WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2105

Good morning all.
My body clock is all mixed up since the holiday and I have been waking up at 4 - 5 am. I have gone back to sleep a couple of days, but I am so tired in the evening. Yesterday I fell asleep in the afternoon and slept for too long, so I guess this time it is my own fault.
- As I don't have to pilot an airplane or do a brain operation I don't worry about it too much, but it is difficult when DH is sleeping soundly and I don't wan't to wake him up. I am now in the spare room trying to type quietly!
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My old schoolfriend popped in yesterday on her way home, so that was nice. She is off next week to see her son and new grandchild in Hong Kong for three weeks. Happy for her as she is estranged from her model daughter and never gets to see those grandchildren. It causes her a lot of pain.

Patty - glad to see you back. (*) A few people were asking about you. Glad to hear you are still doing the teaching. Sounds like you will have to reorganise your eating regime and have a really good look at it if you want to lose the weight. I have found the "habit forming" books I have been reading really helpful. It is clear that we cannot rely on motivation or willpower when it comes to healthy eating, we really do need to develop good habits and understand our triggers. Planning is vital. Remember, if you can't stick to it then don't start it. No one food is the enemy, our bad habits are. :flowerforyou:

Kim _ can you take a banana with you? Fruit? A bag of crunchy veggies? I use Quest bars in a travelling emergency, but they are expensive, but very filling. 170 cals. The cinnamon roll ones are the best. Just picture those fast food joints as evil, exploitative, poison vendors who are out to line their own pockets by fattening up your beautiful country and paying their workers poverty wages. Yuk! Disgusting! Bleh! With your cooking skills maybe you could batch bake some zucchini tots and take a few out of the freezer with some veggies. That should see you through. I'm not sure that eating on the move is a great habit to get into though, , so if you could find a quiet space to sit before you get into the car and savour what you have brought with you, perhaps with a little pot of calorie free dip, that would be a better habit. I get the knee trembles when I am hungry so I know what you mean. My DH never feels like that. He's like a camel.

Today I will reinforce my newly started habit by typing my novel for at least half an hour as soon as my exercise is over. We have last night's left overs for lunch, Easy Crustless Spinach and Feta Pie. Delicious! Any Newbies who don't know about it, skinnytaste.com is a great website for low calorie variations on favourite foods. She has stuff for Thanksgiving, ballgames, parties etc. Not low on sodium if that is an issue, but tasty. She has veggie stuff. With the pie, which is more like a cake, I had peri peri sauce and a tomato, cucumber, garlic and scallion salsa, with a spray of balsamic vinegar and seasoning. I made DH some boiled new potatoes as he has to eat more than me. He has mango chutney with his. The cake is portioned for six, but we eat two portions each for dinner. I still came in at less than 300 cals.
Tonight's food will be fish, but I haven't decided what. ( We keep a lot of fish in the freezer) Might make a fish curry - they were so delicious on holiday.

Love to all. I see on my computer that my DDIL is on line at 6.15. She has two young children and gets up before them to intensively exercise for 12 minutes (!) and get some admin done. Discipline and good habits. When I was her age I was a complete mess, severely depressed and chaotic. I was barely clinging on. So there is hope for us all!

Heather in chilly, but springlike Hampshire in the south of the UK.

Good morning everyone!


Sylvia: love the plane joke!
Kim: with you on the snacks. Curious about suggestions.

Anyone successfully using the community on an iOS device? Where IS it?

It looks like the job will continue through June 1; then I will enter the paid one-year path to try to find me a new job. I am afraid I will be giving up flexible hours and working at home, though, which worries me.

Hope we all have a good day.

Cynthia :flowerforyou:

A foggy, rainy day here and in the 50's! So glad to get out of the deep freeze.

Still no rain here; we seem to be in a sliver of dry on the radar..........very foggy though.

Kim..........Popcorn(plain) or an apple, a Wasa multigrain wafer eaten slowly with water (great crunch and lots of chewing and quite filling), but something "sharp" helps me personally best.......like a spoonful of Parmesan and a few jalapeno stuffed olives. Good luck. If I do stop at MickyD's, I get a grilled chickem wrap, open it, scrape the barbque sauce off with a straw, and squeeze the chicken to one end of the wrap and end up eating only half of the wrap........if really dying of hunger, I get two, combine the chicken and ditch the other wrap entirely. I have stopped at grocery stores and bought a single banana or individual yogurt too.
Good for you for making the effort to add friends to your circle. I thnk that was excellent advice that you received!!!

Sylvia........Your poor son!!! Hope he recovers quickly. Please don't overdo yourself!

Sharon.........Glad you son has a plan to counter the attacks on him.

Cynthia.........Here's a few more ((((((hugs))))))......

On to the laundry!!
Hunger is not an emergency......just feels like one sometimes.....
Determined.
yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic......celebrating 50 degrees!!!!!

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

Good morning to all you lovely ladies.

*Heather, your plan for your new habit sounds great. I always have to do the important things in the mornings because I am often useless after lunch. Good going!
Thanks for all the good info on Habits. Please keep sharing as you read more.


*Meg, so sorry about your knee! I know that has to be awful. I’m glad you had a meeting with your pro dir and hopefully that will solve the problem. Also hope the intervention helped with the kids. Thinking of you.

*Stephie, welcome and I hope you come often. I’ll tell you, I don’t know if I could do it without this wonderful group of ladies.

*Pip, I love that picture of your dog and his bear.

