WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH

Maxymom - Thanks for the allergy info. I will pick up some Benedryl and Sudafed today and give it a try. I haven't used either in years. I'm slightly better this morning but not by much.

Loved the bull episode! I have a story that involves feral pigs and my not so brave Newfoundland dog but it will have to wait for another day as I need to get moving and out of the house!

Oh, and wild turkeys will frequent bird feeders, well what drops on the ground that is. If you want them to keep showing up, you can put out shelled corn for them.

I will be gone until Wed. See you all then!

Faye

:flowerforyou: Good Morning, all, and a beautiful morning it is on the Gulf Coast.!:flowerforyou: Feel like getting out in the yard and replacing the plants that were killed by the hard freezes and sleet in Feb. We have never had such a cold year that I can remember! The hybiscus and some palms bit the dust. And of course the begonias. But the garden centers are full of beautiful plant, and Spring is the time rebirth!:happy:

My daughter flew back from NYC Thurs safe and sound and had a fabulous time.:happy: (You were right Svelte, people in NY were friendly and she was safe). Today we'll take her back to college. She has a paper due on Monday.

Joy, everyone knows putting the paint on is the easy part of painting. It's the prep work that's the killer.:yawn:

And for the nice lady (who's name I forgot, sorry) whose first daughter got laid off, second daughter got a cyst taken off, and whose grand baby had to go to the dentist. Hope it's true that bad luck comes in three's, and your bad luck is over. I pray you 1st daughter finds a job she likes better and it was a blessing in disguise, your second daughter heals well and the blessing is she got her cyst removed before it was dangerous, and that your grand baby's teeth are all fixed up.

I feel bad that I don't address everybody , but there are so many, and I forget what i read before i get to the bottom, so please don't feel neglected.

I am still here reading the posts, just not posting much. I am very disappointed this morning. I had a great week. very clean eating, no alcohol at all, exersize everyday and no results on the scale. I have drank plenty of water and kept my sodium very low on most days. It is really hard to stay with the program when there are no rewards from it. Oh well I guess I just keep trying until I can't try anymore.

Welcome Kris!

First, I love SanAntonio. Visiting there with my bro and his wife three years ago, stayed on the River Walk and am looking forward to visiting again.

Okay, you are going to love it here. I have never experienced such a nice group of women who keep each other motivated. :flowerforyou: I see that Robin needs some warm fuzzies.....hang in there Robin. As long as you know you are doing everything you can, just hang in there and one of these days........ Years ago on my weightloss journey I had a really, really bad plateau that my WW leader led me through. It was weeks long and then I noticed that altho my weight wasn't going down, my clothes were baggy. All of a sudden my attitude changed (baggy clothes speak loudly) and I got off the plateau.

I wasn't planning on posting now because I must go out for my walk. If I don't get away from this computer (I'm processing pictures and hours can go by without my realizing it), I won't get the walk in. So, I'll check back later.

Dee

Hi! Saw on the message board women ages 50+ I will be 55 in june. am not computer savy at all. don't know if this will get to the lady who had glittery words "welcome to all my friends" I started this site in jan. have lost 19 pounds and would like to connect or message (whatever the term is) with others in this age brackett. I think when you encourage or get encouragement from persons in your age range, you can relate better. I am dottieg3 Again, I don't know much about computers and how they work. Would like to have contact with friends on myfitnesspal around my age. :embarassed:

Hi! Saw on the message board women ages 50+ I will be 55 in june. am not computer savy at all. don't know if this will get to the lady who had glittery words "welcome to all my friends" I started this site in jan. have lost 19 pounds and would like to connect or message (whatever the term is) with others in this age brackett. I think when you encourage or get encouragement from persons in your age range, you can relate better. I am dottieg3 Again, I don't know much about computers and how they work. Would like to have contact with friends on myfitnesspal around my age. :embarassed:

:flowerforyou: Hi Dottie. Welcome!!! This is the place to receive support and encouragement. And you are so right, receiving it from people that you can relate too helps tremendously. The women here inspire me.

