WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2014

Home from dr..........got a reprieve on the flu shot, they were out.

MNmargaret...........Gorgeous tree, maple?

I sometimes jot down a few shorthand notes on a paper but seldom can remember what I meant by all of them.......so, I just do the best I can.

Heading out to do some fall yard work..........couldn't be a more perfect day here!

yanniejannie

Just a quick note to mark my place. Still feeling under-the-weather. Gained a pound because I'm only eating saltines and graham crackers. Best to all.

Mary in south Florida

CynthiaT60 wrote: »

Katla: bareback is good for your balance. That means: DO NOT USE THE REINS FOR BALANCE. But I'm sure your instructor will watch out for that. Walking bareback is no problem, and cantering is actually not bad. Trotting is the hardest, and the return to trotting from a canter is famous for flipping people off the horse. Looking forward to a full report!
Cynthia :flowerforyou:

I have been flipped off a horse a few times in my life, and it was my error each one of them. I've never actually been hurt when I fell off of a horse. I hope to avoid injury today, too. . :noway: Full report later. :flowerforyou:

Katla

TGIF~~have a good one.
hugs
jane

Hi all! I'm Celeste and I'm in eastern Wash. state. I'm 61 and I've just been on MFP for 3 wks. I'm mostly walking or bicycling for exercise due to knee replacement surgery. I'm not able to do a lot of impact cardio, so I'm also watching my diet closely.

I'm not one to set goals, but that doesn't mean that I don't have any. But I find that if I make a resolution to meet a certain goal then instead of using that as motivation, I tend to sabatoge myself. Saying I'm going to lose 5 pounds in a month will set me up for failure.

I'm exercising daily and keeping close track of everything I eat. I weigh and log everything. I feel like if I'm at or under my caloric max for the day I'll get to my ultimate goal sooner or later. I need to lose about 25-30 pounds, but just getting that first 20 off will be a huge relief. My long-term goal for that is before next summer. I want to wear a pair of shorts with confidence and put on a swimming suit and not hide under a towel or beach cover.

I'm glad to find a community of vintage women who want to live healthy, active lives.
Celeste in beautiful eastern Washington state.

Michele – the only way I know is to water it and see what grows….

Viv – it sounds like you have had a lot on your plate; sorry to hear about DH – good to take care of yourself too…

Alison – should you do a check in with the Dr? Kidney disease is nothing to fool around with. Later*** sorry your schedule is got mixed up!

Tina – This site has helped so many of us… log your food and visit us regularly !

Pat – if it is tiny type hold down the control key and touch the + key makes it bigger.

Jamie – you can do it, just one meal at a time, don’t let it overwhelm you, just do one at a time.

Heather – that is a new look for DH? Glitter Grandpa!

Katla – I might paint with the same shade, but it is 15-20 years old so it would look brighter I am sure…. Also I’ll pick window coverings first. I think it is so cool that you are taking horseback lessons…so cool to learn something new.

Carol – how funny we all assumed that you were a heels gal!

Terri – Kale chips is a good idea, but I would bring my own snacks… grapes? Something you can pop in when you are tempted – and/or taking up something like needlework to keep your hands busy.


Margaret – I love your smiling posts!!

Robin – great job getting the closet done – it is beautiful here maybe the exercise and fresh air will give you a bounce up!

Cat – 1200 calories is hard, is that what MfP set you to? The way I do it is open a Word document window and read a post or two and then write my comment in word when I am ready to post, I copy and paste.

Sally in Oregon – love to have you join us.




October Goals:
Breathe
Log every day
Walk every day

Kim from N. California

Saturday here and completely LOST IT yesterday. So annoyed that Duramine NOT working and keeping within the set calories for 3.5 weeks. SOOO ate chocolate ice cream in afternoon, while watching TV. Thoroughly cleaned the whole house and did some gardening, so at least house is clean.
Jumped on scales this morning and weight is exactly same as when I started Duramine 3.5 weeks ago. Felt like shooting that darned scale. Doctor will NOT be happy and refuse to take for another month. BAH! So Duramine is NOT the answer doctor hoped for. Will see what tape says on Monday.
Today got up early and did 31 minutes Wii Gold's boxing, going to do Jeannette's cardio kick-boxing soon and walk dog in afternoon.
Lesley in Tasmania

bump for now; going to bed after I fell in the driveway for some reason; not sure what happened. I found myself on hands and knees and my head hurts so I think I hit that too. A good night's sleep will help! Take care, meg

Meg, I'm sorry to hear that you fell. I hope you didn't get a concussion or something. Take care of yourself.

Sylvia

Did an hour of a speed interval on the treadmill today The plan is to do Jillian Michael's 30 day shred DVD tomorrow.

Heather - happy birthday to your dh

Viv - so sorry to hear about your hubby. Don't forget to take care of yourself in all of this

Alison - do you monitor your intake of protein? Kidney beans are high in protein, but if you haven't had much protein earlier in the day, it's probably OK. I hope you don't have to go on dialysis. FIL was on it, and I know it's no fun. Good luck on the job hunt. I know you'll get something for yourself

Tina - welcome to a great group. Come back often

Jamie - you've done something really awesome, you've come here. Continue to.

katla - no, my hot flash didn't last too long. And it wasn't real bad, either. I firmly believe that my exercising keeps them in check. I still remember how bad they were when I couldn't exercise because of trhe broken bone in my foot. I just got up, had some of the frozen grapes, then watched some TV (and wound up sleeping on the couch). Good luck on the bareback riding

Carol - sometimes we just need to splurge a bit. The problem comes in when the splurges come often. But if you only do it once in a while, you'll be OK

Terri - I usually take some baby carrots to senior bowling with me. I don't think the bowling alley would say much since they don't serve them. I also take my own hot tea since all they have is iced tea (now who in their right mind would want it in January?)

