WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2015

Pat ... thanks for the article link. Very timely as we've been talking to my son about his late night eating ... he sometimes eats at 2 and 3 am!

To those dealing with the flu and colds ... rest and get well!

Can't remember who was looking for the decluttering link ... can be found on Facebook under "Decluttering 365" or the following blog at Home Storage Solutions 101. http://www.home-storage-solutions-101.com/declutter.html

Beth

Going to the deep water class today. The plan for tomorrow is to do some more of the Butt Bible DVD

pipcd - on the elliptical, what does 10-3/10-10 stand for? I usually exercise when I'm not feeling well, too. Not real intense. But I need to get something in, maybe I'm so afraid of getting out of the habit of exercise or using "not feeling well" as an excuse. Do you do something special when you burn 1000 calories? If so, what -- I'd LOVE to burn that much. How do you know your calorie burn when you exercise? Do you have a certain piece of equipment that you use?

Oh, about that cake with the avacado, I didn't tell Vince that there was avocado in it. He had some last night so I asked him how the cake was. He said "it's good". Admitted, I used a box mix so that I knew if something didn't turn out right, it was the avocado. But you couldn't tell it was in there.

Rori - so sorry about the bad things, glad for you for the great things (weight loss, birthday) Lovely pic. Happy anniversary!

After the deep water class, Vince wants me to come home and help finish bringing in the Christmas decorations. I want to leave early, go to the Humane Society and stop at Bi-Lo, they have clementines on sale

Went to a show at the Hickory Community Theater. It was about this couple who broke up and she was having a big yard sale getting rid of everything. Then the guy comes with his new gf. It was quite funny. Just had water to drink.

Meg - sorry to hear about the torn meniscus and "advanced" arthritis. When do you think you'll be having the surgery? Your bp was probably up because you were thinking about your report

Been thinking a lot about Bryan lately. I'm determined that I will not binge. We sent Diana a gift for her birthday (money in Bryan's PayPal account). I would have thought that at least I would have gotten a "thank you"

We got the rest of the Christmas decorations in the garage. Now our front lawn looks so bare! We still have some work to do in the house and then put everything away.

Kim - SCORE at Nordstrom's. In a way I prefer to tell people exactly what to get me, saves me from having to exchange things. I hate having to do that. Lynette got me this coverup for Christmas. Every year I have to return what she gets. One year it was this stretch outfit. She (probably rightly so) figured I could wear it when I was exercising. Only I absolutely needed a petite for the pants. I could have gotten away with the top, but no way with the pants. Last year she got me this turtleneck. I never wear a turtleneck, makes my neck look invisible. Did exchange it for a really nice sweater. This year she got me this thing you wear on the outside on top, but the bottom was too tight for me. It fit me under the arms, but not around the hips. When I went to return it, everything that they had was summer stuff and I don't need summer stuff, I really wanted a sweater. Oh well..... I think next year what I'll do is send her a link of exactly what it is that I'd like (maybe something to do with cooking/baking since I do baking for her) I do wish there were some meetup groups around here, the closest to me is in Charlotte

Lesley - I really wish I could find a place that did the hydrostatic testing. From what I understand, that's the top way to determine bf. I have no idea how much that would cost, either.

Joyce - I never knew that there was an extender to change light bulbs! We have quite a few ceiling fans and in one one of the bulbs burned out. It's been burned out for quite a while. I was saying to Vince that while we have the ladder in the house for the Christmas tree, we should change the light bulb.

I had a SMALL piece of the cake that I made yesterday (the one with avocado instead of oil). Do you know that my stomach was hurting? I think it was from all the sweet in the icing. I do plan to make another one today, this time a spice cake. I'll give some to the place where I take the extremepump class, some to the other Y, some when I go to play mahjongg Monday night and some to the bowling alley when we go this Thus. There.....I got rid of it all....lol

Heather - I find that even if I eat back my exercise calories, if I'm eating in the evening, I can be guaranteed of a gain the next day. Like I had that SMALL piece of cake, sure enough, the Wii today showed a gain. Not much, but a gain just the same. I know that if I have the tofu/cocoa tonight, I'm pretty sure I'll see a loss tomorrow.

