WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2105

Hi thanks for the welcome I am trying to see the weight loss as scientific eat less than I burn can it be that simple

February is coming to a close and I am happy to report that I am down 11 lbs this month! I feel that this is great for my first month. I am continuing my strength and cardio training every other day. I try to come up with a good excuse to not do it, but I can't. It's challenging, but not too challenging and when I am done I feel awesome. At times worn out, and knowing I am going to be a bit sore, but it still is awesome!

Right now my biggest issue is feeling too anxious about this new lifestyle. In other words, I have the "I want results now" attitude. I know, not good and it frustrates me that I get that way. I have decided to give myself a monthly goal to strive for and when I meet my goal I will reward myself with something other than food.

Lastly, I have noticed that I need to start taking time to plan meals. Maybe work at prepping veggies and portioning out in advance the things I can, so they are readily available to me. There is nothing worse than having nothing available when I am really busy and needing a healthy meal.

Good luck to all. Hold you head up high and tell yourself you are worth it!

sorry I must have written too much because I keep getting cut off!

it is suggested not to do the same thing for a long period of time because of muscle memory. Even just doing a morning routine instead of an evening routine or vice a versa will help. I mentioned in earlier post that I was on a plateau for quite a while and started the 8 hour diet which has been working for me. However Monday Wednesday and Friday I do 2 hours of aerobic exercise in the morning and every hour on the hour for 5 hours I do a set of squats, push ups, leg lifts, planks and I hula of hoop for 10 minutes. Also during a meal eat your protein first because it trick your brain into thinking that everything that you eat after that is also protein and it metabolizes your food as energy instead of fat.

Beth in WNY - there are so many different diets out there with supposed scientific evidence to prove this or that and not really much scientific proof as far as I'm concerned. They do case studies to determine how eating certain foods affect fat and metabolism but everybody body is different. The same with cholesterol, our bodies produce cholesterol. I guess mainly we have to try what we think will work and if it does that's what we go with. Just like now a days eggs are good for us ha I never stopped eating them or butter. I had been a life Science and earth science teacher for over 20 years and I still take everything with a grain of salt!

Have a great day everyone!

Mary from Minnesota

pippacain74 wrote: »

Hi thanks for the welcome I am trying to see the weight loss as scientific eat less than I burn can it be that simple

Yes, it is that simple. But you have to weigh and log everything. Always. Anything else is decoration.

Also donamari7 - you are doing the right thing by planning. People sometimes say they don't have the willpower or motivation - that is not necessary and is a variable thing anyway, what is important is to have a strategy that can cope with the weak and tired moments and to develop good habits that we can do unconsciously and don't require willpower after a while. I never "feel like" exercise, but I do it every morning. I try to make my evening meal as easy for me as possible because I know that I am tired and hungry at 6 pm and can't face a lot of work. It is either more or less prepared in advance or I have already done the prep. STRATEGY is vital and knowing our own weaknesses and planning for them.
- If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.

:bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

Heather UK

Friday here and enjoyed having the puppy but glad to hand back at 5pm
NO training today.
Washing cotton sheets and putting flannnalet sheets on bed.
Shampooing lounge carpet and cleaning leather lounge suite
Thorough clean toilet area
vac all carpets and sweep floors.
Will walk round our own tracks this afternoon.
Lesley in Tasmania

Did 1-1/4 hr of Simply Strong with Gin Miller DVD today. Not sure if I'll be able to get a workout in tomorrow or not. Sort of depends on when we're leaving. Also, if it's raining and the stairs to the condo are wet, I'll have to go to the Y to use their spin bikes. So stay tuned.

The new Publix opened today. I got this REALLY REALLY nice insulated bag from them for free. Unfortunately, I went out to my car to get some coupons and when I went back in the woman giving them out wasn't there any more. She probably ran out.

