WOMEN AGES 50+ for April

Linda - I really like your attitude about the muffin. That's the way it should be...enjoy it and then make up.

Wednesday is our last night of bowling and we're getting together tonight (Sun) for a "bowlers dinner". I'm bringing a cake. Yes, it's one that I bought. It was the ONLY one I could find with a picture of bowling. Then, Wednesday the bowling alley is going to give us a cheese and a pepperoni pizza while we bowl. Evidentally, they do this for all the new leagues.

I talked to people about a summertime league. Friday this gal recommended the Tuesday evening league. But they charge $15 per week to bowl the three games! Talk about expensive! So today I talked to this one guy who works there (he wasn't there Friday). He recommended the senior league. I explained that my goal will be to practice and, hopefully, get better. I'm really not looking to get any sort of monitary reward. Maybe after our Newcomers general meeting I'll stop by the bowling alley just to observe. I'm not that good and I really don't want to bring anyone down.

You know, last night I had some of the cake, today I feel "yuk". I didn't want the big box the cake came in, and Vince wants the rest so I put it on a smaller plate. In order to get it to fit, I ate some of it. Now I really feel "yuk". Well, that's good, I won't be tempted.

barbie - I wouldn't call what you ate yesterday "a disaster". Not like mine, that's for sure.... I've pretty muchly given up breads, I do like the soba noodles so as soon as I finish the dry soba noodles that I have (I only have one more serving), I'll go for the packaged one. It tastes pretty good and is much lower in calories. I can't give up ALL cereal, I do have some Kashi now that it's warmer. But, really, that's about the only cereal that I have. I much prefer the steel cut oatmeal to regular oatmeal. Actually, about the only time I have the regular oatmeal is if I'm making oatmeal raisin cookies. Oh, every once in a while I might have a bowl, but that's once in a blue moon.

Amanda - hope you're feeling better today.

I took a "restore the core" class today (Mon) and then I tried this class called Ripped. It's a lot of aerobics mixed in with weights. Not a real big fan, but it's good for a change. I'd forgotten how good that "restore the core" class was. Tomorrow we have a board meeting at the Y and then I'll take a spinning class.

Kathy - ((((big hug))))

Let's see, my schedule for tomorrow. I swear, I have to write it down or else I'm sure I'd forget something. Get up at 4, go to a meeting at the Y at 7 (be sure to take the banana bread with me), then take a spin class, stop at one food store, stop at Walgreens, come home to get the refrigerated items for the soup kitchen, go to the soup kitchen, go to the post office, go to mahjongg (be there by 1, but I guess it's not a real big deal if I'm late).

Hope everyone has a great evening!

Michele

Hi all! You ladies amaze me! I just HAD to share my good news with you! Despite that triple chocolate muffin that I went on about the other day, I weighed myself this morning and - I lost another 2lbs!!!!!!!!! I give credit to all of you! I wouldn't have done it without you!! THANK YOU!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Good Morning All! :flowerforyou:

It's a lovely, rainy morning here. The difference about this morning is that as I look out the patio door I see cheerful daffodils through the wet glass. The temps are also a bit milder. It's worth a picture so I think I'll go get my camera and take a shot.

Linda, That's wonderful! Let's celebrate! :drinker: You're doing great! Whatever you're doing, your body likes it.

:flowerforyou: See, that's the trick. You find what works and stick to it. I remember when I started my journey, I read a book called ~Eat Right for your Blood Type~ because I was curious about it. It said that Type O bloodtype didn't respond well to wheat, but sprouted wheat was okay. Well, as an experiment, I gave up wheat and started eating sprouted wheat and spelt breads minimally. The weight started coming off. I still eat eat minimally and use spelt bread when I eat bread. Crazy, but it works. :happy: Another thing I discovered is what combo of protein and carbs works for me. If I have a piece of fruit, I need to have a little protein with it and I get the best energy boost. If you treat your body like a hobby, you can usually figure out what it responds to best.

My family is so good to me. DH gave me a Keurig coffee maker, a real luxury in my book! Oh my, I it! Every cup is like that first wonderful cup out of the pot! With my limited eating due to my tummy issues, those two cups in the morning are my last vice. DD and family gave me a mealworm feeder for my bluebirds and when I hung it out back, I discovered there's already a nest started in the bluebird house. I am thrilled. We live in a condo, but my patio is a haven for birds.

