WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2015

I'm Back thanks for starting again.

I was a slacker on food choices in February, I logged everyday stayed in my calories goals but sit on the couch all month.

MARCH GOALS:

•Journal every day
•Drink more water and less diet drinks
•Walk at least 15 minutes twice a day and use my walk away the pounds video's at least 3 times a week.
•Eat less breads, sweets and fried foods
•Eat more fresh fruits and vegetables.

Sue in TN

Kim, I love that quilt. To me it looks like cross stitch pillow cases or dresser runners and then you sew them into the quilting edges or borders or whatever they are called. A lot simpler than piecing together a whole quilt.

Meg, could it be that your daughter is to embarrassed to have you see her living circumstances? I pray that it eventually improves and you can have a good relationship with her or at least a workable one. And to be a Grandma is just so wonderful

Sally did you meet your miles goal for February. I remember you were so close.

Lesley I never hear you talking about your nutritionist/trainer anymore.

It was difficult for me to get up this morning for church also. But 2 weeks ago I didn't feel good and then last Sunday it was cancelled due to the snow and ice. After driving or any kind of trip I usually sleep for a LONG time. When I was first diagnosed and would get so fatigued I slept for 72 hours. I got up and went to the bathroom and would always keep a bottle of water by my bed. I also would get up and eat one meal. But now it's about 18 hours straight. So I knew this morning would be difficult. I do have to apologize to God in that I did not take a shower this morning. And I had the hugest headache, not from no shower! But I went and was glad I did. Our choir director had given me the next trio music last Wednesday night after choir practice and I accidently left it there. It is to be sung Mach 18th so we need to work extra hard on it. But I saw it today so now I am fine. But my part is very low, like as in 'how far can we go' doing the limbo. I don't think I have ever had a part that low, But I can sing tenor pretty well so with practice I know I can get it. With my MS, my sleep/awake circadium or whatever it's called makes my most alert time after 7 PM. So even though I really wanted a nap this afternoon I didn't dare do it. I just know I will feel good in the evening.

Yes, my oldest daughter can make her Daddy do anything. She wanted to be a psychologist an she just has a way of encouraging people and getting the best out of anyone. He has been really hounding me as to where I want to go to supper for my birthday Tuesday. I really think it is because he is anxious to go somewhere special. I told him tonight my inclination is to go to CiCi's pizza. If I went there I would not be on a diet. There are several of their pizzas I really love, the pineapple and ham, spinach alfredo and if they have the cherry desert pizza I like that one. I don't find their 'regular' pizzas are that great. But oh they most the most wonderful brownies and cinnamon sticky buns. I also would start out wit a good salad bar. I think seniors get it for $5.99 and I always get water. So this special meal out would be easy on his diet. But...you can also special a pizza of your choice instead of just getting the pizza bar. And Charlie orders a medium deep dish sausage and onion with extra sauce and eats the whole thing! Plus he gets pasta and sauce. So he would be eating terrible. But he frequently eats terrible. Tonight we went out with friends and he got a chicken taco salad so he did real good tonight.

Janet, I should have put quotation marks around 'old 65'. I do not feel old at all and turning 65 is not going to be bothering me one bit. It's just one day older than I will be tomorrow night. Now my husband at 66 says he does feel old.

Joyce, Indiana

Katla in beautiful Oregon - I'm still reading up on it and it is different for women. The Olympic barbell without weights is 45 lbs. I have to go to the gym tomorrow to see what they have. I have never been there. I get 1 week free trial. I need to see if they have a cage. Mehdi the instructor, had his girlfriend start with goblet squats with a kettle bell. And adding lighter weight each time. I will have to see what I can do and modify it to work for me. You can't do cardio on your rest days only a half hour is allowed after your 5x5 workout. Lifting heavy uses a lot of energy and your body needs to rebuild. I took pictures and my measurements so will track progress that way! Writing or needle point is a good idea. On Tuesday and Thursday when I usually go swimming with my DSIL I will just relax in the pool or hot tub instead. I might enjoy myself!

Mary from Minnesota

Morning Ladies~
well we got 6-8 inches of heavy wet snow...bless the DH he did the deck and dog pen, I will do the driveways and we have more snow coming during the week
GodMomKim~I am keeping one music box,my husband bought me as a wedding present,it is a bride and groom..i did do some purging yesterday have a box of stuff that once the weather is better will put out or put on freecycle.. just stuff that we dont use any more.
we have the new range being installed thursday ,and they will take the old one away.. I did put it on craigslist..but so far not takers..
Tom got the light and fan in the bathroom working again..do dont have to shower in the dark, Dont worry Michelle I didnt get soap in my eyes lol..
not going to try and get to my DFIL this morning to much snow to get rid of will go see him in the morning..

