WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY2015

barbiecat wrote: »

I got the idea about a new month being a "clean slate" from Gretchen Rubin's new book, "Better Than Before", a must read for anyone trying to create new habits.

I am currently listening to this book on my phone during my walks. Better Than Before-Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin. Lots of great information about habits.

@ydailey I count anything I drink from a cup/mug/glass as my "water" for each day. Usually 1 cup of morning coffee and then water and Sparkling Ices.

One of my goals for July is meeting my protein macro each day. I did it today however it is certainly going to take planning in order to get all my protein grams.

Welcome to all the new gals joining us. This is by far the most supportive group of women I have come across in my health/fitness journey.

Cheri (Fairlawn, Ohio)

"Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin

Hi everybody!!!

This month's goals are to eat my caloric intake (or less);
Get in the pool as often as I can and exercise by walking in it. (Today, I did 2 sessions; 1.5 hour; then 1 hour)
Find something 'positive' even if it is difficult;
Not to worry about things I can't change
Smile at 3 strangers a week or more often, if out; and
Drink a minimum of 8 glasses of water everyday.

Today is a 'new' start; and I'm looking forward to my weigh-in on Tuesday. Went to MD for other reason than my regular weigh-in and on his scale I weighed 183lb; down by 6. Exercise is the key.

Taking DGDs to the beach the end of the month; then at the end of August we'll go visit DYS and his 'new' family. I'd like to think that on neither trip I will be 'glued' to MFP trying to figure out what I can eat. First trip, I'll be able to get into pool. Second one, I will eat some 'very good Cajun food'. Hope I don't blow my entire diet at that point.

Lenora (today I was GRITS and not SLUTS)

Thursday here and slept REALLY well last night
2 juices today and soup for lunch
Breakfast - Tummy trimmer (1/2 pineapple and 3 kiwi fruit smoothy)
After weights - protein shake
Lunch - veg soup and grain roll
Afternoon - Pina colada smoothy
Dinner - pork chop, potato, carrot, cauliflower
Supper - Vitarium hot chocolate

Only 9240 steps yesterday. Walking Blaize and got to turn round point and down came heavy rain, soaked through when we got home and rain stopped. Blaize does not mind rain daft dog

Lesley in tasmania

Heather UK: I read DH your post because of the temperature. I looked it up and 35C=95F, which is what our temperature is today. I’m sitting in my air-conditioned house looking out the window at the river. We saw 6 river otters playing in the water in front of our place a few minutes ago. I wouldn’t like to face this much heat without air conditioning, so I’m sending cool thoughts your way. :flowerforyou:

Andrea Long Island NY: Add exercise to your schedule before or after work, and choose something that is easy. Do what you like and what is easy to fit into your life. Walk in the neighborhood or on a treadmill, or ride a stationary or regular bike. Walking with a friend is motivating, and some of us walk dogs for the companionship and exercise. Several people keep track of their walking with a pedometer, but I’ve just used my watch. I walk for a half hour at a particular pace and look up the calories for that amount of time. Keep it simple and manageable, especially at first. :flowerforyou:

Vicki: You are good to your friend. I hope you find time to ride out to Quaker State with DH.

DJ Myrtle Beach: I read Bruno, The Italian Funeral Dog to DH who really enjoyed it. Thanks for brightening the day! :laugh:

Penny: Your pictures are gorgeous, and I enjoyed reading about your son and the kids.

Thistimekc: Welcome to a supportive group. :flowerforyou:

Grits: You only blow your whole diet if you give up after a bad day. :noway: Forgive yourself. Every day starts fresh with no mistakes in it. :flowerforyou:

Lesley: Blaize is a good exercise partner! You seem to be doing well. :bigsmile:



We’re discussing junk food dinner. Pizza is one option. Boxed mac and cheese is another. Both sound terrible. I hope we find something to share that won’t salt us out.

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

July 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.

janetr7476 wrote: »

AWESOME! I shall share the one I made for Christmas time. It has many of my Grandmas, and Mothers jewelery on it.

