WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2014

Sunday here and my Rest and Re-feed day, still only 1840 cals for the day. GOOD! Walking is 317 cals , so 1400 remain
We go for a drive and walk Mildred Beagle and enjoy Sunday Brunch (cooked by Stan ) and roast pork dinner.
I LOVE Jeannette's 15 week challenge. Forgot to weight this morning but weigh/tape/BF% day tomorrow for my spreadsheet. I LOVE Jeannette's food and the training as I have all her DVDs
Nice she gives me a rest day. Need to write shopping list for next week when she posts the food.
Lesley in Tasmania

Evening friends - I'm taking a break from some closet cleaning for a quick post. It sounds like many of you enjoyed some quality family time over the holiday. We had a nice dinner and visit with all of my DDIL's extended family. Got to see little "Blueberry's" nursery. It is darling. Daddy even painted a mural to match the crib bedding. They are so looking forward to their little blessing.

I only ate 300 calories over my 1200 for the day Thanksgiving. I eat 1200-1400 calories a day, workout six days a week and don't eat back my exercise calories. Doc wants me on 1200. With that said I am losing only about .I've only lost 12 lbs since the middle of July. I forgot to ask her about this at my last appointment. Do the rest of you find it this hard to lose after 60ish?

Heather - so glad about the news from the Phillippines.

I am praying for Miriah.

I've enjoyed all the pictures!

I need an injection of Christmas spirit! I look at my lonely tree in the family room and know that I only have a very small portion of my shopping done. I see so many people out and they look like they are doing their Christmas shopping. Last year I did so much on line and I just don't have any ideas this year. I don't like that my husband gives the girls a substantial each year. It's not personal at all and I know they use it for paying bills. I think Christmas should be about getting gifts that they normally wouldn't get for themselves, maybe they just don't have the money. And I know that both my girls really need the extra money to pay those bills and it takes a lot of pressure off of them. that should mean a lot to them but I still like to get something personal for them.

Heather I am so glad the kids were able to get rescued!

Joyce, Indiana

What a crazy weekend! Thursday was dog walk, 1.5 hour drive to Thanksgiving dinner just 4 of us as these friends did their “big” thanksgiving on Friday; so on Thursday we had Ciopinno! I love love ciopinno, salad, and a light cranberry dessert - spent the night –

Friday about 8:30 am- I headed out to home; there was a ton of “tulle” fog which is a ground fog not near the ocean… thick and very hard to drive in… so the 1.5 drive took about 3 hours, got home played with the dog, made coleslaw, then off to pick up my Mom (1 hour drive the other direction) and we went into the mountains to a Christmas tree farm and cut two trees – dropped off Mom and her tree at her house; then grabbed the coleslaw out of her fridge and then another ½ hour drive to a birthday party… by about 8:30 pm I was headed from the birthday to home!!!! Crazy day.

Today was 3 hours of embroidery, a memorial service for a friend that passed in August (not sure why they waited so long but they did) and a dog walk –

Tomorrow is work! Got to fit it in somewhere!

But great news it is raining – really raining! Love it!!!

Every year for all of my life my family goes to the mountains to a tree farm and cut our Christmas tree; as we have all grown my Mom and I still do it sometimes my nephew joins but not this year… my Mom is 85 and walks for hours up and down the hillside picking the perfect tree but I cut it and carry it to the truck (I borrow a friends truck) – Every year I wonder if it will be the last one - It is probably the only tradition that hasn’t changed since I was little and it will be a very hard one to give up. I am so lucky and thankful that she is in good health. Her mom ( my grandmother) was still living on her own until 95… so we’ll see!

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

Alison – take care of your self!

Michele – the first time you did a plank you held it for a minute!? 60 seconds!!! I got up to 6 seconds after have been doing the plank for 3 days…

Heather – it sounds like you have a great plan to see the grandkids! Later – they are adorable!
2nd later (LOL) I am with you discretion is always a good idea; facebook is awfully public

Yanniejannie – It is so sad to hear some have to be abusive; but so impressed that you see the humor in it.

Joyce – sounds like you made a new great tradition!!!