*Patty, welcome back and good luck with getting that weight moving.

*Carol, good for you on doing some exercise. I always think that a little is better than none. Hope you were able to get the steps in like you wanted.

*yannie, I’m so glad that Gemma is working out so well. She’s lucky to have you.

*Sylvia, DH and I have “day dates” and they aren’t as exciting as yours. Today we went to Costco and had lunch before we did our shopping. I love their chicken Caesar salads and always take my own dressing. It is so big that I bring enough home for two more meals. I liked the joke, as always.

*Thlavallee, Welcome to this group of supportive women. Come often and they will help keep you on track.

*Mary, how exciting for your DGS and for you to be there. He will always remember that shot.

*Sharon, how wonderful to spend time with the Grands. The apple dish sounds great, but of course I would use artificial sweetener rather than sugar. And yes, I would have eaten it, too since DGS made it. How sweet.

*Allison, the microwave sounds like a good decision. I hope you have a safe trip to get it. BTW, do you have pictures of the kitchen and bath for before and after views?

*Lillian, I know you must have enjoyed the weather on your trip. I so hope this front moving in tonight is going to be the last Hurrah for this winter.

*Boxlady, I feel the same way. Thanks for sharing.

Welcome to any Newbies that I missed. Come often and join in the chat. This thing works!! Please sign your post with what you want to be called. It makes it easier for us to respond to you. Also a location is great, be it specific or general. We are happy to have you join us.

I didn’t ride my cross trainer (DH calls it my “Horse”) yesterday as my day date with DH interfered. I did get in some intermittent weight training but not nearly enough. Today is back to it and add to weight exercises. I am losing so slowly now, but still losing, so I have to be diligent about exercising. I had actually stopped loosing before the cruise and wonder if the increased calories for a week could have given me a jump start? Our bodies are such complex machines that who knows what triggers things. All I know is that this thing works if we just stick to it. I am still so surprised that I rarely feel hungry while eating only 1200 calories. If I just have to munch on something my go to has become baby carrots. They aren’t high in calories and give the crunch along with the experience.

I love all you wonderful ladies and I wish you all a very happy and healthy day.

My word #1 is savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.

#2 is opportunity. Each day offers new opportunities for good health and happiness if we just look for them and choose them.

Janet
Myrtle Beach, SC

Good morning! It looks like they are calling for snow today. More joy. I'm supposed to drive about an hour away for a clay club meeting this afternoon, so I hope it holds off till I get home.

Katla, a Martingale collar is one that doesn't have a buckle. It has a solid strap around the front with two metal rings at each end, through which a loop of strapping goes. There is a metal ring on the loop which is where the leash clips on. So, when the dog pulls, the loop closes up and the collar stops right behing their ears. So, dogs with heads smaller than their necks can't pull back out of their collars. I've heard them called "humane choke collars", but if they are adjusted properly there is no choking. Whippets and greyhounds use them, as well as some other breeds. Molly sometimes loses hers in the yard when she bends down, and since it's not being held taut by a leash, it just slides down her neck and past her dainty little head. We go on scavenger hunts looking for it. Bruno and Spot have regular collars and they never slide off.

Well, the dryer just stopped. Gotta get to work. Have a great day!

Sylvia

Sylvia.........You are on a roll; second day in a row that DH laughed at the joke.........he's a hard nut to crack.

Good joke Sylvia!

Did my typing today. I actually enjoyed it! The secret is not to attempt too large a chunk and to do it at peak energy. :happy:

The fish curry was deeeevine! I had a tablespoon of rice with it and some yoghourt raita. Heaven for less than 400 cals. :bigsmile:

I was just running myself a bath at 5 o'clock, having caught up with some of my tv programmes, when my son rang to rearrange a visit we were hoping for soon. Basically they have put it off unyil the 22nd March, a Sunday. Sundsy is not good for us, but that's what they want. :ohwell: They need us to come up so they can go together to choose stuff for their kitchen extension which is happening in April. They are feeling under pressure as both have very busy schedules and jobs and wilk be going on holidsy while the bulk of the work is being done to get out of the mess. They have a lot of decisions to make.
I was not only naked, but I had a face pack on and was runningbround the house trying to sort out a dste with DH and feeling aggrieved it wasn't sooner. :ohwell: Then DS told me that his dad, my ex, was in hospital with kidney trouble. Apparently he had been ill for 4 weeks and has been in hospital for 5 dsys. They think it might be a reaction to the drugs he is taking for his stent. He is having a biopsy tomorrow. I had just today emailed him to demand he do something about the money he owes me, a legacy from his mother. :embarassed: I was a bit rude as I had no idea he was ill. :embarassed: We parted on good terms and I grieved the marriage for 4 years. We were married for 28 years and were good friends. Can't help worrying. I will send a card.

Love to all, Heather in rainy Hampshire UK

Katla49 wrote: »

Cynthia: On my iphone I click on “more” and there is a list. Community is on that list and this group is part of community.

Nope. Under More I've got My Profile, Goals, Food, Reminders, Steps, Friends, Messages, Apps, Settings and Help. I wonder whether it's a geographical thing; maybe not all areas are getting the Community at the same time. Grrr.
Cynthia

Stats for the day:
Jog 1/4 w/yogi round track 1.48min= 20 cal

Hop/skip/scissors/Hop backwards/single leg double, balancing round gym basketball court- 63min = 554cal

Other- yard work- 16min = 53cal
Total cal= 627