WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY2015

marking my spot..... going outside before it gets too hot!! Supposed to be thunderstorms today ...but they have been forecasting that for days!!!

Still in the smoke and the heat

Lillian in West Central Saskatchewan

My daughter is the president of the club and I am vice president. We are getting ready for our local "days" next weekend, today. We have to set up the building for our 100 year anniversary celebration. I think only 3 of us can come from the group.

:flowerforyou:

DeeDee: Glad you like the quotes.

Kim: "it better be healthy and filling or booze!" Love this...it's going on my fridge!

Becca: Like the fog outfit..suits him!

Michele: Could you just use styrofoam in a U shape with the front only 1/2 as high as the back hot glued together to work as a Rummikub stand? What an awesome idea to play in the pool!

Sylvia: I absolutely hate the fact that people can ruin others reputations, livelihoods and self-esteem with the untruths, partial truths and down right vindictive statements they post on social media sites. I can only hope that one day that there will be legistlation that will allow the victim of such viciousness recourse.

Janet in NO:Congrats on the size 14's!

For all of you being hounded by telemarketers, I wanted to share my mom's method of dealing with them. She'll pick up the phone and say hello, as soon as they start their spiel she'll hold down the # button on the phone and take it away from her ear. This produces a terrible squeal. She's been known to hold this for a long time in excess of 15 minutes with the "Microsoft" people. She had one lady who hung up and called right back "saying don't you do that to me". Mom's response - hold down that # key! She never called back! :laugh: I don't know if it works with the automated calls or not but seems to work well with real people on the other end. Another thing I discovered was that for some calls (like Westjet, Air Canada etc) that have a computerized message, if you stay on the line and listen to the spiel at the end there will be a choice such as press 2 to removed from the calling list. Well I really need to get off my butt and get some house work done today before it gets too hot to move. Our temps have been really high for us and still no sign of rain even though it's been forecasted.

Thought for the day: "The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity." - Amelia Earhart



Carey-Edmonton

July Goals:

1. Do menu planning for July - Increasing protein to 130g per day. Do one week at a time so that can adjust as I go.

2. Log all meals - try to pre-log to get a better handle on calories for the day

3.Plan and Do - 2 fun things every week

• W1: Family reunion - 3 days of fun and hard work
• W2: Tai Chi with friend who will start beginners and needs some company. Hot Stone Massage
• W3: Lunch with cousins, surprise Dad for his birthday

4. Ride stationary bike 3 times a week for at least 30 minutes.

Sweetgirl10 wrote: »

Hello!

I'm Dee & new to Mfp but not to the weight struggle! I'm 53 yrs old, an older mom to 2 kiddos, have a good 35-40 lbz to lose from what is @ this moment my all time non pregnant high weight.

Dee

Hi Dee...welcome.

Hi again!

DH watching the Wimbledon final, so I did my writing. I've nearly finished the first draft of my early memoire. It's just a pile of scribbled pencil on paper, but it's something to work with. Where I wanted to hurry on with a particular story I just left a note to myself like, "grandfather background", etc. so there's still a lot to do while I'm sorting it all out. Then to type it. Nicely.
Then what to do with it?
At least I now have a title. It was you, Katla, who gave me the idea when you echoed my thoughts about these "nice" monsters. It's now called, A VERY NICE MAN - memoire of an abused daughter.
Thank you. :flowerforyou:

Then I amused myself by looking at villas in France with large pools online. Can't go next year as we are spending a fortune on the Arctic cruise, but maybe 2017. I found a couple near airports you can fly to from Southampton. That makes things sooooo much easier. One has a gorgeous heated pool, so it wouldn't matter that much about the weather. Anyway, it kept me amused for a bit! ! ! ! ! ! A girl can dream. :laugh:

The house smells of a mixture of curry and sweet peas. Two of my favourite things! :drinker:

Love from the dreamer Heather in drizzly Hampshire UK

Hello All,
Fell off the MFP wagon in June. Did not journal and haven't been back to the gym early morning before work - my bad. What I have noticed is that when I don't get that exercise in then I am soooo tired all the time. Feeling very blimp-like. Been very busy at work covering for people on vacation and so not feeling like doing much. It's very hot out these days but I am managing to get outside for yard work. Today, I made an effort to weigh portions and to journal. I'm going to a baseball game this afternoon (in the heat) but will eat before I go and will sneak my water in my bag to keep hydrated. Also one of my work friends has started using MFP and we will support each other, along with the wonderful support of this group. So my immediate goals will be:

• Weigh portions
• Drink lots of water
• Exercise 2 days on, rest 1 day, 2 days on (alternate weight routine with cardio days)
• journal, journal, journal......
• log in and read this board, comment and support everyone here with their own struggles

Success!

