WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2015

Nancy...it must be so distressing and frustrating to have to redo everything you enter on MFP. I've been very fortunate, I can enter on my PC at work, iphone when I'm on the go and ipad at home and it all synchs beautifully. To make it even better, it integrates with my fitbit sharing the info between the 2 sites. I hope that you get it all to work soon. Have you tried the help forums on MFP, there may be some help there.

Chris in MA

I am pages behind because I have a house full of guests, and will not be able to finish catching up at this moment. DS and DDIL are here. DS’s best friend from grade school and his family were here yesterday and we had a lovely visit.

Regarding tickers, I write the majority of my posts on a word document and have the document itself saved with the ticker code on the bottom. That way it usually posts with my messages. My goals for the month are also saved on my word document.

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 peeps -
eyes are SOOOOOO much better. the drops are doing their thing. don't have a contact in the right eye and wearing my old lens prescription in the left eye. doc seems to think the new lens weren't fitted for me well, i don't know. hurt like a mutha tho!!. i was glad the sand was packed hard enough that i didn't need to wear googles, should have just in case if i was smart.

i was just skimming thru all the posts so if i don't answer your question, please ask me again.

someone asked if i had always been like this or how much did i loose. well. at my heaviest (i'm 5'5", i used to be 5' 6-1/2 i swear) i was 198 and that was after my husband died and i was 36, he was 34. when he died i was an aerobics instr. so i was pretty fit then, i gained weight slowly after that because i stopped working out and depression set in. i'm about 132 now. growing up i was ULTRA skinny. as far as being this athletic, i would say i am more strong, healthier than i have ever been, even when i used to teach because i didn't ride or do any lengthy running then. gotta go to the gym now, will write later. thanks for everyones concern for my eyeballs. i'll be back
muuuaaahhhhhh!!!

Damitjanit- My house was built before 1900, but I don't know how much before. There are some cement patches in the basement in the old coal cellar that have the names of the three girls who lived here, and a friend's name, and the date of 1900. I don't know if they did that when it was built or during a repair. The original owner was a doctor named Gardener, which is so funny since people, even doctors, have often thought I was a doctor (I read medical books for fun) and I am a master gardener. The original hitching post is out front. I am beside a Methodist church, which feels like home since I grew up in the rectory beside my dad's church.

Hi Ladies, Just touching base. Following my food plan very well. Still haven't added a regular exercise plan. Getting lots of walking in; just at work though. Scale seems to be stuck at the same number, won't budge. I've been yo-yo dieting for 30 years so I think my body knows how to hold on to the fat when I try to do something about it. Went to trader joe's last night and found some new protein bars to try. 3 carbs 20g of protein. Just staying the course, it has to give eventually...it's just math, after all. Hope you all have a beautiful day.

Elizabeth in California

As far as getting junk mail from that survey, I did get an email afterward telling me they had signed me up for a Bear Diet Newsletter. Didn't ask for that. If you tried to do the survey and couldn't, check your spam folder. When I put in my email address they sent me a email with the link to the survey.

Thanks for the sweet comments about Molly. I do think she is beautiful, but she is dumb as a box of rocks and spoiled rotten. She is hubby's favorite and she knows it. She starts fights with Spot (who fights back) and has Bruno so well trained that he cowers if in close proximity to her, like in the van. She lies on the floor, right in the middle, and spreads her skinny self out to take up as much room as possible, then if either of the boys get too close, she snaps at them. And she can't be around the kids or strangers because she bites. I've been looking into getting a muzzle for her. Most whippets have wonderful gentle personalities, but not Molly. We took her to training classes, but she didn't do well no matter how hard we tried, and to be honest, we gave up. Actually, she wasn't so bad at first, but in one of the dog training classes the instructor KICKED her to teach her not to jump up on people (I'm not kidding!) and she's never been the same since. It was through the city parks and recreation center, and I filed a complaint but they just refunded my money and let her keep teaching. That burned me up. Molly was on the floor writhing and whimpering in pain, and the woman said, "oh I didn't hurt you!" Then, as I was walking out the door she apologized and said "I didn't mean to kick her that hard." I took her to the vet the next morning and he said she was just bruised, so nothing was broken, but still, I was really mad about it. So, I've wondered for the past 8 years if that was what destroyed her sweet personality.

