WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2105

Good morning ladies it 2C here and the sun is shining it feels almost balmy.

Pipcd: 940 days is incredible! What an accomplishment!

Lillian from SK: Thanks for the heads-up on WEM, both DS#2 and DDILTB work there and hadn't heard about the threat.

Selena: Your thoughts on body image are inspiring

Today I'm celebrating one month on MFP and I have been diligent in recording my intake. I've lost 4 pounds so far and have only ordered in once. This is a big accomplishment for me!

"Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me." Carol Burnett

Have a great day!

Carey in Edmonton

Janet – Congrats on your weight loss! So glad to hear someone say that they are feeling really good. I’ve had some true feelings of happiness lately and realized it had been too long since I’d felt truly happy with myself. Let’s keep this train going!!

JS- loved your poem!

Heather – Walmart sells Goo-Gone. It works wonderful to remove anything sticky.

Mollywhippet - hahahaha – love a good joke

Kim – I can’t wait to ‘Still Alice’ in the theaters? That is one of my all time favorite books, as are Lisa Genova’s other 2 books ‘Left Neglected’ and ‘Love Anthony’. (can you coach me in how to get my ticker to show up in my posts? When I was on MFP a few years ago it worked fine, but a few things have changed here)

Carol – I hope you are feeling better soon.

Snowdoggy – Nice list. You’ve got this!


Everyone is so motivating here (even if I can’t keep up with all your post) So far you have helped me to successfully stop drinking caffeine, exercise 5x’s a week, eat more protein, try new foods, weigh my portions and laugh more often. Oh yes – and lose 25lbs! I have a long way to go but my jeans are zipping with ease these days.

ReNae - Maine

Heather ... another choice is anything with a citrus base ... retail products include things like Goo-gone and Citrasolve ... but not sure if they are in the UK. Look for anything with citrus .. it's a natural acid.

JB ... like the poetry!

Alison .. I know all about going the "conservative" route. We never seem to manage that here!

Struggling here right now ... reading the book Drkatiebug suggested ... "I deserve a donut and other lies I tell myself." Too much stress here today ... but so far haven't succumbed to the pantry.

Beth

Good Morning dear ladies!

Kim: I’m a little late to snack suggestions, but I’ll add my two cents anyway. When you get back to the car after the hike, I would try to have something “protein-heavy” and/or something to drink before you drive off. It could be cheese sticks, chunks of turkey, chick breast, hard boiled egg. Whatever fits. I really dislike the pre-made bar things. Too many weird ingredients. (I carry Odwalla bars in my emergency food kit, but don’t want them in normal rotation.) If you would rather drink your protein a fortified milk would be great. I get fortified milk 12oz for $1 and it is only 180 calories. The extra protein is whey and it is fortified with the minerals that I am routinely short. Shake it really good and it has the consistency of a shake and so filling I can hardly drink the whole bottle in one sitting. You could also make a smoothie to take along. They keep very well. One trick you could use is make a double serving of a smoothies and stir a tablespoon of chia seeds into half and put in in the frig for the next day. The chia seeds will make the smoothie very pudding-like as well as a great nutritional boost. If you really, really need to munch while you drive, how about a bag of sweet lettuce. The little lettuce leaves are about the size of chips and I find them wonderfully sweet. (I eat a lot of kale and arugula, so I find butter lettuce sweet.) There is lots of good stuff nutritionally and 25 calories in the whole bag.

Pip: 940 days!! Amazing!! You rock!

Selena: Lovely words about body image.

I’m very sorry about the rest of the US, but the PNW had yet another spectacular weekend. Blue skies and temperatures in the 60’s. (The are summer days where we don’t get into the 60’s!) Went for a couple of runs. I’m still amazed at how much I really love to run. There is one heck of a barrier to get over, but once you can make yourself break through, it is a wonderful way to burn calories and just enjoy the outside. Took the dogs for several walks. Got the house cleaned up. The dogs got a grooming and I trimming up their feet and legs. They look a little hacked, I think my poor scissors could use a sharpening! Went out for a wonderful Greek dinner on Saturday, but we walked to the restaurant and back so I did not feel the least bit guilty about the baklava I shared for dessert.