I hope everyone is having a great start to their day! :flowerforyou:

Dee

Good morning,
Just checking in. Beautiful sunny, cool morning here. Will be a nice day. Congrats Linda. Great job. My weight in was yesterday and i had gained a few ounces. Just ignored it and got on again today. Today down a pound. I am learning to ignore that scale. taken me 55 years but I am doing it. I feel so bad for the biggest loser contestents when that happens to them. They do everything they can and still dont lose. sometimes our bodies just do what they want. Well have a nice day. will check in later.
Vicki m

Well, I weighed in this morning, and guess what ... I gained 2 lbs, I am so frustrated, I did have Pizza yesterday, 2 pieces....didn't eat crust, it was cheese, I put in my diary, ?? I am about to give up here, and try WW, I don't know what else to do, being on this for over a month, and basically nothing happeneing...
One frustrated, Natalie

Natalie--are you tracking your sodium? Pizza is LOADED with it! (Even without the crust!) Whenever I have even one piece of pizza I am guaranteed to be up in weight the next day. I find that the older I get the more I have to keep an eye on things like the sodium in food.

Goodmorning All:

Read all the posts and everyone seems to be very busy and getting into
the Spring mood with planting and gardening. We don't do that here
in Canada until toward the end of May. :ohwell:

Weighed today since back from vacation and have lost 2 lbs. already.
Now to get to the next level of losing. I want to lose at least 5 lbs. to
get to my next baby step of weight loss. It has been a roller coaster
ride but still at it. Now I am walking at lunch at work so I am sure this
will help. I never stop exercising everyday, but extra is always good.

LYNDA: You mentioned you stopped drinking wine, I wish I had the will power,
I still have the odd glass but not everyday. Good luck on your
weight loss, I don't eat my exercise calories either. It just
works better for me.

LAURA: Good Luck to your husband on his job interview. It is difficult
with this economy. Best Wishes to him and hope he gets it.

Have a great day everyone.

I'm back from my trip to the Bay Area. The friends I hadn't seen for many years were happy to see the weight loss. That's always a good feeling! One said I looked about 40! :laugh:

I'm irritated with myself for making so many grand plans and promises that I (promptly) failed to keep. It's not a good thing! :noway: :noway: :noway: I'm back and I'm staying back. But, no more "I'm committed to weighing every..." blah, blah, blah. I set myself up for a scolding (from myself) and, if there's one thing I KNOW doesn't work, it's being critical of myself. So, enough of that!!!

:smooched: I weighed my food this morning. I ate healthful food. And I'm posting on MFP. I'm proud of myself, and that's the truth and all the truth I need to focus on! :smooched:

Amanda, I hope you feel better soon. I'm sending careful hugs through the air. ((( )))

Kathy, you're doing a great job of hanging in there in the face of a lot of stress.

LovesAuburn, glad to see you here. I love Auburn too. (It's a town as well as a hair color (!) and is in the Sierra foothills. I live about an hour south of there but at the same elevation.)

Natalie, keeping track of calories with Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, etc., might be a little easier than keeping track of them with MFP. Those can be good ways to go. I do best when I weigh my food instead of measuring (or eyeballing :laugh: ) it. Weighing is also easier than measuring. There are some great little scales on Amazon in the $20 range.

I've read all your posts and wish I had time to respond to each of you. But, I've got to get going. I miss you when I'm gone. You are dear to my heart. I'll be here until Easter then gone again for a few days.

Natalie, don't give up. You might want to track your sodium and I would suggest that you decrease your fat and up your protein. Unfortunately a calorie isn't really just a calorie. We all need to find the right balance for our bodies and it takes time to figure the right way out. Since you are doing well on calories I would try focusing on the micronutrients now and see what happens. More protien for sure. Just my opinon. It is what worked for me before and I need to get back to doing it again.

sorry I haven't been posting much. I am here every morning reading thru the posts. I haven't hit on my magic combination yet but I am not giving up. I had an interview yesterday for a different aerospace company. It would be a good job so we will see if I get to the next step.

Take care all.

YES, up the protein is a great idea.... I need to do that, but I do love my cream cheese and crackers in the morning with my coffee, and can't give that up, I will try to work on the rest of the day, with more veggies, fruit and protein...
Natalie

Good afternoon! I plan to swim again today. Yesterday when I got home I took the dog for a walk, but today I have a meeting, so probably won't have time for the walk. Still windy, but it is 70 here, so I am happy. Have a great Tuesday, all!

Natalie - you sure are busy....are you drinking enough water:drinker: I found that drinking the water was very important to losing.