Mary from MN = thanks for telling me about the 5x5. I went to the website and it looks interesting. I'll have to check it out more indepth when I get home.

katla - I do hope your hubby joins you in the yoga. That would be wonderful!

kim - you can probably make mini-muffins. Around 4 equals one full sized muffin. Then it wouldn't be a problem at all to have 1/2.

Vince just left to go to an allergist down here. Although the air purifier seems to be helping, he would like to get to the root of the problem and figures that an allergist down here would be more familiar with allergens in this area. I'm afraid that they're going to do the test where they stick you with lots of needles. If they do that, I'm just not sure how long it takes before the test can be read. Update: seems he's allergic to tree polen, specifically oak and birch, and all the grasses.

Joyce - that's great that you went to the doc's with your sister, especially with your background. Wish you could go to the doc with me.

Abby - welcome. Like the way you feel, you're gettting younger all the time.

Gillian - welcome! I don't know how much you have to lose, but don't get discouraged if you don't lose it all by your birthday. Hey, you'll lose it by another birthday. Glad to have ya with us

Sylvia - when I took the popcorn off the Christmas tree, I spread it out in front of the office window for the birds to eat (and the cats to see the birds and be entertained). Vince has told me that he'd get me a maid only if I absolutely needed one "because I know you and you'd clean before the maid got here because you didn't want her to see a mess and you'd clean after she left because she didn't do it your way".

Carol in NC - a rebounder is a mini-trampoline. I have a few DVD's for the rebounder. One nice thing is that there is no impact so if someone has problems with their knees, it works well for them.

pip - at the one branch of the Y that I like to go to, I asked about a rowing machine and they said that they think they're going to get one. I do trust the gal who is the head, she's honest. Many times the Y will tell you what you want to hear, but she's honest. I can't wait until they do get it because I've been wanting to use one for quite a while

Cindy in MD - yes, exercise will lower you RHR. Check it again in a few months and I'm sure you'll find it is lower

Getting ready to leave tomorrow (boo hiss). However, Vince said that we'll probably be coming back later this year since he wants to check on the bathroom.

Heather - I bought some veggie patch meatballs. To me, they tasted very salty. I looked on the package and the sodium count wasn't high --only something like 18%. But I still tasted the salt

Mary from MN - I like how very specific you are in your food and your exercise. thank you

After exerising came home, then went to the grand opening of a new Publix here in Titusville. Actually, that's one reason we stayed an extra day. then friends of ours from NC who moved to FL came here, we went to the Kennedy Space Center and just went thru the Astronaut Hall of Fame then had dinner at Dixie Crossroads. I got the sweet potato (no butter). They did give me 2 small ones, tho. I got the broccoli and cauliflower. I think there was some sort of butter sauce on it. My entree was rock shrimp,shrimp and scallops that were boiled. Only had water to drink, then tea (no sugar) for dessert. Took a small mouthful of Vince's keylime pie, only because he kept saying that I couldn't have any so I tried to sneak a small bite, but wasn't successful.

Michele from NC who is in FL only until tomorrow a.m. -- booo

stats for the day:
bike ride hm 2 gym- 11.38min, 15.2amph, 3miles = 113cal
rowing machine - 30min, 7665 meters, 216aw = 187cal
bike ride gym 2 train station- 6.04min 14amph 1.4miles = 64cal
bike ride train station 2 hm - 15.46min, 10amph, 2.6miles = 176cal
total cal - 540

Good evening all. The appliance guy came and pronounced our dishwasher officially dead. He said the motor burned out, and because of the way it's made, with the motor, grinder and everything all in one unit, it is cheaper to get a new dishwasher than to have this one fixed. It's only 3-4 years old. Boo hiss. I'm not sure the next one will be a Kenmore. This was a fancy one, too. Next one will be a cheap model, if they don't last any longer than that.

I called the doctors office and they said to put neo sporin on the incision and if it doesn't look better next week to come in and they will look at it. They didn't seem too worried, so I guess I won't be either.