The PiYo class I’m taking on Saturday morning is turning out to be a ton of fun. So far, we are all still learning the sequences and the exercise flow but the teacher is totally enjoying himself and is passing off his joy to the rest of us. I challenged him to make me sweat next week. We should be moving more smoothly from sequence to sequence by then.

The Mother of the Bride dress hunt continues. I’ve lost weight and look “marvelous”, but MOB dresses are scarce in my current size in the Malls and bridal stores. Most of them start off the rack availability at least one size up. The ones in my size look more like slutty prom dresses. I think I’m at the point where I will just start ordering a couple on-line and return the ones that don’t make the cut.

One other cool thing. My UP24 told me that I had walked 3.5 MILLION steps since I put it on. WOW!

Looking for the joy in every day, just like my dogs.
Remember to breathe…

Sally W.
Oregon

Thanks, Cynthia! The rheumatologist is the one who said I had an impingement from doing a physical exam of my shoulder. Did you need an MRI or CT scan to find that it was a calcification. I would much rather NOT have the surgery so I'm grateful to know there is an alternative if it is a calcification. That's really sad that your community is not showing up on your phone. I really hoped that the update would make it appear!

Lestan48 wrote: »

Sunday here in Tasmania. My Rest, Re-feed and Walk the dog day.
Mildred beagle had an up/down night last night
We drove to Ulverstone and she had 2 long paddles in the river and walked along River Road. She LOVES that place and sitting in back of the car.
The vet says she can have another anti-inflammatory shot in 2 weeks if she goes well on these. She is bright eyed and loves her trips in the car.

MY goals for February:
Log my food every day and saty close to 1700 calories
Log my training every day. (walk on waking and weights 1 hour after breakfast)
Train 6 days a week
Drink 2 litres of water a day
Make time for fun with Mildred
Stay away from toxic neighbours

Lesley in Tasmania

Cynthia, if it makes you feel any better, I do have community on my app but still prefer to read and post from Safari. I prefer the app for logging, the website for socializing. The app version is okay, but nothing to get excited about.

Oh,and I still can't participate in the forums from my computer using Chrome. I just gave up but occasionally give it a try just in case they've fixed it. I think I'm the only person in the universe with the problem. It's slightly annoying because cutting and pasting are a pain from the iPad. I can use explorer if I want to post from the computer, but don't think I should have to. I'm over it, though. I really am.

Beth, are you liking the book? It really helps me, but it needs one more situation. The one that says, "I don't feel like following my boundaries so I'm hiding the book." I so identify with Eve when she ran and hid. It's exactly what I do.

Carol, I had an MRI to diagnose my torn labrum and rotator cuff. I was given a set of exercises to do to avoid surgery. I also had a cortisone shot. My pain went away with the shot and exercises, but it took a while.

Happy Monday ! ! !

I am only mid-way through page 36 and my work day is almost complete, so I better get cruising.

Today at lunch I used the handbike with no resistance for 10 minutes, then talked to a lady about her thumb and knee surgeries. I think I will start saving for the knee surgery, but don't think I'm very close to needing my thumb done yet, so that will probably wait a few more years. After work I will ride the stationary bike for 10 minutes. On the advice of the Physical Therapist here, I will increase the resistance on the hand bike much more slowly than last week, so I don't get the same muscle fatigue.

Tomorrow is the Barry Manilow concert with my Dad, so I must do all my exercises during my lunch break. I also have to research the food at the venue, since we will be eating there for supper prior to the start of the concert.

DS was hot/cold at bowling again this weekend. 688 for league, then only 609 for the Tournament, and since the advancement cut-off was 620, he didn't win any scholarship money. Then Sunday he won all 4 of his points, but his teammates were unable, so his team finished in Fourth place, so no scholarship money there, either. Next tournament is in 2 weeks, so there is some time to practice with DH as coach (he's a great coach, if DS will listen).