Annr wrote: »

janetr7476 wrote: »

AWESOME! I shall share the one I made for Christmas time. It has many of my Grandmas, and Mothers jewelery on it.

WOAH!! YOU don't want to resize that! i wanna see it nice and big!!! that is awesome!!!

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

Good Evening Ladies,

Mary, so sorry for the delay. What has to happen before you can close? Why aren’t you closing on your old house? It just never ends does it? Hang in there.

Heather, glad you got some rest. The dinner sounds delish. Hope it cools off for you soon.

Terri, bummer about your wrist. I hope it gets better real soon.

Lisa, woo hoo on those jeans. Way to go!!

Katla, glad you had a good time at the reunion and also that your sores are better.

Sylvia, glad you got the SUV. Now life can continue. I like the beach even if I don’t do more than stick my feet in the water to cool off, but I won’t go out in it now with all the sharks around.

Peach, thanks for info on DH. It does sound familiar; I wonder why? LOL I know what you mean about the calorie count all over the place on things. It makes it a bit harder to try to log accurately.

Mia, great loss for June. Keep up the good work.

Andrea, welcome. Trust me, eating right and planning plus exercise is a struggle for many of us. And I don’t work. The thing is, once you take the time to plan meals, then you know what you need to buy and you know what you are going to make, so maybe some can be done ahead of time…all in all it saves some time to spend on moving more. It is truly a matter of commitment and making myself do it. I have to want to lose weight and be healthy more than I want to do other things. Best of luck to you.

Stm, welcome. We will let you stay as long as you promise to turn 50 within a couple of years. You will find us a very supportive group of ladies. Yes many of us have played yoyo. I know that this time for me, I will do what many of the ladies here have done, and that is stay with MPF and keep logging food. I don’t ever want to get fat again!!! Never! Ever. Best of luck. Come often and please sign your posts with the name you want to be called and a location.

Jane, I’m sending good thoughts for you and your mom. (((Hugs)))

Cat, welcome. Please tell us a bit about yourself to help us get to know you. I like your goals. Best of luck on this journey.

Heather, Where is that cheese safe? I know it was supposed to be there! I’m glad your money got there for your December trip. Hope it cools off for you soon. That must be terrible with no AC.

DeeDee, I don’t want to get blamed for you spitting water on your computer. Just contain yourself. (but glad ya liked it)

Penny, I love the pictures of the kid and hearing about their visit. The last picture is just breathtaking. Thank you so much for sharing. Oh, I like your goal #4 “Choose my booze" I might need to add that one. Tonight rather than cocktail with DH I did chose to have ice tea. Just need to do it a bit more often.

Yvonne, when I was growing up in Texas we drank iced tea all year long and I still do to this day. While we lived in Milwaukee, at restaurants especially in the winter, I’d have to order a cup of hot tea and two glasses of ice. LOL

Katie, welcome. It sounds like you are off to a good start. The thing that helps me is knowing this is a lifelong journey and not a destination. We have a number of ladies here who have reached their goal and use MFP to maintain. Come often. Ask any questions and chat when you’d like. Good luck.

Rori, good to see you. I am always exhausted just reading about how much you travel. I suggest just trying to keep up with July as it is moving along at a fast pace.

Lenora, okay I give up??? What is DYS? I’m sure it’s simple but I can’t come up with anything that starts with Y.

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 started a pot of soup today that we will eat tomorrow. I always like them better the second day. Had chicken on the grill for dinner. Had doctor appointment this morning and got nails done this afternoon. The sun never really came out all day but not a drop of rain. A better chance for it tomorrow but not expecting any on the Fourth.

Best of luck with all the great goals.

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.
I Love you,
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC

First day of July and already 4 pages! It is good to have so many ladies here to share the journey. Welcome to the newcomers! My goal for June was to get moved to WA, goal accomplished. Now I need to get motivated to do more intentional exercise.In July I will do yoga one day per week. I will continue to drink at least 6 glasses of water per day.