Diana – I think I am with hubby on the boa idea…. Sounds cute but not Christmasy

JB – Mariah is so cute in her new jammies! What an amazing girl and family. Great second picture too!

Yogi is so cute!!!

Barb –from s. Louisiana – sending good thoughts your way, and all the stuff in the world while nice is not as important as a welcoming place; so don’t let yourself get too caught up in the shopping stuff, as the fact that you care and open your home means much more!

Sylvia - I am tossing you a ladder so you can climb out of your self pity hole! And if you think there is even a 1% chance that you lost that credit card you better cancel it before someone goes crazy with it.

Heather – it is so interesting to hear the comments! You are very glam indeed!!! And a great example to them and to all of us.

Joyce - I like to do a personal gift for folks too; but having in the past been very short of funds, sometimes cash is a very special gift in itself.

Barbie – when I have difficult folks I love it if they have a kid with them; just focus on the kid and it is hard to go wrong.






Walk every day
Log all bites everyday

Kim from N. California

We're BAAAACCCCKKKK!

Friday I used the stairmaster at the Y in Reston. How I wish we'd get one back! I was going to use it on Saturday, too, but after walking there from the hotel I found that the Y doesn't open until 7. There was no way I was going to wait an hour so I walked back to the hotel and just used the treadmill there. The incline wasn't working right so I just walked on it at 4mph 1% incline.


Juanita - how I wish we celebrated Thanksgiving like you guys, in October. It just gets lost in the Halloween and then Christmas rush.

Toni - how cute about Blueberry.

Well, Petey called late Thursday while we were eating dinner (Jess pan seared chicken, made corn (unfortunately, canned, but I didn't say anything, just took a little bit) and butter noodles (didn't have any). He said that he thanked Vince for being willing to pick Denise up but they were going to come, although he was concerned that he'd be called to work. Actually, they were playing some sort of game (I was helping in the kitchen cook) and one part was where you had to read off the cards. Petey and Denise had trouble with some of the words. Well, he isn't real well educated. They left around 7 so that he could get home and "do some laundry"? Whatever.......

Jess, Kris, friends of Jess', Jess and Krister, her neighbor, were there for dinner. Ryan (her old landlord) and his gf came later. I didn't have the heart to not eat most of the food that she made. So I had a little, not much. She made these hors duerves which is a tortilla with mayo on it and then lunchmeat with either lettuce or cheese rolled up and then cut up. She got the recipe on Pioneer Woman. I used to watch that show, but she uses so much butter and fat! Well, I had two of the appetizers. Jess also made these deviled eggs only they were stuffed with lobster meat mixed with mayo, mustard, pickle juice, celery. I would think they'd be a bit better with dijonnaise. I brought up a sweet potato casserole, (just me and Jess' friend Jess had it), she had mashed potatoes which I didn't have, a green bean casserole (which I only had a little of), she made these rolls (yes, from scratch) that she'd gotten the recipe from Pioneer Woman. There's so much butter! But I guess she likes it that way. If it had been me, instead of butter in the muffin tins, I would at least have used spray. She also had cranberry sauce (didn't have any), a salad (I can get that any time at all), I made cornbread muffins (made with kefir) and sweet potato muffins. You know, I really wish she'd tell me the menu ahead of time, I'd brought up my appetizer tray, which we didn't use. Had I known the recipe for these rolls, I would have brought up one of my large bowls and some sort of basket for the rolls. Well, I'll ask her ahead of time next year. Her friend Jess brought a cherry pie. I remember Jess making the crust one time at our house and I was amazed at how much oil went into it. When I saw that this was the same crust that she had, I tried to take only the center. It was really just cherry pie filling. I made wine cookies and brownies.

Meg - Since Denise and Petey came, they probably left that dog at their house. Jess was dog-sitting one of her frined's dog. That dog got along pretty well with Shadow, it was more a mutual ignore-each-other. A pretty small dog and not a yapper. If it hadn't been so cold, I probably would have taken it for a much longer walk.