Beth - what great news that there no serious damage to Ashley's head!

katla - I like to bold the names of people and I see you do, too. So far the only way I can figure out to bold the name is highlight each name individually and go to the top and hit "bold". Is there some way that you can do multiple names?

Carol - it is so strange to see a blue sky!!!!!

drkatiebug - good luck to you at that lunch

Tina - how cool is it that your treadmills have programs that would "take" you places. Bet Heather would just love them!!!! I've never heard of this, but it would really get me to walk a lot more.

Robin - have fun at the hockey game. Vince is a BIG time hockey fan. I'm glad that it isn't as violent as it used to be. It still is somewhat but not as bad.

renee - welcome! Come in often for lots of support.

terri - wouldn't surprise me one bit if ds didn't let his grades slip any more. I, too, find it very unappealing when someone wears something too tight and you can see their stomach completely or their backside.

toni - now that you mention it, I do remember somewhere hearing about using tomatoes in cake. But I would think you'd get a hint of a tomato flavoring. That seems to be why tofu or avacado work well. I made a spice cake today substituting avacado for the oil. The only thing I can say about using avacado is that the cake doesn't seem to rise as much. It still has good flavor, and it's not real heavy (like it is when you use greek yogurt), it just doesn't seem to rise a whole lot

Michele in NC

Alison - Stay Strong . You have to do what makes you happy. Lunch with a friend sounds delightful. Sorry to hear that you aren't feeling well and won't be able to do the volunteering. There's always next year.

Beth - I will continue to pray for Ashley on her journey back to health. Baby steps. She is young and our bodies have amazing resilience so that is all on her side.

Sue from TN - Look at it as losing almost a pound. Congrats on the loss and the better food choices.

Linda, Northern Ontario - I hope your weather is improving. 1.6 down, that is fantastic.

yanniejannie -It must feel nice to have met your month goal and now you can shoot even higher. Way to Go!

Terri - I hope you feel better soon. It sounds like you have had a tough go of it.

dstirratt - Gluten free has helped my husband quite a bit. The psoriasis that has plagued him since his teen years is cleared right up, his feet no longer hurt, the achy, flu-like symptoms have disappeared and so much more.

DS and I at the YWCA gym last night. He was concerned there might be no men but there were just as many as women. He got comfortable and we both had a good workout.

Tomorrow I am keeping DGD overnight while her Mom and Dad attend the big Monster Party in Calgary. We will all have fun.

I am finding it difficult to go without caffeine or carbonated drinks. I am just cutting it back slowly.

Tonight DH decided he wanted pizza. We got his GF pizzas an they were delicious! I tried for something healthier but at that restaurant it's pizza and pasta.

Tomorrow /today is a new day.
Good night all
Sharon from Southern Alberta where the chinook is giving me a headache but taking away the ice and snow.

morning ladies~
1 little short snort of nyquil does wonders, slept 10 hrs, and feel much better..
yes they have masks and hand sanitizer.. so I am all set..
all the residents down at the nursing home love me lol, I chat with them all, at least on my DFIL wing,
this weekend is my weekend off of work, so Tom and I will go down to the nursing home, told him I am usually there an Hour so be prepared... then we are moving all our banking to a credit union near us.. as the branch we use that is DH place is closing.. and the next nearest one is more than an hour away..
then I have to make a list to grocery shop. tomorrow is the cooking , baking etc... day
Monday before work I will be going up to the bird store and meet with the manager for an interview... wish me luck..

Good morning everyone!

Jane: you’ve had a heavy week. Hope you’re doing OK.
Sylvia, Katla: I never need extra warmth in the gym, lol. But I do around the house. I sometimes wear thin thermal underwear meant for joggers.
Allison: hope your cold is over quickly. Who *wouldn’t* love you?
Meg: I’ve always understood that they treat the patient, not the x-ray, since the symptoms don’t necessarily correspond. In your case that’s a good thing (you haven’t had trouble until now). What kind of surgery is in the cards?
Kim: glad you got such a beautiful sweater!
Viv: still thinking of you.