We didn't get to sleep at the lake last night after all. As we were getting ready for bed hubby discovered that he had forgotten to bring one of the pieces to his cpap machine. Both of us were scared for him to try to sleep without it, so we packed up and went home about midnight. Better safe than sorry.

Well, I hope you are all having a great Sunday. Happy Father's Day to your DH's.

Sylvia

SSC1958 wrote: »

While following up a link that someone had sent I came across link to the best diet ever. acaloriecounter.com/diet/
There seems to be a lot of common sense written in here, although figuring out what my caloric intake should be is interesting since I seem to be at maintenance at 1200 calories (which is what MFP set me at and so did the Dietician). Using the first 2 different methods on this site my caloric intake for Method 1: 2268, Method 2: 1472

I did do all the math as to how many grams each macro I should have in each scenario.. bottom line is that the recommendation is to up protein to 160g / day if I want to build muscle. I did up my calorie intake yesterday and did get over 75g of protein..guess what the scale went down this morning. I'm going to increase my daily intake for the next couple of weeks and see what happens.

Carey-Edmonton

Carey, my dear, I'm about halfway through the site you cite - and there's a LOT, but honestly, one of the best I've ever seen. The calorie load does seem excessive--but you're seeing a similar excess to me, which makes me wonder if it's worth it to go ahead and try to at least get the protein levels up to 1g per pound of body weight when you're trying to lose. 180g would be almost triple my current amount (720 calories of protein alone!), but even trying to yank it to around goal weight (134g, or 540 cals) would be interesting. I need to do something that steadies my losses and keeps me from these ungodly stalls.

Went to Stowe with DSIL this afternoon. Amazing landscaped grounds with baroque "follies" all around. My word, the owners spent a FORTUNE, literally.
This morning I found the street where my grandmother lived when she was a child, though her house has gone. I also found my grandfather's brother's name on the 1st World War memorial in the parish church here.

Penny - can't wait to share your country. Amazing!

Loving the old houses. Absolutely stunning. :flowerforyou:

I am sooooooo tired. Hungover and woke up at 4.30. But managed to walk round Stowe for an hour and a half. Can't do much more posting - falling asleep at 6 pm. ! ! ! !
Got to be in fine fettle for tomorrow's meeting with an old schoolfriend in London. She hasn't seen me since I lost weight.

Bye for now. Heather UK

Penny I have relatives in Sweden, they celebrate midsummer with the flower pole.

Lisa and Grits I agree about the salt. Now because of the war on salt some are becoming Iodine deficient. Salt on tomatoes. Yum.

Yes Lisa DH is a hottie.

Sylvia I hope that instructor learned not to do that. If not I hope that instructor is no longer practicing. Our neighbor has a dog who was abused by her owner who was an older man. She gets quite upset around older men even if they are walking on the other side of the street.

Mary we did not get to go into the homes. It was set up as a garden tour. Our guide also talked about the histories of the homes and area.

Heather sobering to find your grandfather's brother. I did visit Ypers. Their museum depicts the devastation of WWI.

#10 Kids in the back seat cause accidents. Accidents in the back seat cause...kids.
MNMargaret

Happy Father's Day, Everyone. Glad to read your posts and see that you're all doing well. Wishing happy visits for all who are celebrating with Fathers and families today.

After eating very little yesterday and exceeding my exercise plan, the scale is down this am. I've now lost 10 lbs. during the past month.Finally moving beyond the hated plateau and in the right direction, but had to force it to cooperate. I can definitely relate to how difficult and frustrating it is sometimes when we work hard but don't see the results or hit a plateau.

Just -1.4 lbs more and I'll officially no longer be in the dreaded obese category. I was very slender until my thyroid and hormones crashed going menopause. Unfortunately, I quickly gained 70 lbs! (from 115 to 185 and even 199 at a temporary high point). One month ago, I weighed 185. This morning, I'm now at 175.4. As a previously slender person, who would have ever guessed that I would say this: It feels great being very close to the next lower bmi category of 'overweight'!

Take Care and Great Job on all Your Success! - Nancy in Fort Worth