WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2014

Hello Lovely Ladies,

Just stopping in to say hello and I'm thinking of you. We will be leaving for Savannah this weekend. We will see what a good little traveler Brian is, he does like to ride in the car. We will see how he likes the hotel, our room is more of a suite so hopefully he will be a good boy. The old pug girl pretty much sleeps wherever she is, I am always surprised that she is still with us. She has an iron will to live at over 15 years of age.

I am still maintaining 14-16 pounds lost, so happy about that. I hope not to bring more pounds home from our trip, but I will enjoy myself at the same time.

Best wishes to all of you!

Sylvia: I love the joke. Where did you get your turkey chili recipe? DH might like it and so might I. I love Rotel tomatoes. I haven’t found them in the store for a while. I’ll look at Walmart, but we have a little store that doesn’t stock a full compliment of items. Regarding salt: I leave it out while cooking and add it at the table. I don’t leave it out of baking, but tend to reduce it some. I really don’t bake very often. DH is the one with sodium issues, so he doesn’t complain. He uses salt substitute at the table, which is potassium chloride. :flowerforyou:

Barbie: Your friends here think you’re a brilliant and supportive leader because that is who you are. People who have never had a weight problem, or have never lost weight only to regain it, do not understand what it takes for some of us to stay healthy. :noway:

Carol: I’m happy to hear that you’re doing so much better that you can say goodbye to the boot. What is the downside to low heels? :huh: There are lovely shoes out there that look fine with dressy clothes and don’t kiil your poor feet. Good luck with leading the women’s group. I think you’ll do an amazing job and be a huge success. :flowerforyou:

Janet: Welcome! Are you from Boise? It is a lovely city. :flowerforyou:

Robin: Congratulations on purging your closet. I did mine last spring, but I still kept a lot of things that I’ll never wear again, mostly for sentimental reasons. I know that getting rid of them would lighten the clutter load around here.:ohwell: :flowerforyou:

Tallen: Welcome back. Stick around. :flowerforyou:

Meg: I’m thinking of wearing magnifying glasses. They need to do some tweaking of this new format. I’m not a user of chrome. :flowerforyou:

Heather: I still haven’t taken action on our passports. My life seems too full at the moment, and I know that is just an excuse. If I can find time to stop by here, play cards, and read novels, I can find time to get the passport application done. :flowerforyou:

Renny: I like your doctor’s sensible advice about the cholesterol issue. :flowerforyou:

Michele: We don’t’ live anywhere near a Y. When I was a kid, I went there for swimming lessons and have good memories of it. I wonder if it is still active in my old hometown. :flowerforyou:

Kim: I’m glad you stopped by. I’ve missed your posts. Is your drought easing at all? We’ve had a few days of rain recently. :flowerforyou:

JB: Thanks for the garlic information. If I plant garlic, I’ll have to tuck it in here and there because I really have no space for rows. I think it would be fun to grow. I love Portland Nursery, and we used to go there when we went to see DH’s acupuncturist. We haven’t gone to the acupuncturist in months due to his current medical issues. :flowerforyou:



City meeting last night that lasted a long time, and another tonight. I’m late to yoga! I guess I'll miss it today. I just don't have what it takes to rush off this morning. :ohwell: :flowerforyou:

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison

October Goals:
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!

Morning ladies, I love this group!!
funny joke Sylvia!
Gotta go to town and get hubby a b-day gift ...sticking to my food ...will try and get a walk in before the rain comes. So looking forward to some rain ...been in a drought for sev years now in N.Cal...had lots of wildfires near me also!
Come on rain!! Everyone have a great day!

DH and DS and I had a fun time at the grocery store last night. I stocked up on lean meat, veggies, and fruit. The other 2 spent the rest of my money on home-made pizza supplies. I only ate the smallest piece, so that feels like a win. Today I am going alone to another store for kale. Anyone have any good kale chips recipes that you like? I tried olive oil and salt, and found it very bland.

Make it a great day!

Terri in (cloudy and cool) Milwaukee

Kim - I have always done them in the mini muffin pans. I just put a bit of oil on them and they have never stuck. I serve them with chilli jam and half fat creme fraiche for guests to add themselves. I use panko breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese. My guests think they are the best thing ever.!
- :drinker: :bigsmile:

Argh. Bit the dust again this evening.

Stress eating again :grumble: Not getting exercise :grumble: Gaining weight!!
So while I'm reading your posts, I'm doing squats. I will feel this later I can tell. But things have to change here.

Took DS#2 in for another IV infusion. Injectable Imitrex did nothing!! This infusion was more potent than usual ... a fact that had the nurse concerned ... but she verified it with the doctor. Hoping it helps...

At a loss as to how to help DS#2. Taking some of the advice I've received and really going back to cooking without any additives/preservatives ... especially no glutumate enhanced products ... which means scratch cooking. This seemed to work the best this summer and we sort of slipped away from it. It's so much work ... but if it helps, I'm going to have to go with it. Finally, husband is on board with it too so that should help.