Healing angels to all who need them and congratulations to those with victories, Sue in WA

Goodness - four pages already...!!!

I had full intentions when I got up this morning (early of course 6 a.m.) to sit down with my coffee and read what everyone was up to today... BUT that cutie pie DGS woke up at 6:30. He was ready to go!! Funny he doesn't know when it isn't a work day either.....LOL.

I had really boring goals for June
- walk 120 miles = done deal
- 20 days over 10,000 steps... only did 14.
- weigh and measure - nope - still eyeballing - silly girl!!
- get my company books done.... WELL I got a start on them


July goals
- I bought a pair of Asics running shoes. I would like to add running to my routine. Not sure how to log it, but I did find a walk run training schedule
- walk 120 miles - 20 days over 10,000 steps.
- More strength training... need some muscle.
- Get books done.

I am hovering between 174 - 176 - need to make the scale move again....

Okay - I have to get off the couch - it has started to cool off outside. It is still smoky so not sure how far I will get before it starts to bother me.

Later everyone, Take care

Lillian in Smoky West Central Saskatchewan
Sorry everyone to the south but I hear our smoke from the fires in Northern Saskatchewan has made its way to Tennessee.

Did an hour of the deep water today. The plan for tomorrow is to do Jillian Michael's Killer Buns and Thighs DVD. I've found it so much better to go early to the deep water, do my own thing, and then maybe join the class. But really, the class just goes waaaayyyy too slow.

Before class went to Bi-Lo just to get items on sale (not much, really) and after the class stopped at the Salvation Army, didn't get anything. Came home and went to Hamricks, returned a bathing suit I had that I paid $20 for. They were on sale for $10, so for $10 I liked it enough and rebought it. I also got 2 other shirts (not like I needed them). Went to Aldi, then home and in the pool, had an early dinner and went to ceramics. Did 2 coats of this blueberry on the shell and the first coat of green on the body. I tell you, that Invisions dries so fast that it's going to be hard for me to see where I put the second and then third coat on. They poured the mold for my ladybug so I drew the circles for the spots on the body and put my name and the year on the bottom.

Mary from MN - Bryan is my son. He married a girl from Spain because "my visa expires in August and by marrying an EU resident I won't have the visa issues". I suppose there was some love there, at least I hope there was. He speaks to me when he has to. It's just a really difficult situation. Basically, he's told us that he doesn't want to have anything to do with us anymore. One of the things that hurts is that he wasn't like this. when Vince fell and had the tibial plateau fracture, it was Bryan who went to the store and made dinner for the girls. It was Bryan who drove my car to NC and he and Jessica unloaded the truck into storage and then drove home. It was Bryan who drove Vince to NC since he was still using a cane. It was Bryan who helped move us into the house. What happened, that I don't know. when he told us he was getting married, he didn't want us to come to the wedding but to send him the money we would have spent so he could spend it on a reception. The only way I wouldn't be at my son's wedding is if I was 6' under. He had us sitting next to her cousins (who speak Spanish and we don't), not near the people he works with who speak English. He originally was going to go to Madrid after the ceremony. And leave us in a country where we don't know the language and take the only interpreter with him. But they rented this house for 3 days (a 3 day reception - guess that's how it's done over there). We had to leave the day of the wedding since we were going to Madrid the next day. Vince was in the hospital while we were in Switzerland, he called while we were in Switzerland but not when we got home to see how Vince was doing. It breaks my heart. You have no idea how hard it was to kiss him at the end of his reception knowing that that's the last time I'll ever see him. So sorry about your house.

Lisa - awesome pics, thanks so much for sharing them

HSDramamom - the first time I took a spinning class, I couldn't walk the next day. Atually, it took a while but now I can do a class without the padded seat. You'll love the burn

pip - sounds like you have a wonderful gym. Wish we did

Just reading thru the posts quickly tonight. It's pretty late, need to get to bed. But I want to check in first.

Welcome everyone new!

