WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2105

Been reading as I watch the Oscars. I have only seen one of the movies so it doesn't really matter to me who wins. I have to get back in control of my diet. Monday is a good day to start over.
Sue in TX

GrandmaSue06 wrote: »

Did pretty good for January lost about 3 lbs. I joined MFP about 10 days ago. I used to do WW (they got to be to much of a hassle.

February goals:
Walk more, get to the gym at least 3 times a week.
Looses some more lbs.
Get ready for fun run/walk in March it's one mile.

Susan
Jacksonville, NC

Congrats on the weight loss!

It is good to have goals. I have goals too! I wish you the best on your journey.

Katla49 wrote: »

Breezy: Click the star at the top of the page you want to be able to find.It will turn yellow. For this group, you'll need to do it at the beginning of each month. When you log in, click the gray star at the upper left quarter of the Community page. It will take you to your most recent post.

Meg: Sending virtual hugs. How long until you can have surgery? Pain is not good for health and happiness. It takes all the available energy that you want to use for personal relationships.

Patty: Welcome back.

Sylvia: What is a Martindale collar? I LOVE today’s joke about the pilot getting directions in the fog. This is laugh out loud finny. I even read it out loud to DH and shared it with friends via email.

Barbie: I’ll bet your presentation was the very best one. Congratulations on making it through a stressful day.

Michele: Thanks for telling me about the scanners with headphones. They would make a huge difference in a person’s comfort and ability to enjoy the races.

Mary: Three cheers for perfect timing of your photo of DGS’s first basket! That is wonderful and will make a lovely wall decoration.

Kim: I keep Quaker breakfast bars in both of our cars. One bar is about 90 calories and will stop an insulin reaction for DH, and take the hunger edge off for me until it is time for a meal. Here are some other snack ideas: one medium apple, carrots, celery, hard-boiled egg, string cheese snack stick. Choose, the protein you like best and fill up with veggies. Log every bite and swallow.

Heather: Your description of fast food companies is spot on. They are exploitative poison vendors who fatten the population and pay their employees poverty wages. Subway is not included in that group in my opinion. I don’t know how they treat their employees, but the food includes healthy choices.

Sharon in Alberta: You time with the DGC sounds wonderful.

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.


I spent the day yesterday power washing our deck and got about half done. I plan to finish today. I sure am sore this morning! I am here to tell you that power washing burns a LOT of calories.


Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon


“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison


February Goals:
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
5. Eliminate alcohol.
6. Monitor sleep.

Thank you Katla.

Sorry, didn't copy everything. Here's the rest:


Didn't do any formal exercise today. Got up, got dressed, had some breakfast, went to the store to get a paper, then we left for Daytona. Met up with our friends. After the race we always went to Picadilly Cafeteria while the traffic eased up. Only we found out this year that they were closed!

Pretty uneventful race. The is the first time we saw our new seats. They are nice, they are supposed to be 2inches larger than the previous seats, not sure about that. There are drink holders on the seats in front of us so our drinks are very accessible. They redid the bathrooms. For the first time ever there was a LOOONNNGGG line for the men's room but you could just walk into the ladies. Cheap me was not about to pay $3 for a bottle of water (especially not at the rate that I drink water) so I took 3 bottles of water with me along with snacks. I think I did pretty good. The one bad thing about our new seats is that they aren't covered. Then again, none of the seats have a cover. We had one before these renovations. But they do have escalators now so we don't have to climb all those stairs

Alison - congrats on getting that microwave. Just got back from the race. Uneventful. I was thinking that there might be a big wreck at the end since there was a red flag, all the cars were close together, and I thought something might happen when they restarted. But it didn't. Too bad about Kyle. Vince didn't realize that his wife is pg expecting in May. But the weather was absolutely gorgeous.

Kim - at McD's can't you ask for no barbecue sauce on the chicken wrap? The other positive is that you'll know that yours is freshly made and hasn't been sitting around

katla - I was scanning for Kyle Bush (since it was Matt Crafton's first time in that car, I thought that might be interesting. It was, you could see how he was told things that normally they don't need to say to the regular driver) and Danica then listening to NRM. This is the first time this ever happened to me, but my earrings were bothering me when I had the headphones on so I just took them off for the race.

Sylvia - cute joke about normal people. Fantastic bowls

Heather - ((((hugs)))) for your ex

Susan from NC - welcome and congrats on the loss

The plan for tomorrow is to go to yoga and then take a step class at the Y. Then I'm thinking that I may do some running around. Tuesday I'll do some strength training at the Y and then i'll go down to Port St. Lucie to see a friend of mine. Then the people we went to the races with today are going to come down here Thursday. I'll probably do laundry Wednesday

Renny - I felt exhausted for about 6 months after my Mom passed away. We were very close and I still miss her.