My son has put on 40 pounds over the last 6 months ... probably from all the prednisone, but also the migraine issue itself causes him to be depressed and then to eat. I really think exercise will help him too. We were going to start back to the gym yesterday when this newest headache started. He's worried about his weight too ...

Welcome to the new ladies!

Beth in WNY

Heather – thanks.

Nannyjackie – I weigh 1st thing in the morning, after elimination, no clothing…. I figure I can recreate that every week, and I am not willing to put on the same outfit just to weigh myself.

Kat – sounds like you are doing good! Baby steps are best!

Beth – I wish you were closer, I’d bring you a meal…. You all had a pretty good summer; I’d go back to the “clean” eating plan. And the gym seems like a good idea… I wish there was “fairy dust” to make the headache go away….

Cynthia – you can do this, dust yourself off and try again….

Smiles Kim

October Goals:
Breath
Log every day
Walk every day

Kim from N. California

Good evening!

We went out today to buy garlic and beans for planting. DH decided he wanted to plant more narcissus and crocus in some shady plots he has cleared so we bought those.
I went and picked up some prescriptions from the chemist, bought some healthy bread, picked up my rethreaded jet bracelet and we were on the way home when DH suggested we go and look at some paint shades for our bedroom. We have the painter who did the outside last year coming tomorrow to give an estimate for the bedroom and for renewing some guttering. He and his wife have become friends and we hired their house in Brittany this May for a week. I had decided some time ago that I wanted one wall wallpapered so we spent some time dithering over colours (I find this sort of thing really hard) and eventually picked a wallpaper that threw our colour choices out so we had to start all over again. We have some samples to think about. :ohwell: We will need to re carpet and buy new blinds as well and, of course, new bed linen. Ooooohhhhh the expense! :sad: I would much rather spend the money on holidays, but the room is looking VERY tired. We didn't spend much on the place when we moved in, apart from the living room, so it is well overdue.

I booked the Oxford hotel this evening. :bigsmile: and managed to find something for my step daughter's birthday, (relief) I am sending it to her office as she is never in for parcels.
It's been raining non stop and will be tomorrow. Done well on calories today despite being tired after another interrupted night. :grumble:

I heard on a science programme tonight that cold, simple carbs are less quickly absorbed than hot ones i.e. pasta, and more remains in the colon as helpful fibre. (Diabetics? ? ? ! ! ! !) Amazingly the effect is even more pronounced if the pasta is reheated. ! ! ! ! ! The programme was "Trust me I'm a Doctor" on BBC 2 and is associated with the Open University. They also looked at the good effect of sunlight on blood pressure, nerve stimulation in paraplegics (good results) and the best way to boost vitamin D. I thought the reheated simple carb thing was very interesting. Left overs are good for you! I love left overs! :laugh:

Night, night my friends. Heather in showery Hampshire UK

Good luck with all your goals, keep it up!

hmmmm no it didn't

Kim, good point about weighing with different clothes on. Shoes too sometimes.

Nannyjackie wrote: »

How do you weigh yourselves? With clothes on, or just before your shower, while naked? I have been weighing with clothes on, for that weight, because that's what I will weigh at the doctor. :-/

I weigh my self first thing in the morning after I pee (and hopefully a BM). No clothes, no jewelry, no hair clips, no wet hair; then I exhale completely, and read the output. I heard Oprah once say that she removes her nylons and shaves her legs. Every little ounce, right?

-Cat

I miss reading everyone's replies here. Just have not had any time. Today we went to a big popular area in the Panama City Beach area called Shell Island. It is uninhabited awxcept for shells and a beautiful Gulf to play in. I think I brough home 2 pounds of sand in my bathing suit. We must have fantastic drainage in the shower since there was also so much on my body. We sat on the beach and sifted through the sand for shells and the surf but sometimes the surf was high enough it really crashed into you. Made me exhausted and gave you a lot of sand to take home with you. We found some intact sand dollars and a lot of really pretty broken shells. We rented a pontoon boat so we could have the ability to drop anchor anytime and swim, snorkel, etc. I have found out that I do not like to snorkel. Plus with the MS I DSL not get out of boats onto land and back the other way. Getting back into boat after trying to snorkel was awful. I was tired anyway. The boat is swaying back and forth and I am trying to crawl to crawl up those 4 ladder rungs. I was afraid if I let my husband help pull me up on the boat that I would inadvertently pull him in. So I just wet up one rung and let my upper body fall onto the floor level. The edge myself in, roll over so I could get my knees onto something solid and push myself up. After bathing, eating supper I am exhausted. I think I still have enough energy for ice cream! I have tried to do very well with my foods but it is vacation.

Be good girls, Joyce, in wonderful Panama City Beach, Florida

DH is watching a shoot them all type of movie. So here I am.If I understand this right,every word or picture posted will be there as long as MFP is in business.
So far,have seen very little "how tos" about the new features.Will see if they chop my post in half.
Not that it matters.
Today was oldest girls BD........her Sis sent a gift from QVC that wasn't delivered till 7 pm.So it's sitting by the door.Have to get car license tomor & will drop it off on our way back. Pat