Joyce - I've ordered cakes from WalMart, so I certainly didn't question you

CynthiaT - I think the call it "extremepump" because even tho they use the Body Pump equipment, they don't pay for the Body Pump music/workouts, they do about the same type of thing. Is the dress fitting for a special occasion?

Penny - have a great time in NH.. I know you'll do well

yaniejannie - so sad for your friend

janetrOKC - lovely "tree"

Miriam - I'm sory you're under such stress

Renny and all Canadian friends - happy Canada Day

DJ - any loss is a good loss

Sylvia - so glad you got the SUV. Thanks, Joyce! You're doing great on the weight loss

Andrea - Log, Log, Log and then Log some more. That in addition to exercise is the only suggestion I have. Terri had some great suggestions

Sara from Arizona - of course you're welcome! My hubby has a t-shirt that says "come to the dark side....we have bacon". This talk of the dark side for you reminded me of it

Penny - fantastic pics

DJ - "many of us have played yoyo"???? Really? Isn't it more like "all of us have"?

Michele in NC

Hello July
I reserve my spot in July's thread and shall update my goals for July during the day.
In the meantime I have planned a 10K run-walk this Sunday morning up hills and trails in the Syros Island routes
More later
Have a wonderful month..!!!!

Had to bail out on my June goal of working on C25K....arthritic knees and shin splints flared up. Getting old is not for sissies! However, I did make my swim goal of 1 mile continuous in 45 min. Also lost 7 pounds! I am still amazed at the changes.

July:
1) Increase daily steps to 15000 and meet goal every day. Just because I can't run doesn't mean I can't walk.
2) Swim at least 5x per week....after all, it IS summer. The days are already getting shorter so must take advantage while I can!
3) Enjoy ice cream, without guilt. Plan for it, log it! See reasoning above.
4) Maintain, or better yet, lose weight while enjoying several planned mini-visits to family, a conference AND my birthday this month.

Kathi in rural NY

Welcome to all the new Ladies, stay a while, rant a little when you need to, share a little about how you met your other halfs. June was fun reading other ladies stories. This is a very supportive group. We might have gotten a little broken (mentally and physically) but we are all strong ladies that will get through our journeys.

Yesterdays lesson was I must not go food shopping without a list! It was the first time I went out shopping for at least 2 years. I over spent and bought some crazy things (like mung beans!). I usually (and am fortunate to be in the UK) do my grocery shopping online. You can compare the prices and watch what you are spending at the same time. I bought some broad beans/fava (I always wondered what fava beans where) beans thinking that they would be a good vegetable (and part of my try something new to see what I liked). 8 individual beans are 88 calories. Woah, thats not a lot of beans. I think Ill stick to cabbage next time.
Bought some beef, weighed it out into single portions and stuck it in the freezer. Made a lovely vegetable stir fry with some slivers of beef and oyster and spring onion sauce. Not an every day meal but was lovely because I skipped lunch(I know Im bad). Stuck within my calories for the day so its ok to eat it and enjoy it.

After my 4 mile bike ride, my instructor asked if she could take some pictures of me as "one of her successes". After riding hard Im as red as beets, I kinda snuck out before she could take my pictures lol. She can have them next time when we start.

I love all the photographs that are being posted. The bling trees are awesome. I love them. I might go to the charity(thrift)shops and pick some bling out to make one. Penny@the pole your country is so beautiful I love seeing the scenery. Annr lovely picture of the DH in his kilt. Does he wear the clan tartan or just any tartan he likes? Tartan was the way clans were recognized each having their own unique pattern.

Heather, its much cooler in the North, we are at 27C. I agree with the thunderstorms tho, we def need one to clear out the air. People might think we are a bit wussy for talking about only 35C but the heat/cold here is different. I live in Canada for 6 months (the cold half of the year). In Canada the air is much drier so you dont feel the hot/cold as much. Its the humidity here that gets us whether its the cold biting wind or the hot fierce heat. I would not have it any other way though because I love the greenness it brings.

I do not know why I have so much positive energy today but I like it.
Kate