Sharon - hugs for you and the entire family. I will keep you all in my prayers. My custody battle for DD was ugly on the part of my now-ex and his entire family, and I kept it clean (and won), but I spent many nights crying myself to sleep over the terrible lies they typed and swore by in court. I hope, for the sake of the children, that you can all keep a happy face (negative talk about the "other parent" in front of children makes those children feel like they are also bad people, because they are 1/2 of that parent). Take good care of you, and you should also be able to take good care of the grandkids.

Oh my. Started talking at work, now need to sign out in 2 minutes. Later !

Hugs To Everyone ! ! !

Terri in Milwaukee

Kim from N CA: We need snow in the mountains of Oregon, too.

Beth: Stress is the hardest obstacle to overcome when a person is trying to change long time habits. Give yourself a pat on the back for holding the line against the temptations in the pantry. Ultimately, you may want to donate some things to the food pantry and restock your pantry with more healthful foods.

Jehzimom and other newbies: Welcome to a great group.

Pip: You are a star. 940 days!

SallyW: 3.5 MILLION steps! Wahoo!!! I ordered my Mother of the Groom dress from Nordstrom’s on line. It was a lovely dress, simple to do, and reasonably priced.

Cynthia: If you live near an Apple store go to the genius bar and get them to sort out your iphone and ipad. It is a free service, but you do need to make an appointment and can make the appointment online. Take both pieces of equipment with you. You may need an appointment for each piece of equipment. I agree with Dr. Katie about the app v Safari. I do my logging on the phone and post from my computer on the internet.

Bobbi from Salem: You may be near SallyW. There are several of us from western Oregon, but some are not posting here very often.



We are having a glorious day today. I went to the gym this morning, then ran errands with DH and took the dog for a walk in the sunshine. The weather is sunny with a high of 59F at my house. It is now 57F.

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.

Tuesday and we have finished cleaning our bedroom.
Stan is tidying my cupboards lol never find anything again. But is tidier.
I am throwing out old towels, doona covers (10 years old) and Mildred's bed sheets and doona covers. Time to let go and move on.
I am still in a daze and go to Mildred's grave to tell her my news. Yes I know she is not there. I will take my time to grieve for her, she was the BEST dog we ever had. I know takes time
Sports Nutritionist happy with me yesterday, even after a week of NO training. But back to it

Before going to the y today I'm planning to stop at Publix and return one of the frozen dinners I got for Vince since it looks like we won't be needing it, get a paper, then go to the Y. Afterwards, I'll stop at CVS and get the soda that's on sale (we'll take it home since Vince probably won't finish a 2ltr bottle down here), then stop at Bells Outlet just to see what they have for me. Now that they did away with the petite sizes, I doubt they'll have much but it's still something that I'd like to do. Then probably come home and have something to eat.

The plan for tomorrow is to do a weight DVD that I brought down. Which reminds me, I want to remind them that I'll use the bar and weights so they'll have them out. They usually had them out but I found out this year that they have them, only they're put away but they'll bring them out if someone wants to use them.

Thanks, barbie, for reminding me that I want to stop at the health food store here, too. I'll probably do that after going to Bell's.

Joyce - I can get the Low fat brownie mix at WalMart. Not all of them, like not the one by me, but the ones that usually have a larger grocery section have it. Target used to carry it. I've only found it made by Betty Crocker. One of the things I like about these chocolate bran muffins is that they satisfy my desire for chocolate but not for a whole lot of calories. I could probably also get those small pieces of Nibmore chocolate since they are the really dark chocolate

Alison - didn't know that Joey Logan just got married. That's cool. Just think -- no range means you won't have to cook and clean up! So excited for you