Rebel

Saw another encouraging message that I need to keep repeating in my head...courtesy of Yoda...

"Try not. Do or not do. There is no try."

Happy Sunday and Happy Beginning of Spring!

Welcome to all the newbies!:flowerforyou:

I just returned from a long walk with my grandson. We walked all around the public golf course here and then stopped for the Sunday paper before coming home. We were out for 2 1/2 hours. He is so joyful and he absolutely LOVES to look at trees!

Now I am just checking in before I start on my room--it is a bit of a mess--okay, it is more than a bit messy (long week!) but I'll have it straightened out in no time!

Hope everyone is enjoying their day!

Lots of times I get a rice cake and put a wedge of the Laughing Cow cheese on it.

We went out to dinner last night. Jessica wanted to go out for her birthday (later this month) so we went to Olive Garden. I had the apricot chicken. The sodium! But I did ask for the lunch size portion which they gave me. When someone asks why I get the smaller portion, I just tell them that I really don't want to bring home leftovers (which is true to a point). Had just water to drink (2 big glasses without ice, I figure they were probably around 16oz each)

My church takes a collection of food every month for the local soup kitchen and yesterday was my turn to take the donations and then deliver them to the soup kitchen. I also take my own stuff. I was very proud of myself. I'd gotten a Milky Way bar (which I like) and I'd forgotten that I had it. I WAS thinking about eating it, but I decided instead to donate it. Yea me! I usually get things on sale that I have a coupon for. Sometimes I think the stores are going to throw me out, I use my coupons and sometimes save so much that the store doesn't make anything on me. One time I saved over $100 and spent something like $40.

Hey Kris! Welcome!

Did an hour of hula hoop on the Wii. I'm convinced that when you get to a certain point, it automatically takes you to a harder level. Tomorrow there's this class, Power Cuts, that I kind-of like (like Body Pump) so I'm thinking that I'll take that. But first, I need to do some food shopping, the store will keep the refrigerated items for me while I take the class, then we have a group called "foor for thought and more" where we discuss things like healthy substitutions, cleaning items, etc. The only problem is that after the class, I'll need to come home, and then go to the lady's house where the meeting is going to be. We usually bring something to munch on, I'm thinking that since I'll be rushed, I may just bring shrimp or cut up fruit. Update: did most of the food shopping today. I'm going to take a shrimp ring to the meeting with me so I bought it and left it at the store. I'll pick it up after the class.

Robin - sometimes it takes a while to see the results of your hard work. Trust me, sometimes it really does. The other day I was sure that I'd lost, but the Wii said that I'd gained!

Welcome dottieg. It's so nice to be in a group with people your own age. Afterwards, when you read some of the other forums, you sit back and say "ya, you can do that at 20, but not 50. Just wait"

It seems that people are still posting to the February thread. Every once in a while when I log in, that thread is on the top because someone just posted to it. hmmmm.....

Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Hey ladies, I've missed reading the posts this month. My life is pretty crazy/busy, but that's okay. It just means I don't often have time to peruse the blogs. I do enjoy reading what you all post though. Thanks for the encouragement.

Welcome to all the Newbies and hello to all the Oldies! You know ,I wasn't going to say Oldies because I find it a bit obnoxious and absolutely not politically correct, when it comes to people. Records, oldies are good, cars, oldies still good. Someone told me that anything that's "50" is an antique, I don't care for that one either so I've decided I'm a Classic. Like a fine wine or a beautifully aged cheese, they manage to get compliments the older they get, I think we should too. We've earned it. We're all here working on ourselves, some making major emprovements and others just tweeking. No matter which group you belong to, you're doing something, not giving up and encouraging others to do the same. We're awesome...applause, applause, applause.

I woke up Saturday with asore throat and no voice, I think I heard my husband thank the Lord. It must have been all that running around I did with my daughters and the grandchildren. I never get sick, but two different medical facilities in as many days...Yuck! If you hear of an opening in a barber shop quartet for a baritone, let me know.