morning ladies~
sorry I didnt check in last night. to tired...
the heavy snow yesterday morning wore me out.. then we went on an excursion 2 hrs east to Fall River mass.to the sears outlet there..the microwave we bought opens like an oven and will fit in the space where our old wall oven is. with some modification..but the DH cant understand why it cost 650.00 for the microwave..from what I have found is the ones that go over ranges or that are countertop are the cheaper ones..the ones that have to be in a confined spot are more expensive..
Janet~ good idea we will take before and after pictures.. thanks for reminding me..
Michelle~Joey Logano who won the race grew up the next town over from us and I went to High School with his dad Tom.. so we were excited for the win... Joey just got married at the Biltmore Mansion ,in North Carolina a few months ago, quite a few friends of mine went to the wedding.,,
after we got home from out big trip , we left at 9 am got home at 2:15 so it was a long day.. found the gas range we liked up at sears outlet, came home and found it for a great price at lowes, so we went over there and bought it last night, it probably wont be here for another 3 weeks or so.but thats ok we dont need it just yet..
now waiting on the bathroom vanity and have contractors lined up to come give us quotes..
Joyce ~you are not the only with a shoveled yard.. the doggies have a trail through the back yard that we shovel every time it snows...

yanniejannie wrote: »

I truly appreciated the Joan Didion quote during the memoriam portion: "A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty". It seems to sum up that empty lost feeling of grief so well.
yanniejannie

Jan ... how very true ...

Renny ... confusion and exhaustion are tell tale signs of grief and depression ... be gentle with yourself.

Alison ... we redid our kitchen about 2 years ago ... complete gut ... we had major sticker shock when looking for appliances! I did buy a faucet with a soap dispenser and wasn't sure it was necessary but now I love it. No soap bottle on the counter = less clutter!

Coming to the end of February ... just a half pound away from this month's goals, but still need to work in more intentional exercise. Hard to do when I'm exhausted from snow removal.

Have a great day!
Beth

Hi to all, I wrote a big old follow up yesterday and can't find it anywhere on this thread. I'm not sure what happened.
I'm at work now, I have lunch time line dancing today and plan to take cycling class and strength training at the Y tonight.
My family got together last night for my DD and DSL's birthdays. It was a nice time and I got to see all of my grandbabies. We had grilled wings, we use to deep fry them but not anymore. Our family is doing better with food, when getting together we are bringing more veggies and fruit and not so much cheese balls, dips, and spreads.
Monday sure comes quick, I would love to work 4 10 hr days instead of 40 hrs in 5 days.
I've logged my food this morning and plan to get up and fill my water cup right now.
Happy Monday to all,
Patty

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

Good morning to all you lovely ladies.

*Oh, Sylvia, that was a good one. I guess I’d ask for a room with a view. LOL
Great job on the bowls. You deserve a rest. I’m happy that you didn’t lose as many as you expected.

*Renny, So sorry for your loss. I know how hard it must be to get back in the swing of things. You will get there, just take it one day at a time.

*Toni, I hope you get to the doctor tomorrow and feel better real fast.

*Michele, OMG your bran muffins sound so good. I rarely bake because most of it is too high in calories, but I might have to try these. Thanks! I’ve just the past few months started adding cabbage to soups and love it. On the second day I usually add okra too just to change it up a bit.

*Selena, great remarks. Glad you are here.

*Katla, great workout on the deck. I’ve done just a one level and know what a job that is.

*Sharon, what a wonderful day with your DGC. I envy you.

*Joyce, I was also wondering how shoveling gives you bad breath. LOL (Guessing maybe a typo?)

*Sylvia, I can’t wait to see pictures of the painted bowls. I’m sure some will be absolutely fantastic.

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 don’t know why but I am feeling really good today. Well maybe part of it was the scale this morning. I am down 6 ½ pounds since the cruise, just 9 days ago. I had just about stopped loosing for weeks before the cruise. Since then I have added very simple weight training (at home) to my routine and hopefully this has helped. I also know what helps is the support and wonderful information I get from all of you. Thank you so much, my friends. I love you all and 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

Hallo all!

Did my typing again today.

Does anyone know of a good way to get labels off glass jars? Is there a good solvent? At the moment I keep putting the jars in the sink to soak and DH keeps taking them out again. :sad:

Looking forward to seeing my friends at yoga tomorrow. It's been a while! ! ! ! !
We thought we might go to the pub afterwards and I will take my laptop to show them our over 200 photos. :laugh: Not that I'm boring or anything!

I'm holding on to my 1 pound loss. That's good. :bigsmile: I do notice that my portion size at home is bigger than on holiday as I was so paranoid about gaining weight. I am under my cals every day though.

Some new over the door shelves arrived today from Amazon to go in the broom cupboard. Should be able to fit some cleaning supplies in there. It's useless as a broom cupboard as the brooms don't fit in there! :laugh:

My jamjars are all sorted and out in the garage so I only have a couple of cupboards to sort out now. Before every time I opened the cupboard the jars fell out! ! ! ! !

We have snowdrops, hellebores, crocuses and pansies out. Might have to do a surgical job on the broad beans as they have fallen over in the frost and wind. I think I can just chop them back. The broccoli is scissored by pigeons, but may survive. The healthiest thing is the garlic, which apparently likes the frost! I have yet to get out there and have a good tidy up. Fruit bushes need a light prune.