My DGD#1 had her piano lesson tonight and did well. I really like taking her there. It's in the big music building on campus, and the place is full of music and musicians. We sat in the hallway for a little while waiting for her turn and saw people walking by carrying various sizes of black cases, so we made a little game out of guessing what kind of instrument was in each case. She would guess trumpet or violin and I would guess tuba or kettle drum (when the case was small) just to make her laugh. It was fun.

When I got home I was having a pretty bad angina spell, and sat right down, still in my coat, and had hubby get my nitro. It helped a lot. And pretty quickly. I felt well enough afterward to make a quick dinner. Frozen pizza for him and scrambled eggs for me. But waited a couple of hours to do the dishes. Hubby went to the store to get milk so I didn't have to. That was sweet.

I'm going to bed early. Good night everyone.

Sylvia

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

Good evening, ladies.

Mary, great results with your 8 hour eating plan. Keep up the good work. (*)

Peachstgirl, I know what you mean about not getting things done after retiring. I now find that I am more interested in exercising than cleaning house. I know the dirt will wait for me and the fat wont. It’s just priorities, or that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Actually some days I use the de-clutter method and allot 15 minutes to get some housecleaning done. Whatever task I pick, I do complete even if it’s a little longer, like vacuuming or dusting. It actually works pretty well when I am just not in the mood to do housework.

Karen, I feel your pain in not losing for two months. I’m not an expert but do read a lot and many suggest changing your macros. Maybe up your protein or even your carbs for at least a few days? Since we can’t see your diary it’s hard to give specific suggestions. Do you weigh and measure all your food? Sometimes we get a lot more calories than we think. Still, if you have cut down it’s strange that you haven’t lost any weight. Hopefully someone can give you concrete suggestions on how to get that boost that you need. Good luck!

Donamari, That is a fantastic result for your first month!! Congrats. We all want it to fall off overnight but you need to get to the point that you are happy if the scale moves down, once or twice a week. You do know the loss is likely to slow down I hope. Just keep up the great work and remember that you didn’t put the weight on in a few weeks, so you can’t expect to get rid of it that fast. We are all rooting for you.

Lily, I like your planning. I’m not OCD (you could tell from my house) but there are just things I like to have done. DH will bring home the groceries and just put all the fruits and veggies in the fridge. I then take them out and wash them. I don’t want to get ready to make a salad and have to wash the lettuce, then wait for it to dry. I don’t want to decide to have a snack and have to wash my grapes or strawberries. It just makes it easier on me to do it when they are new and not have to worry about it again. Just curious, do you eat lunch at work?

Michele, I feel for Vince. I’m allergic to all of the above. I must say that a Zyrtec a day keeps me in pretty good shape except for the heaviest blooming season. At that time, my eyes are the worst and I have a prescription antihistamine eye drop that helps. Let us know what they recommend for him. You have me laughing about Vince’s dissertation on you having a maid.

Sylvia, your time with DGD sounds so special. Do you have angina pains often? Do you know what brought it on? You take care of yourself.

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 was exercising this morning and using my resistance band over the door. Well either it is well older than I realized or I am way stronger than I realized, because it broke. Thank goodness the two ends came down and slapped my hands and it didn’t hit me in the face. Now I have two beautiful blood blisters on my hands, as if 67 year old hands weren’t unattractive enough already. (Wondering if I need to wear eye guards when exercising? ) At any rate, I’m shopping for new ones. If any of you have them with the handles, my question is, how do you get the right length for the exercise you are doing? They all seem to come in preset lengths.

I am so happy to be associated with all of you. You are funny, inspirational and smart. I wish you all the very best of health and happiness.

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

Sylvia - glad to hear about your incision not being too worry some for your Dr. Take care of your angina glad you had the nitro and are feeling better.

Janet Myrtle Beach - I am glad that you did not get too hurt from your band breaking! I have never bought one before I only got them included with a DVD or exercise program. I think of your #1 word often when I am having a little treat! It really makes a difference.