Those who have been here a bit know that I sometimes find a snakeskin in the yard. We are fairly rural and there is a drainage ditch behnd the back fence and the entire area is kind of swampy. Y'all also know that unless I'm surprised by a snake, I don't over react..........don't mind the nonpoisonous ones at all. Wellllllllll.............opened the garage door to take some canned goods out there first thing this am and in a shallow strawberry picking basket there is the end of a snake shed, about 10 inches. ****** IN MY GARAGE ****** within 2ft. of the garage door to the house which DH frequently pulls shut at night without completely closing and in the am it is ajar; this JUST happened Sat. night. Sooooo, I called him on his way to work and first he says it's been there a long time which I know is absolute b.s. so I ask him just where it is to test him and he answers incorrectly (of course). Had to really press the question because we both knew he was just giving me the verbal equivalent of a pat on the head. THEN, he says......"Don't worry, it's still winter.".......I am honestly ready to do something drastic at this point because it may be winter but THIS snake is awake. Not in my house; it's NOT winter in my house!!!! I could scream!! We have three poisonous snakes here: cottonmouths (really nasty), canebrake rattlers, and copperheads.

Taking a very careful shower and leaving the house.
yanniejannie........not pleased at all

I've been away from MFP for so long and my body feels it. I had quit smoking for a long period of time and started again now, hope to quit permanently. My goal for March is to get back on track and take small steps.

1. Be more conscious of what I eat, eat healthy
2. Start regular exercise routine
3. Drink plenty of water
4. Stop smoking

I'm having a bad day. I spent most of yesterday afternoon in tears--no definitive reason, just miserable. I had nightmares last night and actually woke myself by yelling out loud, so I'm tired. I was doing pretty well this morning until I came into work with multiple emails scolding me for things I didn't do just right and another email overriding the decision to not do the illegal thing at work. Now, I'm in tears again. I'm so tired of it all. I realize I need to get off my pity pot, but the gumption to move has left me.

I'll try to post again later when I'm feeling better. I just needed to get this out somewhat.

Carol in NC

Now that's page 1 done

Meg
Your family day sounded great. The cafe sounds like something different.

Joyce
Glad you enjoyed the musical. To bad hubby didn't. I cant get mine to come watch grandkids hockey neither. He claims they don't try there best. So be it there kids.
I still have my wedding dress in my cedar chest it looks like the day I wore it 45 years ago. But i'll never fit in it again.

Suzy
Great loss

Someone mentioned age. Age as long as you don't care why sould anyone else. It's but a number. Somedays i'm 26 others i'm 102. lol

Hope to be back soon. Had a bad weekend and the scale gave me 1.1 gain. Hopefully I will have that off come Wed.
Already did 10 min. of balance on the wii. I know it's not much but more than I did all weekend. I can do this because I must.

Linda in Northern Ontario

I have been at my goal weight for awhile now and I just decided to drop a few more just to see how I would feel. I lost a couple more in a week. weighed myself again this morning, they are still gone, lolol. I lowered my calorie intake by a bit and I guess that did it. my husband is doing great too. he is down to size small in clothes. yesterday we went thru his side of the closet and just emptied out the medium and large shirts and bagged them for goodwill. haven't attacked his pants, that's next. I tried on some of my pants, I guess they should go too. I wear bike stuff 5 days a week and I will change into pants that I keep here at work so I don't have to pack more stuff in my bag so it can be some time before I put on "regular clothes". last night a friend of my husbands was passing thru town and we went out to dinner. we put on "regular clothes" and it felt weird, even put normal shoes on that I forgot I had. I don't do goals but maybe that might be it. wear normal clothes on the weekends.lolol

pip in Tacoma wa

Hugs for you, Carol. :flowerforyou:

Kim - what fab photos! Love that embroidery. I haven't got the patience to do it myself, but I do so appreciate it. As Katla said, that colour on you is perfect and, I've said it before, you have beautiful hair!
- I'm like you, people think I'm an extrovert, but really I'm not. I need a lot of time alone to recover from social interaction. I too can do the social role, but in small doses.