Taking a break from the genealogy work on my father’s side to work on my mother’s side. It’s easier (more info available). Also cataloged/photographed a few more rows of the cemetery near here for Find A Grave; have to process them. And I have a lot of editing work. So I’m sitting a lot. I break it up with household work.

Hope we all have a good day! :flowerforyou:
Cynthia

I joined myfitnesspal two days ago, and just found you! What a wonderful, supportive group you are, and I am so happy to see all the great advice and uplifting friendship from everyone.

I am 56 and have been trying to lose weight without success - life and stress gets the best of me. I need to lose 30 pounds or so to be at a healthy weight, and wear all the lovely clothes in my closet that are waiting for me so far I have lost almost a pound, and am searching for ideas and recipes that will keep me going in the right direction.

Happy Saturday everyone, and I look forward to keeping up with all of your successes!

Belinda in snowy white Michigan

Hi everyone, I joined a few years ago but was never able (or willing??) to get into this. I am a 50 year old with three kids grown and gone. I have lots of weight to loss and am trying very hard to do that. I joined a gym this week and have gone twice now, but I have NO idea what I am doing there. I just kind of follow what others are doing. I am a stress eater and have LOTS of stressers right now. BUT, I am determined to get things done. I look fwd to seeing all of our successes!

I already have a question. Yesterday I had to search for the thread, as it had been a long time since I last posted. It used to come up under "My Topics." I posted a quick note yesterday, so that it would add the thread back onto my list (I see that it now seems to be called "My Discussions") and I'd be able to get here easily, but nothing came up this morning and I had to do another search. Is there something else I have to do besides posting?

Katia, thank you for the welcome back -- it's good to see you!

Jane in Colorado

Good Morning everyone. My name is Michele, I'm not 50...yet, I do not have any resolutions, but I sure would like to join the group. I just joined FMP, but am no newbie to exercise and fitness. I do, on occasion, need a little nudge to keep me motivated. Here is what I would like to accomplish this year...or should I say this month...or better yet, this week:

1. Log all my food intake.
2. Work out at least 3 days a week, preferably 5.
3. Make sure that 3 of my workouts include cardio, preferably running.
4. Up my daily steps to 15,000 (I'm an avid Fitbit user).
5. Drink more water.
6. Drink less coffee.
7. Lose 15 lbs.
and finally...
9. Run my first 10K this spring.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Michele from the Sonoran Desert (Tucson, AZ)

To those of you complaining of the weather. Put the long johns on. For those that it's to hot take them off. Because you nor I will change the weather. The man above does not send you anything that you can't handle.

Right now he is putting me to the test. I lost my bestest friend yesterday. And man is it hard. A husband who don't understand. Oh well I will get through it. Like I had to before. We even shared the same name. I sent dinner to the family a big macaroni and cheese casserole garlic bread meat pies and 2 blueberry cheese cakes. Doing what I can. She took care of me when I lost my parents. Now my turn to do what I can for her. For soon there will be no more to do.

She got sick last Friday lasted 1 week exactly. Her kidneys closed down. Complications with her diabetes. If nothing else I pray and hope that it will scare me into losing weight. She had a big weight problem.

Well now for the more positive view got on the scale and wii gave me a 1.1 loss making it 1.7 since my weight in wed. But last night with my upset I got into the poppy *kitten*. Called my friend Juls who is a friend on fitness pal home page. She told me to put it away wouldn't help nothing so I did. Have her to be thankful for.

So see you all lighter
Linda in Northern Ontario.

Jane good to see you again. By the bold title at the top of the page is an outline of a star click on that it turns yellow. Next time you go to community click on the gray star ion the upper right hand corner. It may take a few seconds for us to pop up. Here we are. I always have to remind myself to do this for the new month.