Have a great night everyone!

Mary from Minnesota

MNMARGARET - my DH and I are still keeping your niece and family in our prayers. (((Hugs)))

Mary from Minnesota

Tonight I didn't take any notes as I was reading since I have a bad headache. I think I am fretting to much over going to grand daughter's musical this weekend. Some one was talking about cleaning out the pantry and finding many things that were outdated. When I cleaned my spice cabinet out I found spices that had price labels on them! How long has it been that everything has bar codes. It's amazing how things taste differently when you are using up to date items when you cook them.

I think it was Michele that said she wished I could go with her to the doctor because of my background. Just like any other profession, if you don't keep up with things you lose track of what is going on. I graduated from nursing school in 197. My orthopedic, maternity, pediatric, some neurology, cancer and psychiatric knowledge is gone. Anything new in those fields I didn't learn. I of course had to keep current in cardiac nursing but that is the only thing. I am afraid that if my sister does have to have surgery on her carotid artery I will have all these worries and concerns because they will be doing the surgery differently. When I was working, those patients had a one day stay in the ICU. I'm sure they don't now. Shoot, you go home just a few days after open heart surgery now. Just dreadful. Like with Sylvia's surgery, I had no idea they could do a colon surgery through the belly button method. People would start asking me questions when I was a freshman in nursing school. I hadn't even started studying that yet. People think if you are a nursing student you know everything. Ok, rant over with.

I have to make a reminder for myself to take a picture of some of the cross stitch things I have done. One of my favorite things I did was make a quilt. We had a locally owned small craft store that had counted cross stitch quilt blocks. My Mom and sister bought some for my birthday and then I bought the rest to make a queen size quilt. It came with a suggested quilting pattern with it but I didn't like it. So I designed my own. Also I didn't like the colors that they had so I used my own. I needed it to go with my bedroom.

Night, night, Joyce, Indiana

Terri-Mom, when you get cort. shots can you ask them to freeze spray first? when they did my heel.. it helped a whole lot..
I didnt nap yesterday..but was lazy and ate alot of bad bad stuff.. so will get back on track today...
weds. the girls and I were talking about getting our nails done.
and the girl that is supposedly the front office manager,who is the one who can be nasty.. posted on facebook yesterday afternoon that her and the other assistant were getting there nails done.. now she knew that they were going to do that ,but she didnt want me with them but posted ,just to hurt my feelings.. isnt that nice?
geesh.. I dont like people who are just downright nasty..
I will take myself to get my nails done next week sometime..

jehzimom - you are doing the right thing! :flowerforyou: The first step is being aware of our own actions and our own triggers. Then we can do something about them. Congrats on the honest logging!

Did my typing this morning. Feeling good about it. It really helps to include in my good habits and to apportion my peak energy time to it. Becsuse I have a love/hate attitude to my writing it was always the last thing I would do. I could think of a million other things to do. When I was really writing properly I made myself do it at the same time every day and that worked, but in recent years I let it all slide. But I know it makes a big difference to the way I see myself. I somehow feel more fulfilled and peaceful. It takes a big effort to create a new habit and I am still resisting it, but it's getting easier. And I'm beginning to enjoy it. :bigsmile: Like my exercise habit, I hope it will become an automatic part of my life.

Cold chicken for lunch. Yum. It was delicious yesterday. Organic, free range. :happy:
Dinner is game stew. Probably the last of the game this season. I will cook it in a bit of beer and with leeks, carrots, onions and celery. A bit of smoked bacon. Herbs fom the garden. And have lots of pointy cabbage and broccoli with it. :bigsmile:

The garage came to collect our car today for a service. Amazing! DH rang up to make an appointment and they said they would collect and deliver it! All for free! We bought it a year ago and we knew it was a free service for 3 years, but not the collection service.

Love from Heather in sunny Hampshire UK