Went to Publix, exercised (yoga and step), went to CVS, bought gas, went to Bell's Outlet (they had one shirt I liked but then I saw that it was 100% cotton so I decided not to get it since it'll probably wrinkle once it's washed), then checked out the health food store (nothing there), so came home. Did a load of laundry. I was going to do it Wednesday but last night Vince said "I don't think I'll have enough underwear". So now the laundry is in the dryer. Cleaned the silk flowers here and then the mat for the cats. Beautiful here, only very breezy. Thank goodness I leave a pair of shorts down here, just don't have a short-sleeved shirt so changed into one of the sleeveless shirts I brought down. Wish it wasn't so windy so I could use the pool. Update: we found out that they have two heat pumps

Beth - the soap dispenser you got, do you have to empty the bottle into the dispenser or can you just put the bottle into the dispenser?

Patty - how nice that your family is eating healthier now

Sylvia - how great that you're making the bowls' decorations permanent. I remember that one of Jessica's teachers gave her a mug with her name on it. The first time I went to wash it, the name came off. How sad! I really do wish that the name was permanent. I assumed that she wouldn't have given it to Jessica unless it was permanent. Feel better fast

Saw something at the Health Food store called "miracle noodles". They are shirataki noodles but the nutrition panel says it doesn't have any calories. That I just can't believe. It may have just a small amount of calories, but I do believe it has at least some.

Janet - congrats on the fantastic weight loss.

jb - LOVED LOVED LOVED your poem. You are so talented.

Heather - would lighter fluid work? I remember a Heloise hint that it took the sticky stuff off when you removed a price tag and it works! I would think it would work on labels, too.

katla - I guess the one thing that I'm not crazy about at the track is the fact that we're now in the sun. Before, we had covering. Then again, if it starts raining or something, we only have 6 steps to go up to get under cover. I do like the fact that the seats are so banked that now I can see the entire field. Before I couldn't see the backstretch. Hope your neighbors enjoyed themselves.

Carol in NC - hope you feel better fast

snowdoggie - welcome! Love your way of approaching weight loss. For me, it is imperative that I measure, measure, measure.

ReNae - yea for easier zipping jeans!

Bobby from OR - welcome! I like the way you just jumped right in. Keep it up!

Terri - have fun at the concert. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. So sorry son didn't get any scholarship money. Hopefully, next time he will

Lesley - you gave Mildred more than a lot of people would have given. Grieve as much as you need to.

Well, last year Vince had a breathing problem in the condo and had to go to the hosp. for a nebulizer treatment. This time he brought down two inhalers. But he's concerned that he's developed a breathing problem again and now it's starting to turn into a cough. He called an allergist here, but the first time he can be seen is Thursday. Hope he doesn't get much worse. It wasn't bad the time we were at the racetrack, but he was in the condo most of the day today. He's planning to sleep on the porch with the windows cracked open.

Michele from NC now in FL

Failed miserably today. I had too many things going (work, haircut, taking my daughter to the doctor for tests, then getting her groceries before taking her back to school) so I didn't eat at my usual times and didn't plan my meals well. I made an apple pie for DH and he brought me a piece with ice cream (he was truly being kind and waiting on me because he felt bad about my day) and of course I ate it. I didn't achieve one of my February goals today. I guess I just have to get a good nights sleep tonight and remember tomorrow is is new day. We all have days like that right?


Tina
in New Hampshire


My February goals:

1. Log everything I eat every day
2. Exercise 4 times a week
3. Drink less coffee (with less sugar)
4. Eat a salad every day
5. Eliminate as much meat as possible from my diet (for medical reasons not a philosophical statement)

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Sorry I have been so busy that I have not been able to respond to very many people. I have read everything though.

Pipcd34 - congratulations on the 940 you inspire me!

Thanks to all the comments on my DGS basket!

JB - great poem.

Sylvia - great picture of the bowls!

Tina - that happens to all of us! Just get on track tomorrow and you will be fine.

Meg - you will enjoy the salad. I'm having it tomorrow.

Leslie - sending you (((hugs )))

Welcome new and returning people.

Have a great night everyone!

Mary from Minnesota