Vince laughs at me when I "take" food from the hotel (I took a few apples, so that I'd have them to munch on before exercise and before the breakfast opened). Well, I took a tea bag and I'm glad I did. Went to Jess' place this am and just had a cup of tea. Yesterday Vince and Kris got her a dining room table (I told Vince that we should bring up the card table but he knew better and decided to bring up the 6' banquet table, I convinced him to use the 4' table too. So we put the 4' table next to the dining room table and put the food out on the 6' table. Luckily, I brought up tablecloths, too.

Kind-of skimming the post, got so many to catch up on. So sorry if I miss anyone

Jan - sound like you handled the race problems as best you could. Next year....

Poor Lance just laid in the bedroom the whole time we were there. The look in his eyes was so "understanding" when I went in by myself to be with him for a while. Ryan always liked Lance so I know that he was coming to say "goodbye"

Bought the farmer's cheese for Christmas, so Vince and I will be making the pierogi in the next week or two. Also bought some whole wheat panko. Harris Teeter is the only store where I can get whole wheat, but they don't sell Farmer's Cheese so I had to go to Giant for it. I probably should have bought more, but we'll have what we'll have. Fewer leftovers. I still have two packets of pierogi from last Christmas in the freezer.

Cynthia - hope hubby is better fast. Men can be such babies. I know when Vince gets a cold you would think the world was coming to an end!

Vince kept telling me how very cold it was going to be in VA so I packed sweaters. Now I really wish I had packed either 3/4 length or short sleeved shirts. What I think I'll do next year is wear a short sleeved shirt UNDER a sweater. It was just so warm in that kitchen. Admitted, she has a small kitchen so I was constantly washing and drying dishes and putting things away. I wound up washing some plates for dessert and forks.

jb - I just want to give Mariah a big hug. She is one very very brave girl. What an infectious smile she has !

pipcd - I love oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Jess doesn't care for raisins in hers, either, so I use chocolate chips

barbie - what kind of phones did you finally get?

Heather - the kids are just adorable!

Love all the pics

Sylvia - are you going to put a stop on your credit card?

Heather - yea for the rescue! You ARE glam!

Tina - only 300 over for Thanksgiving! That's wonderful. I know I went more than 300

Kim - when we live in Stroudsburg, we went to a tree farm where they'd cut the tree down for you, put it in their tractor. The kids thought it was great because they got to ride in the tractor, too. The first time I did a plank, I admit I was much, much younger, doing 60 seconds probably didn't seem like all that much to me

Better get to bed.

The plan for tomorrow is to do one of leslie Sanson's DVD

Michele in NC

Good morning everyone!

Heather: lots of good news for you!

Joyce: I don’t have much Christmas spirit yet either, and I have to think of gifts quickly because they all have to be mailed.

Kim: I know what you mean about your Mom. I think that all the time too (mine’s just turned 84).

Sylvia: {hug} Does your bank have one of those systems where you can register all your cards, driver’s license, passport etc.? Mine does, and it saved me one time when I was pickpocketed. One call and they block all your cards immediately. Some even do the paperwork to get the cards replaced.

Quiet day working here; I’ve got lots of it today, so it will be a sedentary day. Hope I can do reasonably well on the calories. My guy has been away for two days; coming back today. His cold is apparently getting better, so that’s good. I can feel my body struggling to fight getting it. Have been sleeping a LOT.



Hope everyone has a good day!
Cynthia :flowerforyou:

morning friends~
trying to type with the dogs head on the mousepad...
today I am baking the cookies for my dad,and sweeping and washing the floors and vacuming the car and starting to pack it..
found a PKD group on facebook and it is wonderful to speak with people in the same position as me.
want to get a few more things.to make fudge and I want to make gingerbread cookies too.

Good morning everyone. Just a quick note to give you the link to the newspaper article I told you was coming.

http://www.joplinglobe.com/news/lifestyles/solitary-artists-find-solidarity-in-group/article_e4bf37a8-b59c-5394-a76a-1c228ca512bd.html?mode=jqm

I was very disappointed with it, as usual. Devastated, actually. Really mortified. The photos are just awful. There is a very old, very fat, very ugly woman in those pictures. I'm just sure that can't be me. In my defense, I was wearing two sweatshirts (it's cold in there first thing in the morning, plus I didn't want my arms to show) and leaning forward at the wheel the loose skin on my face all slumps forward. And all that gray hair must be a trick of the light. And the pots she chose to photograph are some of my least favorite ever! You have to click on the picture of the pots to see the ones of me, so maybe nobody will see them.