Kim - I order the Quest bars from Amazon, four at a time to save on postage. They are expensive, but can be a life saver. Once was in Sri Lanka when I was hundreds of feet up a metal spiral staircase on a huge rock and feeling light headed from hunger.They may be cheaper in the States.

DH off tomorrow to have lunch with his daughter in Central London and then on to an evening football match. I worry about him driving home late, but he says it's fine. :ohwell: I can catch up with a film etc.and not feel I have to rush back from the pub. Also I can have something delicious and ultra spicy for dinner! :laugh:

By the way, I have recently made an Allbran fruit loaf that has no fat in it so is lower in cals. It is tasty. Anyone want the recipe? It freezes well and you can cut it into slices first.

Bye for now, Heather in windy Hampshire UK

Sylvia: Your bowls look great. I hope we’ll get to see some of them after they’re decorated.

Toni in TN: I bought my scales from Amazon and went with the one that had the best customer reviews. It has been a champion. I bought my food scales there, too, and they turned out to be sold by the same distribution company.

Kim: Your comments on grief ring true. I like your fun things for the week.

Michele: Your muffins sound wonderful. The renovations at the racetrack sound like they’re okay, but I don’t hear you being totally satisfied. I personally don’t automatically like change, and it takes me a while to decide whether I like new things. My neighbors who went to Daytona are due home sometime today. I hope they enjoyed their trip and got some needed downtime.

Lillian: I’ve seen curling on TV and it looks like it takes patience and a lot of skill.

Sharon in AB: Congratulations on a joy filled day with the DGC. Nothing could be better.

Renny: I was fine right after my mom passed as long as I was still doing things to take care of her affairs. After all that ended I slid into a depression without even realizing it was happening. It took time, counseling, and medication to climb back out of the depression. Take care of yourself.

Patty: I worked four ten hour days during the months before DD was born. I had a long commute and was grateful that I didn’t have to make the drive on the fifth day. I had an even longer commute during the years after we moved here. Retirement has been a blessing.



I am still sore and tired from power washing the deck over the weekend. The feeling of accomplishment is great, but the sore muscles are less than delightful. I hope that my core & yoga classes this morning will help my sore muscles feel better.

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon


“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison


February Goals:
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
5. Eliminate alcohol.
6. Monitor sleep.

Michele – that sounds like a great muffin recipe…. I’ll check on that - and it would sit in the car for a couple of hours waiting for me to finish my hike..so that would de-frost it… between chocolate muffins and zucchini tots… I should be able to pull this off!!!

Snow Snow Snow --- oh how we need to ship some to the mountains of CA! I am sorry for and jealous of all you in snow country…

Carol –GA – This will be an interesting journey, I do believe grief can come with the end of things not just death.. So you can grieve the end of a relationship, the change in health circumstances, like your mom…. The one thing my counselor said is that talking about the loss with others is super helpful, as talking about the great stories and fond memories; for my loss I did not have that opportunity, for you maybe sharing with your sisters will help, or share with us! I would love to hear favorite memories of your Mom.

I have not seen the movie yet, but read Still Alice and would recommend it; it might be too hard with you in the “middle” of this with your mom, but it might give you some insight too.

Heather – they seem to run about $2 - $2.10 (1.38 for you) per bar if you buy them by the case (12) I want the Allbran loaf recipe please!




Feb. goals:
Walk every day
Log all bites everyday
Plan and do a fun thing every week

Kim from N. California

Good morning! This cold seems to be making me feel worse every day instead of getting better. Hopefully, it will be gone soon!

Cynthia - Until someone on here mentioned it, I never thought I could access Community from my phone app, but it's there now. I'm thinking it happened with the last update that MFP did. Can you look to see if you can update your app?

Selena (?) - Thanks for the body image words! I need to remind myself that my scars are badges of honor for taking care of medical issues and not just ugly things and that my saggy lower belly is the result of making sure my son was born alive and healthy--and I will attribute the lower level of the girls to nursing both children!

Kim - I am a quantity kind of person, too. Protein bars a go-to for me when I'm hungry but can't wait until the next meal or when I'm stranded somewhere without food choices. If you have a way to keep things cold, maybe a protein packed smoothie of some sort that you can sip on as you drive home. (I like oatmeal smoothies made with Greek yogurt for the protein punch.)

Michele - I want to try those chocolate muffins!

Well, I've been interrupted and don't remember who else I was going to reply to.

Does anyone have any experience with rotator cuff injuries? I've been told that I have an "impingement" and had a cortisone shot last October(?) but either it has worn off or I have re-injured the shoulder. I guess I'm going to have to suck it up and see if I can get a specialist referral and get it properly checked out.

Even with the cold and accompanying sore throat, I made it through my training session yesterday. I kept a package of Chloraseptic lozenges and a stack of Kleenex on the podium and my cup of water on the cabinet behind me. I had to use all three, but I managed.

Well, I guess I should get some more work done. I really want to go back home and go to bed.

Hope everyone has a good day!

Carol in NC

Heather, try vinegar to get the labels off of jars. You may need to soak them a little while, but I have used it before and had success.