I am trying to be busy, it's a good thing... I had a burger with no bun, zuchiini/onions sauteed, sliced tomatos. for lunch... drank 10 glasses odf water today..
I rode my bike 30 min, took dog to the hospital for pet therapy ...
I am tired!!!
I am going to stick with this diet.. come H*ll or high water....
Natalie

Hello Ladies!! I am new to MFP...about 2 weeks and found this group today....nice to find a group of my own age. My name is Pam, 58, live in Pittsburgh and am a Nurse Pratitioner in a busy ER. I have struggled with my weight all my life. Now at the age of 58, I have had enough. I am working hard to get down to a normal weight...a healthy weight. No longer do I want to feel unattractive, frumpy, or hide in the back so nobody sees me. I hate participating in any group activity because I don't want people pointing and laughing...even if it is only in my imagination. I want to be able to toss my blood pressure and diabetes pills as well. There is a size 12 inside of me screaming to get out.

Friend me if you would like. I look forward to getting to know everyone and being mutually supportive.

Pam

Just reading some of the posts and I see several ladies questioning whether or not to eat the exercise calories....DON'T DO IT!!! This was the way a personal trainer explained it to me: A pound is equal to 3500 calories, You will have to have a 500 calorie a day deficit for a week (500 x 7) in order to lose a pound. If you eat those calories you'll never have the deficit. It really doesn't matter how you take those 500 calories out, eat less or exercise more..it will work. If you Google "how many calories in a pound" you'll probably get a better explaination.

Lynda

Lynda, the reason some people need to eat back exersize calories is the MFP already calculates a deficit in the calories that you are alotted. If you eat 1200 calories and burn 600 then you are only giving your body 600 calories to live on and you will burn around between 1500 and up just living. check out what your BMR is on this site. That is what MFP uses to calculate your deficit. If you don't eat enough and exersize too much you will hold on to what you have. Everyone is different and what works for one doesn't work for another but I just wanted to make sure that everyone got the fact the MFP alread calculates a deficit when you set it up for weight loss.

It would be nice if I really knew how to reply and quote....see above.

Robin, I agree with what you are saying but I think when a site says you've earned extra calories people think they have to eat them and with that I disagree.

Just reading some of the posts and I see several ladies questioning whether or not to eat the exercise calories....DON'T DO IT!!! This was the way a personal trainer explained it to me: A pound is equal to 3500 calories, You will have to have a 500 calorie a day deficit for a week (500 x 7) in order to lose a pound. If you eat those calories you'll never have the deficit. It really doesn't matter how you take those 500 calories out, eat less or exercise more..it will work. If you Google "how many calories in a pound" you'll probably get a better explaination.

Congrats to all the ladies who were successful this past week and lots of Good thoughts and Prayers to those having difficulties. It will get better.

God Bless You All,
Lynda

Hi Lynda - sorry I don't get this... If I let MFP do the math, then using myself as an example,
My nutritional goals are:Cals consumed daily =1470
Fitness goals are:Cals burned weekly= 2310 (which I have more than covered each week so far)

On the other hand: If I burn 1950 cals daily from 'normal activity' (not workouts?) and consume 1470 calories daily THEN my daily cal deficit would be 480 cals - these two figures balance out to a calorie deficit of 480 (MFP math) so the 2310 cals I burn weekly from exercise don't figure in this equation do they? In other words, my MFP diet profile is configured BEFORE I do any workouts.
Have I made a terrible mistake somewhere?? :laugh: :flowerforyou:
ps sorry if I'm causing confusion - I've got the bit between my teeth and need to get to the bottom of this, as well as stopping mixing my mataphors!! :laugh:
Good luck again with your 4 lbs!

I agree through exprience. In all my yrs my body, notice I say my body cause my body is different then most. It is stubborn I have to eat less calories and work my butt off in order to loss weight. I do eat very clean sometimes I indulge, but not often. But I have to get to those 3500 cal less in order to loss a pound. My body has always been this way. The only thing different know is my sugar levels I'm prediabetic know and I watch my sugar from getting low. And when it does I will eat a little more potien and if it gets high I excersise to bring it down. But everyone is different you know. If I just eat 1200 cal I will not loss anything. I have tried it for one month to prove a point to my trainer and my body just would not let go. And you know it does have a lot to do with hormones and blood sugars etc. At my age you never know. I just do what works for me. I am glad to find this site that has ladies my age. Cause we are unique!