So now it seems like all my hard work over the last two years was for nothing. I don't look any better than I did 120 pounds ago. Not one little bit. Why did I bother. Well, I guess it's because I do feel better than I did two years ago, but I was hoping to look a little better, too.

So sad.

Sylvia

Good morning everyone,

Thanks so much for your continued prayers and good wishes for Mariah. It all helps! I'll let her mom know that this wonderful group of prayer warriors continues to send healing thoughts and positive energy.

Wishing you all the best,

jb in crystal clear, verrrrrry cold Portland :glasses:

Sylvia - don't give yourself a hard time. :flowerforyou: You look like someone who is concentrating on the job in hand and so what if it isn't the best angle! Give yourself a pat on the back for having come so very far AND for being such an accomplished potter. I actually love the pots. :flowerforyou:
- I couldn't find the video either.
- Next time insist on your best side ( :bigsmile: ) and smile like a film star! ! ! You are a fantastic woman who does so much to make the world a better place. (*)
- Heather x

Oh, Sylvia, you look like an artist, hard at work......please don't tear yourself down for moving out of your comfort zone and no way do I see 300lbs!!! Kudos to you for opening up possibilities to other people to want to learn the craft. I think the pieces are lovely, maybe the writer picked those because they looked like the most difficult to produce.....or maybe she just really liked them best. Speaking for myself, I am in awe of your amazing talent. Could not find a video, so getting it to work was not in question. Add my hugs to those of everyone else!!! I don't think any of us photograph as we see ourselves; and maybe that's a good thing for us all.
I ended up in a group photo which is in a calendar right now and I look as uncomfortable as I felt when it was taken; I will forever wish I had missed the meeting when it was taken. I will have a whole month of people looking at me.

Fell back asleep on the couch and slept pretty well; feel fine today.

I have also found myself at events and places where I realized I was wishing I was home where I didn't have to "make nice" with people.

Sylvia.......On the jeans..brilliant idea BTW!!!......you could put them on those pincher hangers and still use mantle stocking hooks.

Warm here today.
yanniejannie

Sylvia, your jean idea is so creative the kids will love it. You could use a shower ring they are sturdy cheap and could hang it from the belt loop

Juanita

You could just tie the bottoms of the jeans with ribbons. What a great idea! You deserve the Best Ever Grandma Award.

welcome Monica~
chime right in, would love to get to know you.. we are a very supportive group and great friends~
Katla~PKD is Poly Cystic Kidney Disease,my mom passed it to me.. isnt that just swell?
she passed away at 65 of end stage kidney disease.. and it is a life threating disease,basically cysts cover the kidneys and shut them down... I have dealt with it for the past 18 yrs and go twice a year to see the nepherologist(kidney dr) I am stage 3 of 5.. have been feeling just fine up until the past few months with the pain in the kidneys..I have an ultrasound this thursday so we shall see, and I go see the kidney dr mid january..
..DFIL was in bed when we went there late morning, refused 2 of his meals yesterday,today he didnt eat breakfast, well when we went I was able to get him to down his cookies,even though he was lying in bed..made him drink water in between bites so he wouldnt choke..
they got him up and dressed for lunch and he ate well,
I came home and made him some of his lemon meringue pies, in muffin tins and brought those down ,my BIL and SIL were down there and he was sitting in the rec room, so I fed him one of the pies and he liked it.. those are soft and he can get those down easy... so we went to see him twice today....
swept and washed the floors, did 2 loads of laundry and made my dad his favorite nut cookies ,his mom used to make them, so they were his Christmas Present,, dropped those off and he was chowing down on those as I was chatting with him.. so we made the rounds
I am tired now ,just waiting for the laundry in the dryer, and then will just relax