Evidentally Loki sat on Vince's stomach last night so he was sore so he didn't want to go work outside. Therefore, I made a salmon loaf for us for later in the week, some marmalade chicken and some buttermilk donuts (they're baked) for Kris. Only Jessica called to say that she wouldn't be here this weekend but she'd be here next weekend. So I put them in the freezer for next weekend. One good thing happened when Vince went out to get the mail -- one of the neighbors stopped him to ask him when he was going to start putting up the Halloween decorations. I would liked to have started already.

Right now I have some butternut squash soup cooking. I made a butternut squash yesterday only I boiled it for too long in the hope to get the skin off so it was really more like mush. I'm using that for the soup.

I had written down in my calendar that I had a dentist appt next Tues. Since I'd just been there I called to confirm and they said that I didn't. Last night I couldn't find in the calendar where I had my physical scheduled so I called the office. I have it scheduled for next Tuesday. Evidentally, I'd written down the wrong doctor! I know I'll get my flu shot, get orders for my DEXA scan, and probably some other things. At least I got my blood work done already.

Jan - when my friend first told me that the watermelon salad she'd brought to mahjongg had watermelon, red onion, celantro, feta cheese, cucumbers in it, my first thought was "yuk". Boy, was I ever surprised! It was gggooooooddddd

Cat - I much prefer to use my mouse on my laptop. I have a wireless one that I can use. After I read a post, I jot my notes down in a notepad on the computer then cut & paste it at the end of the day.

Anyone who has a FitBit - have you been following the comic "Zits". The family got one and his way of getting in his steps was to "get around to it", translated that meant that he'd lay around the house (he's a teenager, so what else is new) and hook it to the overhead fan.....lol Today's was where he just blew the father away with his "step count"

Cynthia - we seeded this one little area. We were thinking that we needed to put down hay but when I called this farm supply place here, they told me that for grass I really wanted straw since hay can have seeds for weeds in it.

Sally - we're so glad you found us! I'm trying to think of an example of how your weight loss had changed your training. Can you give me one?

barbie - I'm going right now to see if I can get to this thread by my phone. I can't seem to get it on mine. What kind of phone do you have? I have an android

Celeste - welcome! Sounds like you have a great plan there.

Cynthia - ((((hugs)))))

Kim and Terri - one time I took grapes with me to bowling. One of them rolled away and someone stepped on it. If someone steps on a carrot, it doesn't "squish" which is why I always took carrots with me.

Lesley - you are such an inspiration -- you never give up! I'm proud to call you my friend

Beth - glad your sons are feeling better.

Michele in NC

Hello Ladies, I'm new to this group. I've been told that I need to be on 1800 calorie and not 1200. My goal is to walked daily. I am not working at this time, I'm not consistent with when I do it. Sometimes it's in the morning or evening. I hope at least by October 31, to have lost 5 lbs.

Esther in NY

New to this group. I like to think of myself as a young 60, actually I can't believe I am 60. For October my goals are trying to get my health back on track. Had a stress test today and that turned out okay. I have restarted with a weight loss nurse/coach. I will be seeing a counsellor. Going to try for 2 lbs/wk. I have a lot to be thankful for . I want to be the healthiest Grandma possible for my 8 grandbabies. Good night to all.

Good morning friends and new people. Just keep faithfully logging, sticking within the MFP guidelines on calories, weigh everything on a digital scale, never kid yourself, eat back your exercise calories, earn those calories, and miracles will happen.
If you know you have danger times, like late night snacking, plan for it. Have something low cal ready or leave enough calories. For social occasions I used to say to myself, "Is this something so unusual and delicious that it would be a crime to pass it up?" If it was I would eat it, or eat some of it, and if it wasn't and was just normal stuff then I would say " I know what that tastes like so I don't need to eat it."
Losing weight is nearly all a matter of mind set. I have found some books helpful. Psychological support from us or even a professional is an important part of our change of attitude. I could not have done it without this group. :flowerforyou:

Yesterday was great. DGD had her injections, and DGS played with DH. He got very tired as he hadn't had a nap and had a couple of tantrums. Mainly due to jealousy when DH paid some attention to DGD. All well in the end. The meal DS prepared was oustanding. He especially did a low fat one for me. Grilled asparagus, broccoli, aubergine and zucchini with parmesan shavings and red onions. I will post a photo. Couscous and grilled pepper salad. And bbq onglette steak. Fab! There was carrot cake and a candle for DH. And Turkish rice pudding which we shared. Extraordinary wines. (He was a wine professional) And DH'S present was some special edition bottles of beer from his brewery!
My present was a karaoke set with microphone and some great, really corny karaoke CDs. :laugh:Can't wait for the next party! :laugh:
DDIL said she wanted to come to us before Christmas this year so we have them from late morning 23rd through to after lunch 24th. Already planning my menus! ! ! !:bigsmile:

Bye for now. Yanniejannie we're going to try the soup this lunchtime.

Heather in damp Hampshire UK

A rather blurry photo of the grilled vegetable dish my DS made for us. Behind that is the coucous with grilled red and yellow peppers and the steak, chorizo and morcilla is at the far end. He did all this after cycling home from work in East London up to North London. The grilling took him an hour! ! !, (*) (*)

Does anyone ever post before and after pics here? I'd love to see them. It would be encouraging.