WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2015

metallaxi wrote: »

jogging over 1 hour on the road by the seaside where I live, nice summer morning cool breeze

That sounds heavenly. Where are you located?

Good morning, all... yes, running yesterday did indeed shake off the post-event blahs.


Welcome to the all the newbies! We're kinda international around these parts... (sorry, Leslie! couldn't find a smiley with a Tasmanian flag, I did try... ) lots of folks from both sides of the various ponds. Join in, tell us who you are, what you'd like to be called, what your goals are for June, and join in the conversation wherever and whenever...

All the non-scale movers… I had a two-week stall, which drove me insane...EVERYone told me you must bring your calories up, you’re eating too little, and I resisted, and I resisted, and felt guilty for every extra calorie, and I did it and I’ve dropped a number of pounds in the last two weeks. While, as my beloved says, “A double-blind study would require you wear a blindfold on both sides of your head,” and this is only anecdotal, I do agree with the ones who say it’s worth changing your calorie count or your exercise up or down for a week or two to shake your body out of its groove if you’re stuck. I'm always kind of shocked when I get on the scale in the morning and it doesn't go UP.

Yanniejannie – I struggle every night to get even six hours sleep, and the Fitbit’s proving it, which is a good thing I guess? I don’t know. I was hoping regular exercise would even it out and it seemed to for a while, but I’m back to five or six hours at most. Not sure what would change it—but won’t go back to sedating myself with food, which is the only thing that seems to make me sleep more…

So many of you - I started listing the names, but there were so many! Thank you all for the compliment on the picture--My favorite six-foot-tall niece, who is drop-dead gorgeous, came on Facebook, saw that picture and told me how much I look like her grandma, my Mama. Made me tear up, as she knew it would. I appreciate the compliments from y’all so much, you know as few do how we concentrate on what is yet to go away, like the bingo wings. Sylvia - I've started wearing tank tops, as you saw in the picture, and acknowledging that the skin's just not going away... But I can't bring myself to wear shorts, and I'm thinking I never will. Tight jeans are the best girdle known to womankind, as far as I'm concerned.

Jules – The book is This Little Pig, A Flak Anders Mystery… and I know I’ve sworn off beating y’all about the head and shoulders with my books, but I just approved the proof of “She’s Thinking Out Loud,” so the print will be available on Amazon in 24-72 hours, and in e-book form as soon as I can get it reformatted… It’s NOT a mystery book, but a collection of my op/eds, which range from funny to inflammatory. You can always check my author page at Amazon anytime to see what’s available. Do a search for “Lisa C Hannon.” May the good Lord bless and keep him, my husband married two women named Lisa, and so I use the middle initial religiously! My personal website is www.lisachannon.com, as well, and announcements of new and upcoming books can be found there, too.

Heather in the UK – your personal story gives me so much hope that I will eventually be to the point where one single pound lost makes me so happy—and will not looking at a huge wall of 40-something left to lose, which sometimes feels insurmountable. Congratulations on that pound, and so hope your floppy disk drive can rescue your history! I’ve got stuff going back decades as well… but have converted as I went. Benefits of geeky grrrldom.

Barbie – I LOVE that phrase “Don’t count them, tend to them.” Love the fuzzy furbabies, too...

Mary from MN – I’ve moved 30 times in my adult life, as an ex-Air Force wife, and hoping the next ten years keeps us right here… I have so much sympathy for what you’re going through. And yes, your belongings do have relations behind your back and spawn things you have never seen before. Mine always did. I still find stuff I’ve never seen before in my jewelry box. I’d say I’m prematurely senile, but I’m no longer sure it’s premature!

Joyce from IN – No, the ex is no longer slim and trim. When I married him, he was 5’10, weighed about 125. Seriously. Skinny as a rail. But then, so was I—we were both Air Force. He’s Czech descent, and had high cheekbones and a chiseled jaw. He was always very pale, and had an overbite, but was overall a nice-looking man. In the recent picture, he was wearing white pants, shirt and jacket had a gut that was out to yonder, had completely lost all his hair. It was as if… well, to be completely uncharitable, as if the Michelin Man had illicit relations with an albino beaver. I will go to hell in every possible religion for laughing at that picture, I know, but it genuinely caught me by surprise.

Pip/Poop – I get what you’re saying about exercise I think. It’s what I’ve been trying to do, and you’ve already done. Even on the days we whine (and there have been a few of mine, but I’ve really only been back on this horse for the last 80 days or so) if we’ve gotten to the point we need to be, we actually feel guilty when we don’t exercise. I know I do. I have to give my knees a break one day a week or they start breaking down, and I know it. And I STILL feel guilty when I don’t run. Now, mood, or no mood, rain or no rain, sun or no sun, I put the headphones on, and I run.

Another person said something about “all the gear.” That’s part of it too… I’ve trimmed everything I could OUT of the exercise equation. Everything I looked at and said “I can’t run without…” I quit using. No weights, no gloves, nothing except music. The music keeps me from thinking about how much it hurts and how hard it is to breathe and how hot it is (or cold or wet or dry or whatever). I just keep matching my feet to the rhythm until I can’t anymore…

I’m not saying I’m all that and a bag of chips—but I am saying I was the master, and I can't emphasize this enough--much as I want to blame my ex--every single one of us are the masters of self-sabotage. That’s why we’re here. However, we can swap that around if we choose and groove that the other direction. We are the only ones who can. ‘Cause the last time I looked, the only voice inside my head is my own.

So far. Check back tomorrow. Could be anybody in here!

Lisa H in West Texas

Good morning ladies! Today I am going to mow the lawn for three hours. I love doing that it is so relaxing! Then of course I will be packing!

Joyce - my DH where's a CPAP mask as well because of it I have to wear earplugs. It does leave marks on his face but they go away.

Allison - very encouraging! You choose your life and happiness. That is why you are here. You are choosing to make a change, together we will!

Heather-weights to make your body transform. Any type of strength training really is beneficial isn't it!

Barbie- you have such cute puppies!

MNMargaret- have a safe trip home!

Kathy - glad you're here! There are a couple of ladies that do the 5K.

Janetr- congratulations on your loss! Recording and exercising really works.

Lisa - congratulations on your loss! Sometimes your body tries to hold on if you eat too little.

Have a great day everyone!

Mary from Minnesota

Keeping a friend's pup this week. She's a Springer Spaniel. With my Pom they look like Mutt and Jeff. They enjoy looking out the front glassed in door and bark at anyone walking down the street. Her bark sounds like a bugle.

morning peepsters and welcome new peep-stees !

another busy day. at least kirby is off and we'll be able to go workout together.

lhannonm- well.... i AM sayin i am all that and a bag of chips. i may not b the flavor other people like, just my kind of chips (if i ate them) :0/ u r right, for music, i am very beat oriented. i run to the pace that i run at so it keeps me on beat, so my playlist (when i run) is called beat jogging. when i first started the beat was slower, as i got faster, then i would have to drop that song and add one that is more to the pace that i'm now running at. lately, i have been running only on an incline and i HATE hills, but you do what you gotta do right? kirby just told me he wants to run 10 miles. ughhh.... i'll decide if i am gonna do the 10 with him or if i will change it up and do other stuff while he does his 10... i will decide when i get there. later peeps

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

Good Morning Ladies,

Poops, was wondering when that hunk was gonna go blond. Don’t forget to share a pic for us.

Sylvia, I haven’t lost anywhere near the weight you have so I can’t begin to imagine what your lose skin is like. I know what mine looks like and what a disappointment it is, considering that is the actual main reason I started exercising. But what I can tell you is about the lady at the restaurant last night. She was really obese and shoveling in food. I can’t judge weight but know she was well over 300 lbs and all I know is, I’d rather have folds of lose skin that I have to keep covered, than look and feel like her. Remind yourself that we are beautiful people no matter how much lose skin we have and that this journey is about health as much as our vanity. You know you feel so much better and only forget what you looked like to others. You are such a wonderful person that you family wants and needs around for a long time, so try to embrace the new you and just keep getting healthier. I for one, am so proud of what you have done to get all that lose skin. Hopefully, with time, some of it will disappear but if not, please don’t let it define you. We love you!!! ROFL, love the joke. It has been a while since I heard it and as DH says, I forget so much that everything is new to me. Lol

Chana, welcome. This is a great group for support and information. Wow, great job on your weight loss. We have many ladies here that have reached their goals and are simply maintaining so they don’t gain it back. This is a great place to come every day to stay on the right track. Good luck.

