WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2015

cityjaneLondon wrote: »

Lisa - I agree. You know that saying,
YOU CAN NEVER GET ENOUGH OF WHAT YOU DON'T REALLY WANT.

:flowerforyou:

I've read a lot of books recently that confirm what I feel about my changed attitude to self discipline. I have been amazed at how my mind and life has changed through doing this health kick. Who would have thought that it would lead to me starting writing again after years of excuses.! Some books call it "habit stacking". If you can develop one small good habit then others follow on more easily. Even making the bed can add to your stack! Every time you honour yourself with a good habit you add to your stack of self esteem and therefore make better choices.

I no longer feel bad about myself. That is amazing to me. Even when I achieved something I would brush it aside because I thought deep down I was useless and "if people only knew". It's only taken me 65 + years to be proud of myself! :laugh:

Heather UK

Very nicely worded! Love the idea of stacking for habit building. So glad to hear you no longer feel bad about yourself. I have struggled with that same attitude and just went along with the tide of my life. Late in my forties I realized I had a voice and could use it to guide my life in the direction I wanted it to go. My passion has always been crafting/sewing/quilting and have let it sit dormant for so long. I am going to embrace your "habit stacking" attitude and set aside a time each week to add that passion back into my life!

We are amazing women aren't we!

Cheri

morning peepheads -

fanncy - it is good.. i don't like porter beer normally...

lhannon - that was sooo funny!!!!!, "my bingo wings are friendlier than i am"


fitchriis - when people used to (or even now) tell me that i'm pretty i think they're lying.

lhannon - i agree, don't tell me i have a great personality ! lmao!!!


yannie - kirby was always a blonde. he is just now an all over blonde.. he does have more fun ;0)

janetMMc- yeah i know about that trick, i'm just too lazy lolol


suerontur- welcome, you said minimal exercise? there you go.. it's a combo what you eat and how much you move... you might need to move more. i agree w/damnit damnit!

plus on running w/a dog, you get to run with a dog. minus is he gets so excited and if he doesn't know how to run w/you he may run in front of you and MIGHT make you trip or he might need to pee or poop. i'm glad that I didn't fall when he made me trip (may have been 3-4 times) and he didn't need to pee or poop, so we didn't stop except for once when he laid down in the kiddie pool to cool off. there were about 2k people so in the beginning there was a lot of dodge people and dogs so we were zig sagging a lot. I was surprised that we still managed to do just under a 9min. mi, I was shocked actually. after we were done and he got in another pool, we walked back to find Kirby and the other two kids.

I usually bring a skirt or something to change into when I get here but I forgot my skirt AND my bike pants are white w/blue print. OOPSSIIIIEEEEEE..

MNMargaret: Recently we found a picture that used to hang on my Grandma's wall even when my Dad was young. My cousin has it in proper storage and she was able to take a photo of it and send it to us. We had it printed and framed for Dad for Christmas. Those kinds of gifts are so priceless. I always get goosebumps when someone takes the time and care to preserve those precious mementos. I've been looking for someone reputable in Edmonton to restore a picture of my grandfather.

JanetM: You're on the right track, recently discovered that only Total Fat, Transfat and saturated fats are required on food labels, therefore the values may not be in the database and since there isn't a recommended daily value MFP doesn't set goals for them either.

JMKMomm: You've come a long way!

Sharon: Good for you for catching up. Your weekend sounds wonderful and well deserved.

suerontur3: MFP sets your calorie goal at the minimum prior to exercise, you should eat at least that amount. For women it is never set lower than 1200 calories which you need just to keep your body functioning.

Mary: You deserved a day off from packing. You're so organized, I'm sure you'll manage the rest.

Heather: Your comments on self-esteem and feelings of useless resonate with me and are things I am working on. They bring to mind a couple of my favorite quotes.

Thoughts for the day:

Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness. - Louise Hart


"It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes." -Sally Field


Well today I celebrate 1 year smoke-free. I still find it difficult at times and lately have had a lot of cravings especially under stress. After 40 years of smoking it is no wonder I miss it. I think I'll go and have that pedicure today.




June Goals:

1. Do menu planning for June (complete)
2. Eat 3 meals a day
3. Log all meals
4. Plan and Do one fun thing each week
(W1: Hot stone massage and weekend of Tai Chi with friend...Oops that's 2 things...oh darn
W2: Lunch with a friend, going away party for co-worker... 2 more...yay!)
W3: Pedicure
5. Ride stationary bike 3 times a week for 30 minutes.



Carey-Edmonton

Cheri - the book I found the most use was "Level Up Your Day." Basically it recommends planning your daily/weekly activities so you do the things that are the most important to you at your peak energy time and save routine, ordinary stuff for lower energy times. I had got into the bad habit of filling up my day with mundane tasks and never got around to the one thing that gave meaning to my life - my writing. When I did write successfully in the past it was because I had a set time to do it and made myself do it then. Strangely that was when the children were young and I ONLY had that time. Too much time led to me frittering it away. I also worked well when DH and I did it together side by side every morning when we were first married. DH is naturally self disciplined. :noway:
I have found that if I say I am just going to do half an hour every morning after I have finished exercising and got dressed and don't let anything else get in the way (no phone calls, emails, reading this thread ) then often I do more and feel sooooooo happy, the rest of the day breezes by. It's as if I have "bomb proofed" the day. :bigsmile:
Good luck with the sewing/quilting. That sounds wonderful. :flowerforyou:

Love Heather x

LUYD is by Scott and Rebecca Livermore. On Kindle.

Heather: Speaking of saggy bits, I wore a swimsuit in public yesterday. My candid neighbor commented about my wrinkly skin, but it didn’t even hurt my feelings. Then she admitted she needs to lose weight, herself. I seem to have lost the thin fat layer right below the skin. :ohwell: “I no longer feel bad about myself. That is amazing to me. Even when I achieved something I would brush it aside because I thought deep down I was useless and "if people only knew". It's only taken me 65 + years to be proud of myself!” Me, too! It feels really good. :bigsmile: I love your recipe for getting your writing into the day. I may have to copy you. I’m giving it some thought. :flowerforyou:

Renny: Thanks for the very important reminder that “someday” is not an actual day.

Lillian: We did have someone from Italy but I haven’t seen a post in a while. We also had Sassy aus Austria, and I haven’t seen a post from her in quite some time, either. I hope they are doing well. :flowerforyou:

Penny: I am in awe of your ability to thrive in such a beautiful but uncompromising place.

Mary: I’ve been on an ice cream kick, too. I buy it one cone at a time. When I buy a carton I have a piggy party. :devil: :ohwell:

Sylvia: If you go for the skin surgery, tell all. I’m curious, as mine has “outgrown” me, too. :noway:

Lisa & Chrissy: My mom had a pretty face, and was a pretty woman but she never believed it. She fought “the battle of the bulge” most of her life. It is quite possible to be both overweight and beautiful. It is NOT possible to be significantly over weight and healthy. Mom wasn’t healthy because she was addicted to cigarettes and had breathing problems in addition to being over weight.

Yanniejannie: I’m looking forward to another riding lesson this week. :bigsmile:

Joyce: I love the pictures. :flowerforyou:

Suerontur3: Move more, drink lots of water and be patient. You seem to be at a plateau. This works, but it is slow. In the race to good health, the tortoise wins. :bigsmile:

Cheri: Happy 100th day! :flowerforyou:

Carey: Congratulations on your important smoke free anniversary!



I wrote a lengthy post yesterday and thought I posted it, but it is nowhere to be seen. I guess I didn’t take the final step of clicking the post button. It better not happen again! I’m saving this missive until I see it on the thread.

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

June Goals:
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on flexibility and back strength.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
5. Eliminate alcohol.
6. Monitor sleep. Try to average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.

Morning ladies,
I really over-indulged yesterday. My daughter was in Orange County and offered to pick up food at one of my old favorites and bring it home to me in Bakersfield. I texted back, NO thanks. She called me, again I said no thanks, and then she said "when is the next time you are going to be able to...." I caved, but I thought, I'll only have a small portion. Just a small portion put me over my calories for the day. Then my best thinking said, "just eat it all so it won't be messing me up for another day." I totally binged, I felt physically glutted. It was awful. Then I thought, "just purge". I know that is not a healthy choice and I didn't do it. I just logged the food for today since it was past midnight when this binge took place, but now I'm already over my calories for today. Ughhh! I still need to nourish my body with healthy food choices today. Really disappointed about this temporary setback. I know I will see the results on the scale. It was a really high fat, high calorie, high carb and high sodium binge. Sounds delicious, right? Need to have a plan for the next time... no means no.

Hope you all have a great day. I will keep trudging onward. Tomorrow is another day.

Elizabeth in CA

Good morning all,
My weekend went well. Stayed the course for food and fitness but did not follow through on the water.
Weigh in is tomorrow so I must drink all my water today.
Got to work this morning and the internet was out, it was very slow going with the hot spot on my phone. Fixed now so I must get back to work.

Thank you all for sharing. I will be incorporating some of these tips into my week, esp. about doing things during the productive parts of my day. I am most productive in the morning.

Goals this week (some one asked and yes this is what most of my weeks look like)
Today - Spin, Body Pump, Yoga - Done
Monday - Boot Camp class - Done
Tuesday - Trainer WO
Wednesday - Body Fitness
Thursday - Trainer WO
Friday - Rest Day
Saturday - Spin
This week 20 miles of road bike
Log every bite, sip, move - 1/7 done

My quote for today - Obstacles are things a person sees when you take your eyes off the goal
Lori from Wisconsin
I am from Neenah, a small town on a beautiful lake about 40 minutes south of Green Bay
This is a park a block away from my store:

cityjaneLondon wrote: »

Cheri - the book I found the most use was "Level Up Your Day." Basically it recommends planning your daily/weekly activities so you do the things that are the most important to you at your peak energy time and save routine, ordinary stuff for lower energy times. I had got into the bad habit of filling up my day with mundane tasks and never got around to the one thing that gave meaning to my life - my writing. When I did write successfully in the past it was because I had a set time to do it and made myself do it then. Strangely that was when the children were young and I ONLY had that time. Too much time led to me frittering it away. I also worked well when DH and I did it together side by side every morning when we were first married. DH is naturally self disciplined. :noway:
I have found that if I say I am just going to do half an hour every morning after I have finished exercising and got dressed and don't let anything else get in the way (no phone calls, emails, reading this thread ) then often I do more and feel sooooooo happy, the rest of the day breezes by. It's as if I have "bomb proofed" the day. :bigsmile:
Good luck with the sewing/quilting. That sounds wonderful. :flowerforyou:

Love Heather x

LUYD is by Scott and Rebecca Livermore. On Kindle.

Thanks for the book information. I will definitely look into it.

Cheri (Fairlawn, Ohio)

suerontur3 wrote: »

My scale will not budge. Joined MFP June 4th. Have calories left over every day, minimal exercise. Watching my carb intake. I drink alcohol very little. Drinking a lean protein shake! WHAT GIVES! Help, please offer some advice!

Hi. Maybe you are not carb sensitive. I cut way back on carbs, but the scale did not budge. Then did a DNA test which validated I'm not carb sensitive. Instead, I need a pretty close balance of % on carbs and proteins, with lower fat %. So, now I watch my % and keep the fat grams lower. Perhaps this will help. Best of luck on your journey with the rest of us! - Nancy

fanncy0626 wrote: »

Becca-that is such a cute truck! I remember seeing one in a movie.


Fitchriis- MFP doesn't like it if you don't eat at least 1200 calories. I don't think it scolds us if we go over. I don't remember...

Mary from Minnesota

I think that's a great idea because I yo-yo a lot and it's only when I get shocked by my weight & start to diet I can go long times without eating at all sometimes it's as late as 4 in the afternoon before I realise I haven't eaten anything which is very silly of me & I should know bettr as it can be worse for your health than over-eating & also metabolism slows down so it's harder to lose weight. I think I have to keep to this program as unless I am concerned about how much I've gained, I do have a tendancy to eat too much and to be honest it's not only when I am hungry, it's 'comfort' food.
Chrissy

peachstategal wrote: »

Cheri ~ Congrats on your 100 day anniversary.

The two dogs are driving me nuts. The Pom only eats cooked chicken, pork or beef. The Springer Spaniel eats dry food but would love to eat the Pom's. So, I'm giving her a tiny bit of cooked meat on top of her dry to try to satisfy her. They both follow me all over the house wherever I go....Mutt and Jeff.

Are they your dogs? My son and his wife had 2 dogs and 3 cats. Both dogs are kenneled inside. One is a lab; sweet dog; the other is a Boston Bull Terrier who is definitely on 'his last leg'. I'm afraid I would NOT have him in the house. I'd like to get another dog; but, not before the end of summer. I'd like to find a Mountain Feise or Mountain Cur as they are sometimes referred to as being; but, the are really too expensive. Will got his as a gift. I would not mind having a small dog 'in the house' if I could get one that is almost trained to go out whenever they feel the need. But, being home all day, I could train one quickly. I remember when we tried to train Shorty to go out . . . she just kept looking back and getting further and further away; then when we moved out in the country she became a 'yard' dog and loved it! She knew exactly when Louis was supposed to be getting home; she would start walking up near the entry of our driveway; then as she got older she would just go to the fork in the driveway between our house and our son's. She was a long, wavy haired JRT - who already knew what her name was when we got her (don't ask) ... but, she did. Five pounds of hair would come off when we started clipping her during the summer. The first year we called her "Naked Dog" and she'd put her face between her paws like she was embarrassed. The next few years she looked forward to having herself buzzed. We'd still call her "Naked Dog" but, she did not care - much cooler. Only when we clipped her the first summer did we realize that her tail was actual 1.5" long. Whenever she had her full coat on the tail looked as if it was just a white curl at the tip end of her fur. She'd wage it so hard that she would be wagging herself. Smart little dog and I really miss having a dog. But the cat has enjoyed the 'extra' loving he gets and I think he has learned how to knock on the door. I'll hear two bumps and go answer the door, nobody there except the cat. Sometimes standing up and other times laying down as if to say, 'oh, you're here finally - get me some food in my bowl'. He comes in if we happen to leave the door open (like when we are hauling in groceries). It makes Louis so mad; but, he goes directly to Will's old room and hides under the bed (after walking the entire perimeter of the house). All I have to do is close the door and he will come to it and "m-e-o-w" wanting to get outside.

My goal for the next week is to continue working my 'plan', exercising on the treadmill 3x a week; and getting into the pool for as long as I can, to walk. Finish reading the book that I have started and picking up the next one. Need to go to the library to pick up another book that is 'on hold' but I am sure as soon as I leave the FedEx man/woman will come with a package I have to sign for. I think I will see if my granddaughter will come over and stay while I am gone.

Back with more books, no laptop delivery; but, that is 'ok' they usually don't run until mid-/late-afternoon. She said she'd come back in the AM so someone will be here to sign for it while I do a few errands.

Stopped by the 'tomato' place to pick up tomatoes - poor Vern is so lost since Sarah passed away a few weeks ago. Really misses her (the tomatoes growing were her babies to deal with). Hard to see one without the other. So sad.

Wow. Three hundred posts since I marked my spot last. I’ve not had a great weekend. The heat and the perimenopausal symptoms I still have about every other month hit me hard this weekend. Mood swings, water weight, insomnia, forgetfulness, sweating through my clothing before I could leave the grocery, standing in the grocery with the freezer door open blankly staring in while hoping no one was watching, headache…..I had them all while trying to study for my exam, which BTW, I made an “A” on this morning. Yay, me!!!
Forgive me for not replying to everyone, but I haven’t the time nor the stamina today after my three hour exam and a heat index today that will top 111 degrees.

Carey, I’m googling local “hot stone massage” vendors in my area as we speak. My tension is held mainly in my shoulders as well. Enough sometimes that it crawls up and gives me a wicked headache of causes me have mid back pain.

Janet in NO, my soil is sandy, but I usually buy huge bags of potting soil to mix in it because of so much sand.

Cynthia, a hot stone massage sounds perfect for me, as I’m one of those cray-cray people who have personal space issues. I don’t like strange people (or casual contacts) touching me. Even for health reasons. Ask my doc. He had to give me Xanax to take every time I had an appointment until I got to know him. I’m not sure why I’m like that, but I always have been. I have no problem shaking hands, but come any closer and you’ll feel the tension. This makes things rather awkward at church. Most people like to hug after services and it puts me at the disadvantage of looking cold and standoffish, which I’m not. I imagine if I ever had to attend group therapy I’d be a real party pooper. :noway:

Penny, I am loving your pictures, particularly with out heat index predicted to be greater than 110 degrees for most of this week. I’ve lived in the South all my life and I have never gotten used to the heat/humidity combination that leaves me breathless and jelly-legged by 4 p.m. Now that I’m “peri-menopausal”, I can stand it less than I ever could. My mom is scheduled to go on an Alaskan cruise in a month and I’m tempted to stow away. Are you up for visitors? I’m sure I could find my way there…….

Sylvia love it!

MNMargaret

Jules - I used to be a "don't touch" person also. It's perfectly alright to have your personal boundaries about how close you want people to get. I did a personal growth course that taught me that, in any personal encounter, the person with the lowest touch tolerance gets to dictate the level of encounter. That was a huge relief to me and I have followed that principle ever since. It can help to explain to people, "I'm funny like that." , then they understand. All that huggy business - yuck! ! ! ! !
I am much more huggy these days, but that was a long time a-coming! :flowerforyou:

Heather UK

Lagopus wrote: »

I'm now settled in at the holiday home in northern Norway. The first day I turned over the soil in the garden and got seeds in the ground (radish, dill, arugula, carrot, various kinds of lettuce). A cruise ship passed by as I was working and I thought of Heather (in the UK).

On Friday my husband and I had a good 2-hour walk on the footpath out to the point (where we can look North to the open Barents Sea) and then I jogged 6 km the other direction, along the gravel road. Norway's public roads have markers every half kilometer and that's really practical for us, living right at the end of the road. On my way out I get feedback on how far I've run, and when I turn around, the posts tell me how far I have left to go before I'm home again. Meanwhile, the scenery ain't half bad!

/Penny, still pretty near the Pole

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Hi Penny,

Thank you for sharing the beauty around your holiday home! Oh my, how lovely it must be to have such a private place to spend time. It sounds as if your garden will be a source for delicious salads. The picture of the water and mountains is just beautiful! Enjoy!!

Sondre, South Fork, PA