybe we should try that one!

Marie, enjoy your Saturday with Jerry. Its about time for one of your family feasts isnt it?

happy Saturday buddies! hope everyone is having a good weekend. I was up by6 this morning and went to the gym early so i could get back in time to shower and make it to the bank. Working out in the morning is great.

CONNIE - thanks for not knowing bns either - beef noodlesoup was a good guess!

BARB - oh gosh - how SCARY. I'm so glad your wallet was safe in their safe! Thank GOD for honest people!

OLDTYKE - quark??????? I love how we're learning all these new words and phrases! The quiche recipe sounds interresting. I may try that! Very cool that you have a pheasant in your garden! Often when the dogs and i are walking we'll flush 1 or 2 out of the tall weeds. The males sure are colorful!

MARIE - hey! let me know how that frog thing works out for you. Hey WAIT - you already HAVE a "frog"!!!!!! (don't tell Jerry i called him a Frog!) so if it works you better send him up here to me!:laugh: oh wait, never mind - what would i do with a frog???????? for some unknown reason i thought the courgette was some sort of bread..........go figure.

SANDY - thank you for looking at Prayers for Delaney. My niece went to school with her parents. It's just touched everyone's hearts in this rural area we live in. I guess my son's boss and he are going to do something......a donation or a fundraiser.........stuff has been going on for her since before Christmas. A few days ago she picked out her own casket and burial site...........:brokenheart: Yes - her 4th birthday is March 26 and she's not expected to be here for it............
Wow - a brand new car! Is that for Brianne? hope i didn't mangle her name. That is awesome. when my younger boy was 12 he decided he wanted a brand new pick up when he turned 16 so we made a deal that if he could save a huge downpayment i would make the monthly payments 'till he graduated hs (or college should he have chosen)and we'd share the truck. NEVER did i believe he'd save the $$ but i should have known by then........we got a pick up.

PHOEBE - congrats on the long pants!!!!!!!!!!!!! obviously you're doing something right! oh - dark chocolate almonds, or cashews......or ANYTHING dark chocolate for that matter! trail mix is my downfall - anything with nuts, dried fruit and dark chocolate. oh yea:happy: problem is i can eat about a pound of it by myself!:noway:

OK - i'm off to see if it's dogwalking weather out there - i'm thinking no though - kinda gray, dreary and rainy looking here today too.

Happy Day!

elli

Hello to all you lovely ladies...a wet cooler day here today so my plans have changed...would have liked to be out in the garden but not to be.

I really blew my calorie intake last night..we were invited to a friend's place for dinner...he always goes to a lot of trouble for us as he lives on his own and doesn't cook properly just for himself. I was going well with the chicken and salad but then he brought out sticky date pud, icecream and cream. Well I couldn't be rude and refuse it so very politely ate every last crumb on my plate. ...washed down by a bottle of bubbly.... It was really hard to do but glad I at least made someone happy....LOL Have redeemed myself slightly by going on the treadmill for 45 mins and may just punish myself a little bit more later.

Marie, the fish and chips I mentioned on Friday were from our local fish shop...my night off from cooking and I really look forward to them. It's always been a tradional thing from way back when my boys were little. I hope your Jerry gets good results on Monday.

Sandy, your granddaughter is one lucky girl getting a new car but they do need reliable vehicles so sensible doing that...I've been giving my grandson driving lessons but think I'll leave it to his father as i don't want any more grey hairs.

Judi - your recipe sounds good..will have to try that one.

Phoebe..sounds like a busy time for you...hopefully you will get home and relax for a few days.

Barbie - daylight saving is about to end here - I'm not looking forward to the long dark nights....bring on spring.

Gigi -The earthquake situation has not improved...about 150 bodies have not been released to the families because of identification issues..so hard not being able to get any closure - not even able to have a funeral service etc. A larger one has been predicted around the 20th March so everyone is on tenterhooks...hopefully it wont happen - there have been over 5000 aftershocks since the September quake so something weird going on down there. Still a lot of homes that are without power or water. We just take all these things for granted don't we? I would go crazy if I couldn't log in to MFP every day.

It's stopped raining so i'm off outside to do something while I can..

Have a great day everyone (or night)

Judy