WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2015

Good Friday to everyone! It is really cold here today but as I see the weather maps I know it's not that cold. Thanks for all the welcome home posts. I was so happy to see so many of you are still here and living the good life.
Sally - love your statement, "finding the joy in everyday". That's a great goal for all of us.
Molly - got a laugh from the joke as I hadn't hear or seen that one.
Tina - my high school basketball coach used to say quitters never win and winners never quit. I think that was the only motivational thing he ever said. Made me chuckle.
Margaret loved the laughing pig. Unfortunately, we are sometimes visited by feral hogs not near as cute!
Well, today is day 2 of my new quest and so far so good. Will check in later.
Thanks Michele for the instructions on bookmarking. It sure helps.
Sue in TX

Good afternoon. DH made it to his coffee group,so I am doing a bit of everything. House is done,waiting for dryer to get done.was 20* this morn,but will have falling temps & 8* by noon.He will stop at PO to mail checks for taxes & house insur.We seldom send checks,& never use our mailbox to do it.

Love the lily pic.....so pretty.Cute piggie. DD has a few things in her yard that makes me smile. My fav is a pair of red & yellow ceramic boots near a red ceramic umbrella.

The TV is off......sometimes a bit of news is enough.

Have been eating my cabbage-veggie soup.Love having it in fridge. Ate it twice yest & will have for lunch today.As you see,I often eat the same things & keep a few old reliables around. DH isn't fussy about food,he eats most anything except some dairy & liver.

Sylvia,better safe than sorry where car is concerned.
A pox on the stupid guy who insulted you. Consider the source,as Mom always said.Makes a person thankful for their own guy/ family.

Going to try to post a pic of Great Grson,taken at his Grma's house while waiting on family to go eat out . He loves the piano! He is now 10 mos. His Mom says he is really eating,she thinks he prefers reg food.

Welcome to the new posters. Come back often so we can get to know you.Good luck to all the losers & those trying to lose. Pat

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comeeee oonnnnnn 4:30!

Yesterday Friday it was really hot so I washed clothes, cleaned house and pruned roses, granny's bonnets and lupins. Had lunch and sat in garden reading. Feel better for that.
Saturday morning here. Had my toast and banana and went for my 3.3 mile walk, 10447 steps wowee.
I decided to REALLY look at the bush-land as I walked along our country road: Blackberries in flower, Myrtles and other trees flowering, saw the wild flowers by the road, BIG dell of huge man ferns (they grow 1 cm a year and were BIG), listened to the bird song. It made me appreciate what I have in rural Tasmania, so blessed.

We too have lots of falcons, eagles and other birds around our 10 acres and love to watch them. A kookaburra sits on our clothes hoist and swoops on small animals.

Yesterday I had a look at Dr Oz weigh-loss plan and printed out some shakes and his vegie broth for later.
Lesley in Tasmania

Pat ... I would have to agree. I was very low on calories .... until the derailment.

Sylvia, that guy was a total jerk. His comment probably had nothing to do with the actual size of your a** and more to do with the size of his brain (which is apparently inversely proportional to his mouth). And I don't know about your state, but in Georgia it is the law that you must stop for pededstrians in a crosswalk. He was in the wrong in so many ways.

I do agree, however, that you need to lose the 5x coat, but not because of that jerk. You deserve a cute coat that fits you and flatters you.

Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding

Greetings all. I hope you've all had a good day. It sounds like yesterday was a little rough on some.

*Molly, I had to laugh about the guy in the parking lot, because that would have p***ed me off, even considering the source. Good for you that you took it with a grain of salt! And thanks for the giggle on your story about Molly. Yep, I think many of our dogs have our number to get what they want.
I loved your joke. I had not heard that one and didn't see it coming.

*Heather, your day sounds terrific. I need one of those. And I hope you have many more.

*Vicki, I can imagine from past experience, how the rumors must be flying about the coming changes at work. The wait is often worse than the outcome. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

*Bonita, welcome. We are glad to have you with us and hope you drop in often. This is not only a great place to get support but good ideas too. Colorado sounds like fun.

*pat, that was interesting about what causes hunger. Something for us to look at, when we get hungry late in the day. I read a post in another group about processed foods slowing down weight loss, even when we're under on calories. I don't eat too many but going to look at that too. I agree, it's a complicated issue.

*Lesley, your walk sounds grand. How often we forget to stop and smell the roses. ( If we can find them under the snow).

**Welcome to all the new ladies. We are glad to have you join us.

I have a question for everyone. When you are under your calories at the end the day by at least 100 calories, do you think we should have a snack or desert when we aren't hungry?

I wish everyone much happiness and good health, and that those of you that want it, to be big losers.

My new word for the rest of the month is savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.

Janet in Myrtle Beach, SC

Well, darn. I lost a post on my ipad. Oh well.

Tonight we went to Penneys and I tried on new coats. Didn't find any I really liked, but did find that a 1x fits about the best but the sleeves were too short. And I do not have long arms so I don't know who those were made for. None of them seemed like they would be as warm as my big black pea coat though, and the prices were crazy! $120 was supposed to be 70% off? Nope. I've decided to stick it out a little longer with this coat and get a new one next year. Winter is about over, isn't it?

Here are a couple of extra jokes I found online:



A mother took her little boy to church.
While in church the little boy said,
“Mommy, I have to pee.”

The mother said to the little boy, “It’s not
appropriate to say the word ‘pee’ in church. So, from now on whenever you have
to ‘pee’ just tell me that you have to ‘whisper’.”

The following Sunday,
the little boy went to church with his father and during the service said to his
father, “Daddy, I have to whisper.“

The father looked at him and said,
“Okay, just whisper in my ear.”



A wife was making a breakfast of fried eggs for her husband.
Suddenly her husband burst into the kitchen.

"Careful. CAREFUL! Put in some more butter! Oh my GOSH! You're
cooking too many at once. TOO MANY! Turn them! TURN THEM NOW! We
need more butter. Oh my GOSH! WHERE are we going to get MORE BUTTER?
They're going to STICK! Careful.

CAREFUL! I said be CAREFUL! You NEVER listen to me when you're cooking!
Never! Turn them! Hurry up! Are you CRAZY? Have you LOST your mind?

Don't forget to salt them. You know you always forget to salt them.
Use the salt. USE THE SALT! THE SALT!"

The wife stared at him.

"What the heck is wrong with you? You think I don't know how to fry a couple of eggs?"

The husband calmly replied, "I just wanted to show you what it feels like when I'm driving."


A farmer and his wife went to a fair. The farmer was fascinated by the airplanes
and asked a pilot how much a ride would cost. "$10 for 3 minutes," replied the
pilot.
"That's too much," said the farmer.
The pilot thought for a second and then said, "I'll make you a deal. If you
and your wife ride for 3 minutes without uttering a sound, the ride will be
free. But if you make a sound, you'll have to pay $10."
The farmer and his wife agreed and went for a wild ride. After they landed,
the pilot said to the farmer, "I want to congratulate you for not making a
sound. You are a brave man."
"Maybe so," said the farmer, "But I gotta tell ya, I almost screamed when my
wife fell out."



A man was at his sons house visiting. He said to his son, "can I borrow a news paper?".
His son said, "Dad, this is the 21st century, you can borrow my ipad." That spider never knew what hit him.



Good night!

Today has been another one of those hectic days. For some reason, I woke up at 3:30 so I got my exercise in. Did the "10 Pounds down" DVD. As I was doing it, it seemed familiar to me. There's a reason why...I already owned it! I contacted Total Fitness (because that's where I was pretty sure Denise got it) and they're willing to exchange it for another DVD for me. I thought that was very nice of them, since it was my fault that I got the wrong one.

Then picked up a friend and brought her to our house. Vince took her to an eye MD in Charlotte, she has a detached retina. She was going to find out if she was going to lose that eye, but it turns out that she only has the d.r. and is going to have surgery on it Mon. Another gal is taking her to Charlotte Mon and I'll take her for her followup appt. on Tues.

Then went to the home of the guy who was doing the Newcomer website. I don't mind just straight inputting names/addresses, but I don't know enough about the computer to go any further. Then we (the nominating committee) were going to meet but that one gal wasn't there so we didn't meet. Came home, had dinner.

Tomorrow's plan for exercise is to do another segment of the Butt Bible DVD. Then I'll probably take the DVD I'm going to exchange to the post office and pick up Vince's prescription on the way home. Even if I don't get to the post office, he needs his prescription.