Whoever asked about the kimchi recipe. - - I am using a book called Real Food Fermentation by Alex Lewin. I made the sauerkraut by following his very detailed instructions and intend to try the kimchi soon. Basically it is an onion, garlic, ginger and chilli paste mixed with brined cabbage and radishes and left to ferment. Apparently it is eaten with every meal in Korea and in 2010, when the cabbage crop failed, the government had to issue decrees to avoid a kimchi crisis! ! ! ! ! ! :laugh:
As I like both hot and sour things I thought I would try it. :bigsmile:

Today we have curry made from butternut squash, chick peas, broccoli and kale from the garden. All in a garlic, onion, chilli and ginger sauce. Spices are cumin, coriander, fennel, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom and mustard seed. I have made enough for three portions so I will have it sgain tomorrow before I rush off to the WI. A portion comes to 270 cals. With 1 oz of brown rice and a serving of raita (yoghurt and cucumber, garlic, scallion ) I am in for a feast at 400 cals, my limit for dinner.

DH has been pruning the fruit bushes and giving them a layer of compost. We had the terrific squalls yesterday with hail that M.A. referred to. Scary! Today is cold, but sunny.

Tomorrow DH is going off to London for football and is having lunch with his elder daughter and coffee with his younger! My DB has invited us over for pizza on Saturday to celebrate my niece's 16th birthday. DH doesn't want to go unless I beg and weep, so, as usual, I will go on the train on my own. :ohwell: He is not keen on my extended family which is large and boisterous. He likes DB and DSIL, but not my DB'S six children and associated partners and children. I like to see them from time to time so I will make the effort.

Love to all. Yoga tomorrow - my "day off". :laugh:

Heather in chilly Hampshire UK

GodMomKim – loved seeing the embroidered pillow cases! We had them growing up and they were one of the first things I ever ironed. I added a dresser scarf my mom embroidered and crocheted the edge on top of a quilted table runner that picks up the thread colors. The scarf is so threadbare, but a fond memory of mom.

Gail, metro ATL

Good morning! I hope everyone is having a great day! Even you, Carol! I hope you can snap out of whatever is getting you down, but I know how hard it is. Hugs!

I got to the studio this morning determined to sit down and make out my drafting bill for February first thing, but it turned out that my poor little computer mouse had gone completely belly up. I changed the battery and that didn't help. The poor thing is pretty old. I think it's one of the first batch of wireless mouse products that came out, what, about 15 years ago? Maybe more. So, off I marched to WalMart to buy a new one. I know I spent about $50 on my old one, and the new one cost $14.88. I love that! So, I came back to the studio an hooked it all up and sat playing solitaire for a while, just testing it out, you understand. Boy, is it nice. It has lots more features than the old one. So, then I had to read the news and catch up on all our posts, and somehow it's 10:30 already. My bill is still not done yet. Then I have to work on gathering tax information, so I'm really dragging my feet. Hubby hates it when he has to ask me a hundred times for my tax stuff, but I have a mental block when it comes to paperwork. If anybody saw my lack of organization they would cringe.

So, I have to get busy. I hope you all have a great day!

Sylvia

Today's joke didn't make any sense at all, so I picked ones from Reader's Digest:



We all make mistakes. Some 
are just more public than others, 
like these real newspaper typos:

“Here the bridal couple stood, 
facing the floral setting, and exchanged cows.” Modesto News-Herald (California)

“It took many rabbits many years to write the Talmud.” Holland Evening Sentinel (Michigan)

“Mrs. ____ fell down stairs at her home this morning, breaking her myhodudududududududosy, and suffered painful injuries.” Ohio paper

“A headline in an item in the 
Feb. 15th edition incorrectly stated ‘Stolen Groceries.’ It should have read: ‘Homicide.’” Enquirer-Bulletin

Cynthia, that's awful! I hope you weren't seriously hurt, but that woman should have been prosecuted!

Hi. I just started on MFP 3 weeks ago and I am still getting used to the idea of tabulating all these numbers, but I have lost 3.5 pounds. Going on 62 years old and am tired of the scale not budging except for the same 2 or 3 pounds. Trying to avoid going on LDL drugs and could use some support people besides the nutritionist I finally signed up for. So far I am trying to not go much over 1200 cals a day as I am only 5'2". Would love to hear some success stories from women of the older in body but young at heart variety!!! Usually going to the gym 2 or 3 times a week, but that fell by the wayside with my current cold. I am motivated to get back as soon as I can stop this hacking cough! Am I in this group because I bookmarked it or is there something else I need to do? Sorry to be sooo dumb…if I could lose 3 more pounds I could be merely overweight instead of obese, which would be a lovely birthday present! That is my goal for March.