MNMargaret

Jane - you have to press the star at the top right of the thread to bookmark. Then after that you press the star in the row at the top right - it takes a while to respond - patience! Good to see you back. :flowerforyou:

Katla - you are doing so well at reinventing your exercising! :flowerforyou: Sounds as if you have an excellent teacher.
DH came back happy as his team had won 5 - 0 ! ! ! !

Today was the first day I haven't typed in 14 days. I watched my film 112 Weddings - very good - and then started reading my Sri Lanka guide book and checking the hotels on trip advisor. Nice swimming pools! ! ! ! There seems to be a bit of a problem with the dining experience, so we will have to adjust when we get there. I don't like buffets because I don't want to stuff myself, so it's not good value. Fine dining is too expensive, although I could just have starters. We like to eat in town if we are anywhere near, but often we aren't. More authentic and much cheaper. We have sometimes ended up getting one room service dish between the two of us as they always are large. We like to go out and buy our own drinks, water and snacks to have in the room. I always secrete some of the breakfast buffet in my handbag for lunch. :bigsmile;: Call us mean, but we feel we have paid a lot for the holiday and don't want to have more big bills. (We are on a b&b basis) Especially when we are in a country where the local food is cheap and good. So we are staying in 4 star hotels where the travel company put us and don't want to pay their food prices. :laugh: Usually we are clanking across the lobby with our bottles of beer and water we have bought in town feeling very embarrassed. :embarassed: I haven't been on one of these exotic holidays since I lost weight, so won't be able to fill myself up with crisps and nuts like I used to.
It's not that we can't afford it, but we just don't like being ripped off. No mini bars for us!

Anyway, I'm enjoying doing my research. It all sounds wonderful. :bigsmile: The company really looks after us and we have always loved our experience. Just hope it isn't snowing over here on our departure date. Things tend to grind to a halt.



The latest pic from DDIL. She calks it a new game. I think they are hiding in DS' S wardrobe. Check out the shoe boxes! ! ! ! ! ! ! Think you might have to click on the tiny pic.

Thank you all for Caring. I'm doing fine today. Have to remember part of living is dying. I'm pretty good with that.

See you all lighter
Linda in Northern Ontario.

exermom wrote: »

Going to the deep water class today. The plan for tomorrow is to do some more of the Butt Bible DVD

pipcd - on the elliptical, what does 10-3/10-10 stand for? I usually exercise when I'm not feeling well, too. Not real intense. But I need to get something in, maybe I'm so afraid of getting out of the habit of exercise or using "not feeling well" as an excuse. Do you do something special when you burn 1000 calories? If so, what -- I'd LOVE to burn that much. How do you know your calorie burn when you exercise? Do you have a certain piece of equipment that you use?

exermom- when i am sick, or not at 100%, the elliptical machine is my "cheat/easy" exercise. 10 is the incline of the machine and 3-10 is the level of resistance, i may have started at 3 but went up to 10 resistance. i just don't feel right if i don't go workout, even if i'm sick. i basically have to be at death's door not to go. i know you shouldn't and you have to let your body heal, which is why i do what i call "easier" workouts. i use a heart rate monitor that tells me my calorie burn. i don't use or go by what the machines say because those are just estimates. there are times when i'm on a machine and it will say that i burned twice as much as i actually did, so a hrm is the best way for me to go. i also know my resting heart rate (50) so from that i was able to calculate what my hr should be to burn fat, the target rate and the burst rate which is the cardio rate. the highest i've seen my heart rate was 202. it couldn't have been for that long, it was when i was riding up a steep hill. i am glad my heart rate goes down real fast, i'm glad i'm able to recover quickly. when i burn 1000 or over, i am probably doing a long run and other stuff, or a longer workout in general. there's going to be a day where i might have to ride to the gym, then to the dentist then to work, that there will probably be over 1000 calories.

Hi everyone. I am new here so I am just sitting in the background getting familiar with this site. You guys give some good advice. I have already gotten some valuable information. My name is Linda and I am 63 years old and need to lose 25 pounds. This is the hardest thing I have ever done.