Sugary Sweetheart - welcome, great goals

banker, lib, bonita (congrats on quitting smoking

Tina - I think I need the "boundaries saying no" book. I just can't say no. Like the friend asked me to take her to Charlotte today. Well, I couldn't but I asked Vince to and he did (what a sweetheart). I feel that anyone who abuses an animal should have the exact same thing done to them

I have some pinto beans in the pressure cooker right now. There are things on the internet that say that you can cook them in the pressure cooker. We shall see. I wish I could see into the p.c. to see if there's enough water, I just took a guess.

Seems some of the beans stuck to the bottom of the pan. I put them and some barley in the slow cooker and will let it cook for about 10 hours now.

Diana - sounds like you had a wonderful night. We have a place near us like that -- wine and painting.

Jessica is supposed to be here tonight. Glad I had these chocolate cookies in the freezer (actually, they were from Christmas) for her

I read somewhere that to get burned on food off the pot, to put some baking soda in the pot and then put the pot on the stove. So I gave it a try -- figured I didn't have anything to lose. It worked quite well.

Sylvia - that guy was a real jerk if ever there was one. You've come so far. Add me to the list of people who feel you need to lose that coat

pipcd - wishing you better days in the future. I need to constantly have different foods, that's just me

Got the results of my coonoscopy. Everything was begnine, but I do need to go back in 5 years

Rita - so happy for your son. "Mistakes" do happen....:)

Pat - ggs is so cute!

Janet - I used to think that I should have a snack just to get my calories up, but lately I don't feel that way.

Toni - welcome Little Blueberry!!!!

Michele in NC

i'm marking my place and too tired to post. Have a great evening. :flowerforyou:

I have a lot of reading to do, My 18 year old God daughter, Emily, came to spend an overnight before she goes back to college; so I had her from noon on Thursday to mid-afternoon Friday... Great visit. She is turning out to be a delightful young lady, and like her brother crazy smart... pre-med.

I got out of the habit of weighing everyday over the holiday - so will get back on the scale on next friday --- this am was too busy. Tomorrow is a busy day; farmers market in the am, a gardening class on growing asian greens in the afternoon...and work tucked in between. It has been a bit warmer here - so the wimp from CA is feeling warmer.

Each month I send a box with goodies to my god kids - one to Emily in Boston, and the other one to Ben in Seattle, today I had Emily go through recipes to pick some she would like to get, so made cookies for her (a chocolate coconut) and for Ben (peanut butter rice crispies treats) and boxed them up then put the extras on a plate to take and share at class tomorrow... so non left in the house. YEAH!!!


Joyce – hope the Dr is on time! Brrr is right!!!!

Heather Northampton – Holidays for me this year, I will be spending 3 days in Morro Bay which is on the south central California Coast in Feb. visiting a friend, and 3 days or so in Seattle, in May for Seattle University’s graduation – as my god son is graduating with a double BA in Biology and Chemistry and a double minor in Physics and English ---he is an over achiever.

Heather Hampshire – Sri Lanka!!! I remember now… hope you are feeling better.

Terri – take care and stay warm!

Yanniejannie – that calendar gig is awful!!! How much were you helping to sell them for?

Pipcd34 – you are the youngest of 7 and your mom was 23, so she started at 15 or 16….. wow I was just taking care of myself at 23, no way could I have taken care of children!
I would go crazy if I had to eat the same thing over and over again, but if it is well balanced and works for you… why not.

Robin – What a great post! Bodi wagging his tail and DH and you sharing good things together!

Beth - you said it best “Paris ... More madness ... And sadness ...”

Janemartin – I cook to heat up the house too…..

Margaret – what are the lavender and yellow flowers? I thought maybe an iris… they are beautiful!

Vicpoole188 – welcome, these are my only on-line exclusive friends and it has made all the difference for me.

SugarySweetheart, 26 banker , bonitajean1 and others I missed – welcome

Joyce – I am not a big TV watcher so often find out about something “cool” too late, but may TV shows are available on DVD and my library has them – free to check out…

CynthiaT60 – thinking of you… (((((((((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))))))))))))))))0

Diana – hang in, sometimes it seems to take a few days for the scale to realize how wonderful we are doing…

Sylvia – Great NSV to not let that guy’s comment get you down! But a 5x Pea Coat…. You need to hunt the second hand shops for a smaller coat, as what are you wearing now? A medium???