Maxymom...Thank you for the well wishes but even more so for the "Nice Lady" comment.

rjadams...Don't get discouraged about the "no results". Sometimes the scale can be your enemy. Find your favorite pair of skinny jeans and try them on from time to time and that will be a better judge. If you are working with weights and doing strength training you will be building muscle, it is possible to gain weight and lose inches. Once that muscle is established your body will burn fat more efficiently and you'll come off that plateau.

Rebelrenny....Welcome back. I'm a new face here, well as new as a 56 year old face allows me to be. I find so much encouragment here, it's like having a best friend to talk to. They haven't told me to shut up yet.

Dottieg3...As you can tell by all the people who commented on your post, you're in the right place. You can just come in here and rant (I do it all the time) til your hearts content. If you have any questions whether it's about dieting, exercise or computers, someone in here will have an answer for you.

Well, I'm going to go gargle warm salt water (ooowww yummy!) and hit the sack. I hear tomorrow is suppose to be another beautiful day. Everyone, get outside and enjoy it.

Lynda :glasses:

have a feeling my body just likes to be fat. I am beyond discouraged but I will just keep plugging away at it.

I so know where you are at this a.m.

Good morning everyone, I have been absent for a few weeks at least. I didn't have my laptop and trying to access the whole website via my tablet was just too much hassle! I did try to watch what I put in my mouth and continued to work out.

I did try to log my food in a few days and then after breakfast would get busy and not bother. Well, it showed. It has been five weeks and I have lost NOTHING. No ounces, no inches.

I was really thinking about what could be the cause of this and I may have been eating too many carbs!. Healthy carbs, but still too many. I lost weight once before by following the South Beach Diet. Does anyone have an opinion? I bought plenty of fresh veggies this weekend and started my morning off with a delicious asparagus and cheese omelet. I know the cravings for carbs will start by this afternoon, but feel that this may be the best way of eating for me. Also realized that I was snacking on nuts way too much..while they may be a good choice, they are high in calories and I was having probably two to four servings every day.

Thanks so much for the notes of encouragement I received from many of you while I was MIA. I struggle so hard to keep me in my daily schedule.

Good morning Ladies:

Went away for the weekend to open up my mother-in-law's house for the
Spring and Summer (she is on a lake). No cleaning just turning on water and heat.
My hubby found a broken pipe under the house so two trips into town with our friend
T. and we had water for dishes and showers. She shuts down the heat for the
winter to save on cost.

My girlfriend wanted to clean because that is what she does for a living, but I didn't want
to make her work on her weekend off. So we just did some vacuuming and sweeping.

Forget about eating right with drinking and temptations for the weekend. I did manage
to track my food and was over and then some everyday. I weighed this morning and
was 3.2 lbs up so I hope this is water weight. I had to log my weight for the Easter
Challenge so I was up. I have all week to get back at it and exercise.
I did manage to get 2 hours of walking in at the Mall on Saturday. Then we
had friends over for dinner on Saturday night.

The guys went ice fishing and caught 47 Perch. So we will be having a fish fry sometime
soon. It was a great weekend but too many temptations. So I am back on track and hope
to lose that 3.2 lbs. soon. Everyone have a great Monday!!

:flowerforyou: It's been several months, it's taken me HOURS to read just this month...and am hoping I will be better at keeping back on MFP.

So much going on with everyone and new ones too....so many of you are so good at keeping at the exercise...I've really struggled with that since the middle of January...but with Spring here I have to do this or I won't be able to keep up with my hubby when we start biking.

Stress, stress, and more stress...it does a number on your body, hard to find the 8 hours of rest that's needed. Work is over the top stressful and now my hubby is unemployeed so lets add that to the mix...just when we thought we were finally going to be feeling like retirement just might be in our horizon, the rug is pulled out from under us:sad: .

Congrats to those that have been losing, to those that have new grandbabies and those of you taking care of your parents my heartfelt prayers.

I will up date my goals and see if I can get back to being a regular here.....can't go backwards I have no clothes to wear if I gain so I'd better start back on the regular exercise and eating in line.

Laura:drinker: