WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2015

katla - on your question asking for advise, i would ask homeowners around you, u never know.

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

Good Evening Ladies,

Heather, I hate that writing your book is bringing you such pain, along with the future talk with your boys. I do hope you will be able to sleep better soon. You know we are all with you. ((Hugs))

Terri, it is good that you can speak for your DH. Lol I’ll send you a hug any time. (((Hugs)))

Kathy, welcome and good luck with your shred. I hope there is nice weather for the outdoor wedding.

Beneita, welcome to you too. This is a great place for support so come often and join right in.

Sassy, your picture looks like a postcard. Absolutely beautiful!!

Chris, that weather you are having is making up for some of that terrible winter. Now we are housebound down south because of the heat. You enjoy it!!! Wow, congrats for signing up to get off the couch. To even think about running at that hour makes me want to go to bed right now. Good for you. Give that bra a work out!

Elizabeth in CA, I like that! We are like the Hotel California, and of course I am now humming the tune.

Nancy, that is one high tech scale. Might just be TMI for me. Lol Way to go on saying NO.

Yannie, I don’t know how in the world I missed that from Lesley???? I remember her saying something about having a hard time getting her food to post, but totally missed that she was leaving. I hate that.

Poop, so glad you had slowed down yesterday and weren’t involved in the wreck!

Mia, interesting info on the hunger pains. Congrats on removing the chocolate from temptation!!!

Carol, we will all come to the pity party. Then when it’s over, get over it. I’m so excited that you can get this taken care of. I know you don’t look forward to the recovery but try to be positive and believe that it will be worth it. It’s good that it’s only a week away so you don’t have time to fret about it. (((Huggss)))

Terri, good for you on doing a good job at lunch.

Allison, what does it indicate that you have elevated calcium? I hope it’s nothing serious. Your DH will just have to get over it. Your health is important. Take care and keep us posted. (((Hugs)))

Jen, welcome to this group of very supportive ladies. Please tell us a bit more about yourself so we can get to know you. Also we appreciate it if you sign each post with your name and a general idea of where you live. Many of us have become good friends on this thread but don’t really have friends on our list, so don’t be hurt if you don’t get lots of friend request, but come often and join right in.

Katla, your friends could actually write a letter or flyer and mail it to each neighbor. They can get the names and addresses from the tax records. Or you could contact them. Or they could get a Realtor and the Realtor could contact them. The options are endless but unless someone is thinking about moving, it won’t matter. The problem with letting them know about a potential buyer is that they may ask a higher price than otherwise. Good luck.

Jen, I always wondered about the “swallow” thing too. If you don’t swallow it, you won’t need to log it. LOL

Have a wonderful night and a happy and healthy day tomorrow, my friends.

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

Good evening everyone!

Carol, best of luck with your surgery. I know you will be happy once it's done and you've had time to recover.

Sassy, Thanks for the beautiful pictures of Austria! Makes me want to go on another trip - maybe next year. I'd like to see Switzerland too, since I have ancestors from there. And Paris. Heck, maybe just a European tour.

Jennifer, welcome!! I'm always surprised when I get a friend request. This group of ladies are all my friends, although we haven't done the official friending thing. No need for it really, since we talk every day anyway. You will soon see what I mean. Did I miss a post where you told us all about yourself? Where are you from?

I miss Leslie! No more word from Tasmania? That's just wrong. Maybe if we all sent her a message asking her to come back? But I guess if she quit MFP she might not get our messages either.

Tonight I got a package of two turkey breast tenderloins on sale and some tiny red potatoes. I put them in foil packets with some olive oil and some Sylvia's Secret Seasoning, and baked for 2 hours. OMG!!! They were yummy. It was like thanksgiving dinner. I put salt on hubby's but none on mine. It was a really healthy meal too. (Shhh! Don't tell hubby!) Plus there's enough left for lunch tomorrow. Afterward we had red grapes that were also on sale. They were the sweetest I've had in years. Hubby doesn't normally eat grapes but he tasted a few and then wanted his own bowl. I'll convert that boy yet.

By the way, I think that one of the biggest factors that helped me lose weight was cutting out salt. Those of you just starting might want to look at that. It also helped my blood pressure.

It rained most of the day and we thought it was over but it started sprinkling again while we walked the dogs. My little granddaughter said, "Grandma, I wish it would stop raining on us and give some to California. They are in a great big drat." Cutie.

Good night ladies! Take care of yourselves.

Sylvia

Hi All:

It sounds like you are all good friends and acquaintances, from what I've read. Janet, thanks for the welcome.
You all can look on my page for info if you like; I tried to friend as many people as possible, because I don't mind people seeing my stats and such.

But, I'd like to introduce myself. My name's Jen (Jennifer) and I am married with an adult son (23 yo) and a teen son (17 years). I teach high school English and enjoy riding my new bike (!) and reading. I've got different hobbies like sketching, music, planting in my garden, going to the YMCA, and attending my son's basketball games.

One reason I am struggling with my weight is that we lost our daughter 4 years ago. This spring she would have turned 20.

We have a nice house in Marin County CA. I can't think of anything else, except I'm glad to be on this forum

~Jen

Did an hour of deep water today. I tell ya, this instructor is SOOO slow. Fortunately, they have one lane reserved for laps so I went in there. Someone in the class said to me "hey, Michele, come on over" I just told them "I will when it goes faster. I need to keep moving". At one point she wanted us to do some jumping jacks and then a cross-country ski move. Well, by the time she was finished with the ski move, I was already on the second time doing it. I have a feeling that from now on I'll go when it's most convenient for me and do some laps on my own.

Oh, before I went to the deep water class, I stopped at Bi-Lo to get the items on sale. I don't know what they'll do when the WalMart Grocery Store opens down the road from them. I did notice that a lot of things are on "close out". Don't know what that's all about. Then I went to Food Lion just to get potatoes since they were on sale. Watched and one type of potato didn't ring up at the sale price so she had to redo it. OK, it wasn't much, but it did save me 50 cents. After the deep water class stopped at the Salvation Army. The one shirt I sort-of liked I wasn't real crazy about how it fit so I didn't get anything.

Tomorrow's plan is to do Jeannette Jenkins 21 Day Total Body DVD

I was signed up to volunteer at the Green Room tomorrow but they called to say they don't have any tickets to sell. So I don't have to go. Well, I have those Hungry Girl "brownies" made with pumpkin. I was going to give them to Lynette but if Vince can't taste the pumpkin, maybe I'll give them to him. Update: he said he'd eat them.

Yee gads - 70 new posts

terri - how do you calves feel today after walking backwards? Mine are hurting a bit, so I was glad that I took the deep water class today. Good for you leaving those cookies alone! Great choices for lunch

Sylvia - I can understand about how you feel about tofu. Try the skilken tofu. Honestly, you won't know you're eating tofu. I can even get that in Vince -- and you know how pickey HE is. To me, the firm/extra firm takes some getting used to. Many times I replace the oil in a recipe with the tofu and Vince has never once noticed. The only thing is that when you do that, the cake/cupcakes etc aren't greasy. I made the mistake once of making these key lime cupcakes. To me, it had a lot of oil in it. So I replaced the oil with the tofu. Since it was so low in fat, they stuck to the muffin liners. So I just remade them and sprayed the muffin tin. Then they were fine.

mom216 - I agree with so many things you said. I can't wear short shorts -- I'm no longer 20. I'm having someone remake my elf costume because MIL made it for me when I was much younger and could wear clingy things. And that ring of fat...yuk. I've tried EVERYTHING, ab exercises, watching my diet, cardio, strength training, it's still there and probably will be until I die (which won't be until I'm 101). Rant away, we're all in the same boat. How cute that you called your mom to ask what other treats are coming your way. Wonder what your mom knows?????

Lenora - prayers for your nephew. Did MFP up your calories because you added in your exercise? I love working out in the water. So much resistance. Especially if you wear webbed gloves and water shoes. I never realized how much resistance those shoes add until I started wearing them.

Nancy - yea for the lost inches

yanniejannie - that was so nice of you to help your friend in that heat! I was wondering where Lesley was! Thanks for telling us

Vince just came in from the garage and said "I was wondering why you weren't in the pool, now I know why, you have something in the oven". Actually, I forgot to turn the oven off when I took the muffins out. So now I'll go out by the pool while the muffins cool

Chris - good luck in your class

janetr - in place of the water aerobics, can you use a bike? How about the elliptical? both are fairly low impact.

Joyce - good for you getting a BDS. It's really not much at all but tells you so much

dreamwriter - good luck to you

Alison - yea for you getting your ipadMini. Take care of yourself, please

wenanghen - welcome!

Gilly - congrats on becoming a grandmother again! Awesome

Jules - dd = "dear husband/son/daughter/etc" Or the "d" could stand for something else, depending on how you're feeling towards that person. Loved the icon of the guy on a treadmill. Been having Vince do grilling at least once/week. Don't get to do it in winter so I'm taking advantage while I can

Just made some blueberry muffins. I'll take them to the guy at the farmer's market who I bought the blueberries from and the rest I'll take to ceramics tonight since Vince won't eat them

kathy - good luck and welcome!

beneita - welcome! love your name. Also love your pic about the mountain

Sassy - that pic reminds me of a jigsaw puzzle, it's so pretty

Elizabeth - really liked your analogy of this place to a hotel in California.

Poop - ever so glad you weren't involved in that fender bender. We'd miss you too much.

Mia - thanks for the info about how to control ghrelin. Very informative. Now, is there a way to control the need/desire to have something in your mouth?

Lenora - so sorry that happened to you on the treadmill. I fell off once, was SOOO embarrassed

Going to ceramics tonight. Will probably do the third coat of orange on the shell and the second on the small scales on the shell. Then, if I have time, I'll probably start with another color. I really prefer to do it this way, this way I leave it to air dry and I know that it's completely and totally dry. Update: I didn't realize there were more scales on the body so had to do those, got the first coat on those scales, three coats on the orange scales on the body.

Jules - your mother had a wise saying, thanks for sharing.

Jen - welcome! Pour yourself a glass of unsweetened tea, put your feet up, and join right in. Beautiful bike, you are one lucky gal

Yvonne - I'm the same way, I just can't seem to say "no" to someone

katla - I probably wouldn't say anything and see what happens. If someone isn't interested in selling, it won't make a difference you telling them. If someone is, then they just might raise their asking price.

Michele in NC

SlenderClassyElegant wrote: »

Katla: These are great goals. Why might you specifically mention "swallow"? Is it because we are mindfully enjoying each bite-- or taking it slower, or what...?

I'm talking about foods and beverages. Some things that we drink are free, such as water, but others are very high calorie. :drinker:

Can you tell I'm a teacher in summer? I don't know what to do with myself, so I'm surfing smileys.

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SlenderClassyElegant - Welcome, I'm sure you'll find us supportive and caring. Many of us have the addiction to food. Never feel like you are in it alone. Give us a shout and will rally round.

Carol I agree with Terri that in being in the best health you can be in before surgery will help with your recovery. I am sorry you have to go through it.

Pip glad you avoided the accident.

Rori safe travels.

Found some clothes for my mom at a local thrift. Three tops and a pair of pants for $24 even with sending them to her is about what I spent on sale for one item. Yes and one of the was an Alfred Dunner. I smiled when I found it. Remember my mom is 96 years old and comfort and crew neck is key.

MNMargaret