Rita – great news on your son, good thoughts coming your way!

Janet – I tend to like to buffer my calorie count with a couple of hundred calories – so that spoon lick or overestimated exercise don’t re-rail me… but I am trying to stay in loosing mod, not maintenance --- that said, I don’t eat if I am not hungry (if I am recognizing that I am not hungry) and sometimes am under sometimes over and figure over the course of a week it all evens out.


January goals:
Walk every day
Log all bites everyday
Do a fun thing every week.

Kim from N. California

Good morning and thanks to those who are being supportive.


Cynthia :flowerforyou:

Hi everyone
Managed to sort out the papers under the computer table. Slowly but surely I am getting on top of the clutter

Molly your jokes always make me smile, loved the last one "the spider didn't know what hit it" it had me laughing out loud

I'm having a quick cuppa and then back to the sorting/tidying etc I was going to go to the shop but there's a gale force wind outside so I'm keeping indoors where its safe! Both Heathers how is it in your part of the UK? I've heard there are lots of road closures in the Yorkshire area. I was a bit worried about DD driving to work this morning.

Terri I hope you are feeling better soon, best you can do is take it easy and let it take its course don't forget to keep yourself hydrated.

Michele glad the colonoscopy results were good

I had an enjoyable day yesterday, it was my long weekend off work and my friend Jean picked me up and collected our friend Jane (from work) and took us off to her house for lunch. We had soup, sandwiches and then a dessert. All very lovely, then we dropped Jane back off to work and we went off shopping for a few hours. I bought myself a top (not sure I like it now though ) I bought Kain a tee shirt and also 2 little t shirts for baby James (my niece's boy) They were in the sale so couldn't resist.

I am so lucky in that I have good friends who "persuade" (bully is too strong a word )me to get out of the house. I must admit that whilst I was off work I went out with DD to walk the dog, and not much else. I wasn't too keen on talking to people on the phone either, but Jean and Jane phoned every week or so to check on me. I'll have to let them know how much I appreciate all they did - and continue to do.

Well cuppa finished better get on with a bit more work, I can easily get distracted when on the computer.

Welcome all the newcomers

Viv in Wild and Windy York UK

Good wishes to Terri! Hope you feel better fast! :flowerforyou:
My DH never has the flu shot either and I don't think he is going to take the typhoid.
My second lot of aches were much better than the first, so I'm hoping the last pill on Sunday will be ok. :happy:

IMHO eating the same thing every day works well for some people, (Barbie etc.) but for most of us I believe we need to eat in a way we can sustain for the rest of our lives. Otherwise, the minute we come off the "diet" we will just put it back on again. We have to change the whole way we think about food and make it work for us for ever and in all circumstances. 95% of people put back the weight they have lost and more. Depriving ourselves is part of this cycle.
I believe the more we enjoy our food the easier it is.
I really feel for the people who work full time and experience exhaustion, stress, lack of time. That makes it ten times harder. :flowerforyou: Working exercise into your day like Pip seems the best way to go.
Otherwise it all comes down to planning, research and logging. Boundaries have been mentioned many times on this thread. Make yourself the priority in your life. You are worth it. Your health and strength should be the most important thing or you won't be able to do another vital job, looking after others. Eating well and getting nourishment from all food groups, including healthy fats, is essential for health, especially brain health. The occasional processed item is not bad for you, but not as a way of life. :noway: Fill your plates with loads of veg.
Tonight I am having duck leg, well roasted with spices rubbed in, mushy peas and a huge amount of delicious roasted cauliflower.
Followed by stewed plums from our own tree with home made yoghourt.

For any newbies, skinnytaste.com is a great source of recipes as are Hairy Bikers diet books,. Many of these can be cooked in advance and frozen in portions. I love my herbs and spices and they make any veg so much more interesting.
I do cut back on carbs, not becsuse I think they are bad for you, but because I don't have enough calories left! I sometimes use grated, microwaved cauliflower as "cauliflower rice" or shiritaki noodles. (V low cal) with a pasta sauce or in an Asian style soup. In a dire emergency, yes it does happen, I would have shiritaki noodles, dry fried and a touch of sriracha sauce to fill me up.

"If you always do what you've always done you'll always get what you always got."

TRUE. If what you are doing isn't working for you long term, change it. The only person who can change is you.

Love Heather in windy but mild Hampshire UK