Aleta from Manitoba

Well, did my shopping last night, between 9-11pm so glad markets here are open late, it makes today a much more leisurely day hit 11000 steps by 11am today as Levi and I walked to the bank to deposit a check. Most of my exercise is walking – and I am best as a destination walker - I am doing a bit of floor exercise, a bit of a challenge with a dog, yesterday I was in my plank and Levi thought I looked like a chair and sat his butt on my back, didn’t hurt, but I am not strong enough to hold my plank with a 55lb dog sitting on me, I laughed at him so then he thought it was a game! Back to my point… the walking is good and really good for Levi, but it is a slow way to burn calories… I really need to find something quicker..and yet still free. I would love to swim, but the public pool is $5 a visit ($4.75 a visit if you buy 10 at once) and yoga at $20/hour is also out of my budget.. I did find a friend with an unused “thingy” that you can put your bike in to make it stationary, so I have to get new tires for my bike and try that. Time is in short supply!

Janet – I have done locks of love a few times, and it can be done with grey or colored hair and they just sell it to raise the funds to make the kids wigs… I am now in a shorter hair do and don’t plan on letting it grow out again… Where is the picture of your new do?

Heather – Great!!! I do hope she feel up to it, but at least it is a plan.

Carol – baby steps!!! But you are doing so so much better!

Carey - Love the idea of pressing the # sign, I have also just set the phone down (in a towel so we can’t hear each other) then go on about my life, most telemarketers can’t hang up on a client, and it runs up their phone bill…

However a warning about waiting and pressing the button to be taken off the list… they do take you off their list, but then they sell the list of “phone numbers that get answered” to as many other telemarketing companies who will buy the list.

The federal do not call list that janet mentioned is great, but your number drops off after 5 years (or so) so you do have to re-add it.

Dee – welcome!
Aleta – welcome back, you are a success just by coming back… one hour at a time and a habit it becomes.

Sylvia – your DH has really turned a corner! What a great thing for him, for you and for you guys as a couple.

Margaret – tough love is tough, but the long run results are so much better.. stay strong, we are there supporting you.

July Goals:
Walk everyday –try to hit 180 miles 7/11 - 57miles so far
1 plank every day and log here – goal more then 19 - 7
Log everyday –
Eat mindfully-
Weekly fun things –
W1 – Mom is here for the 4th, and we are going out to dinner –her treat!
W2 – a new smart phone, my business paid off, a visit from an out of state friend
Kim from N. California

Kim and drkatiebug I appreciate your support. We need to walk that tight line that we love our son, not the choices he is making. I had a case of one of my former student end up in serious trouble with the law. I remember there was a moment with his father that if the father had not condoned his behavior it might have started that young man on the road to making better choices.. I know that father loved his son just like we love ours. We do become the sum of our choices. That is what I appreciate about this group is our hearts are in the right place to help us make healthy choices for ourselves.

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Becca
by the Beach (on the Oregon Coast)

My husband and 16 yr old at a Swing Dance held at the Maritime Museum :-)

Hello lovely ladies. I hope you are having a fine Sunday. The temperatures have dropped significantly here, which is welcome after such a long stretch of heat. Unfortunately, we have still not had significant rain.

I am taking some time to download pictures for adding to photo albums. That project was on my to-do list for my staycation, but did not happen. I am exactly a year behind, which is not bad! Since the downloading takes a while, I can read through what you've all been up to Once I have posted this, I intend to reconcile the credit card bill. That is always a job and a half. So, you may see me posting a couple of times today.

Lisa - wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing.

Becca - Swing Dance! How cool.

Renny

@Lhannon062709 You live on simply the most beautiful place! Really enjoyed the pictures and explanation of where you live.

Cheri NE Ohio

@Lisa - the pics are gorgeous, my husband would think he was in heaven for sure. Thanks for sharing.

@Margaret - Hugs and hang in there, they try to wear you down. We went through that for so many years with my (almost) 22 year old grandson. Harder on the parents of course. We love them so much, but truly the only way to help them now is tough love. (((Hugs)))

@Becca - loved the pics, thanks for sharing. I had saddle shoes as a young girl in grade school. Have five older sisters so of course I wanted to dress just like them.

I'm so pleased, I have reach well over 5000 steps and still have another 30 minutes of stationary bike riding and cooking dinner, doing dishes, etc. I may actually make it. Whoo Hooo.

Janetr7476

Becca - great pictures of your DH and son and your DH with you! Do you own the red classic car? If you do, my DH will be very jealous! We love going to look at classic cars and he says if he was younger and knew how to fix them, he would definitely get one.

Lisa - love the pictures of the animals on your ranch. How nice that you can see them on your walks.

Jane - glad you enjoyed your time with Violet and had a chance to get out of the house.

Margaret - keeping you and your family in prayer. Such a hard thing to do with those we love.

Aleta - Welcome!

Sylvia - Your walk sounds so beautiful. Congratulations on being able to climb up the 7 stories and how wonderful that your DH is joining you on getting fit.

We rode our bikes this morning and covered 9.11 miles. Getting ready for dinner and then will take 3 of the dogs out to a park so they can get some exercise and enjoy the cooler temps this evening.

Tina in MD