Joyce, oh, I misunderstood and thought you went to work for him. Me=confused??? I can’t imagine. Well then, how nice that you got to go with and stay with a doc that you liked. Okay, what was your MIL going to get for a surprise gift and who was it for?? (You can’t leave me hanging here!)

Allison, I don’t know why, but just had an idea. Since DH loves your strawberry jam so much, the next time he is a jerk, try to bribe him with it. LOL He needs to realize all the wonderful things you bring to that marriage and learn to appreciate you for it.

Heather, you made a very good point about us learning to put ourselves at the top of the list for commitments. We all know we are worth it, but somehow are raised to always put others first. Well I think we are all old enough that we have put others first for long enough. Here’s to us!!

Barbie, when you say you got up early, I know you mean “early”. The poodles look ready for their walks. (even if this picture was taken at another time.) Have a great day!!

Kathy, welcome to a group of very supportive and informative ladies. It sounds like you know what you are doing, so join right in and post when you feel like it. Enjoy the journey.

Janetr, a big CONGRATS on your weight loss. Keep up the good work.

Lisa, with the weight you started with, I’d think you would soon be at the point of celebrating a 1 lb loss. I do know what you mean because when I started, they came off so much easier. But, geeze, after weeks of no loss, a pound seems like a ton. Lol Okay, ROFLMAO about your remarks on ex. Too funny for sure. “Michelin Man had illicit relations with an albino beaver”. You writers have a way with words.

Cheri, congrats on your loss.

Peach, they are cuties. How long are you babysitting?

Kathleen, welcome. This is a great place for support and information. Come often and post when you feel like it. Tell us a bit more about yourself, like how long on MFP, weight goals, life goals, family, whatever? We are happy to have you with us.

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 slept well last night, which I do most of the time. I really feel for those who have a hard time getting a good night’s sleep because that can really affect your day. I’m going to do exercises and then figure out what I want to do with the rest of my day. Do I sit and read or get something done around the house? Heck, I might do some of each. DH went grocery shopping bright and early this morning and bought some large packages of chicken breast and ground chuck, so I need to divide them up to freeze. He is such a good shopper and keeps up with all the sales. If he weren’t here, I’ll bet I’d spend twice as much on groceries. He is such a dear. It’s going to be very hot and humid so whatever I do will be inside.

Have a wonderful day my friends and stay cool.


Words I live by:
Savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
and
Opportunity. Each day offers new opportunities for good health and happiness if we just look for them and choose them.

Janet
Myrtle Beach, SC

Love the picture of Brandy and Sasha give them treats from me

Janetmmcc- congratulations on your weight loss! That is really a great reason to celebrate!

Kate - good job on taking back control of your life! Come often and join in the chatter.

Mary from Minnesota

Hi Ladies,
I am new to MFP. I just celebrated my 50th birthday. I am committed to getting fit this year. I have about 40lbs to lose. In addition to the weight loss, I want to get fit i.e. strong, healthy and active. I really like the positive support I see in this group. How do I join?

chanagraves wrote: »

Thanks fanncy0636....I live in New Orleans and my goal is to lose about 50 more pounds.... back in 2010 I sthatd a weight loss journey and in about a year I lost about 90 pounds ever since then I have been playing with about 20 pounds back and forth... Well now I have been diagnosed with diabetes so I have gotten really serious.... I go to water aerobics at least 4 days a week and I ride my stationary bike everyday.... I thoroughly enjoy the water aerobics.... At one point I would walk in the park 3 days a week but I had to stop because doc said it puts too much stress on my knees.. So I ride my stationary bike instead.... I just want to communicate with folks that's one the same journey that I'm on.... just call me chanagraves!!!!

Welcome! My sister lives in NOLA. She went to Mardi Gras when she was in her twenties and liked it so much she just stayed. It's a fun place to visit, but I prefer my North Georgia mountains. I am a born and bred hillbilly. Tried to get away from my hillbilly roots by marrying a man from Minnesota, and his last name is Norwegian for hill top dweller.